Section 405IAC5-21.7-17. Habilitation services

   (a) Habilitation services are provided with the following goals:

(1) Enhancing the member's level of functioning, quality of life, and use of social skills.

(2) Building the strengths, resilience, and positive outcomes of the member and the member's family.

  (b) Habilitation services are provided face-to-face in either the member's home or other community-based setting, based upon the preferences of the member and the member's family.

  (c) Habilitation services are provided to assist the member with the following:

(1) Identifying feelings.

(2) Managing anger and emotions.

(3) Giving and receiving feedback, criticism, or praise.

(4) Problem solving and decision making.

(5) Learning to resist negative peer pressure and develop pro-social peer interactions.

(6) Improving communication skills.

(7) Building and promoting positive coping skills.

(8) Learning how to have positive interactions with peers and adults.

  (d) Service exclusions are the following:

(1) Services provided to a person other than the member, such as when an activity occurs in a group setting.

(2) Services provided to a family member or members.

(3) Services provided in order to give the family respite.

(4) Services that are strictly vocational or educational in nature, such as tutoring or any other activity available to the member through the local educational agency under the:

(A) Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004; or

(B) Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(5) Activities provided in the service provider's residence.

(6) Leisure activities that provide a diversion rather than a therapeutic objective.

  (e) The provision of habilitation services is limited to the following:

(1) Up to three (3) hours of services daily.

(2) Up to thirty (30) hours of services per month.

(Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-21.7-17; filed Dec 18, 2013, 11:13 a.m.: 20140115-IR-405130211FRA; filed Aug 1, 2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR-405150418FRA)