OFFERED IN ALL SERVICES AREAS
MEDICAID ONLY
Life Skill Specialist (LSS) help you regain a daily routine and assist you with budgeting, paperwork, making appointments and managing your medications.
MEDICAID ONLY
Life Skill Specialist (LSS) help you regain a daily routine and assist you with budgeting, paperwork, making appointments and managing your medications.
- The LSS will link you to community activities and possible sponsorship to relieve financial hardship. The LSS can also give you and your child activity recommendations at each session. They will have you or your child participate in a therapeutic activity at every session. This is the fundamental component of this service.
- Types of activities for children and teens- children 6yoa and above are eligible
- Develop a Chore Chart
- Social skills activities-card games with facial expressions, taking turns speaking game (to teach reduction of interrupting others), board games.
- Create a budget if they are 16-18 yoa.
- Time Management charts
- School/homework assistance
- Complete a job application
- Complete a housing application
- Teach you the tools to locate resources
- Create a monthly budget
- Create a daily check list of IADL'S to keep up with daily hygiene, nutrition, money mgmt, house cleaning.