(Companion)
Development – Level 1 (Companion) services consist of non-medical care, supervision, and socialization activities provided to adults (recipients of age 21 and older). This service must be provided in direct relation to the achievement of the recipients goals per the recipient’s support plan. The service provides access to community-based activities that cannot be provided by natural or other unpaid supports, and should be defined as activities most likely to result in increased ability to access community resources without paid support.
Life Skills Development – Level 1 (Companion) services can be scheduled on a regular, long-term basis. Life Skills Development – Level 1 (Companion) services are not merely diversional in nature, but are related to a specific outcome or goal(s) of the recipient. Activities can be volunteer activities performed by the recipient as a pre-work activity or activities that connect a recipient to the community.
Activities can be volunteer activities performed by the recipient as a pre-work activity or activities that connect a recipient to the community, examples.
Activities included in community inclusion but not limited to:
Do you have a skill, hobby, or passion you’d like to share with please contact us and let us help you turn your hobby into a class for those we serve?
DST provides support, education and services to all individuals in the community who live with a developmental disability.
