The delivery of effective support and assistance to people with special needs is a complex combination of activities requiring an integrated approach where all those involved work in conjunction in order to enhance an individual’s resilience and quality of life.
Given the broad range of practitioners within our team, our service offerings are extensive, and continue to grow. Some of our most frequent services are:
Behaviour Support Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Review
Case Consultation and Complex Formulation
Model Options & Support Recommendation Reports
Carer & Agency Specialist Training
Functional & Psychological Assessments
Quality Assurance & Service Review Consultation
Model options report
This report consists of an appraisal of service needs for the individual and an analysis of service model options to assist the design and selection of future service supports, interventions and delivery.
The report has been developed with input from individual’s current and past support teams, and associated stakeholders, and represents an attempt to develop these views and opinions, along with the reporting clinician’s observations of the situation, into structured recommendations. These recommendations, therefore, are not solely based on clinical formulation related to specific technical assessment by the reporting clinician.
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A Behaviour Assessment Report contains a functional analysis of key behaviours for the individual within the context of their behavioural intervention history and also recommendations for future support directions.
This includes an observation, review of background information and interview with stakeholders.
BIS Plan (Functional Behaviour Assessment)
A Behaviour Intervention Support Plan is a holistic process which is undertaken to assess and mediate the functions of behaviour for that individual. BIS Plans include interviews and observations with stakeholders, review of background and historical information, understanding diagnostic profile, and incorporating strategies of support – proactive, environmental, reactive, and restrictive.
- Comprehensive Behaviour Assessment is ideally mediated across all settings that individual’s life. This would require observations per setting and is quoted at an additional rate per setting.
- An interim BIS Plan is developed usually when an individual is unable to transition to a residential address (they could be in an emergency setting, e.g. hospital, hotel etc). When a referral is received and we are unsure of the potential location or they have not moved yet, we are unable generally to complete a Comprehensive BIS Plan.
Functional Skills Assessment
A Functional Skills Assessment is effective in highlighting an individual’s capacity for everyday life skills across several domains.
- Quovus Functional Skills Assessment Report
This is a comprehensive report compiled based on an observation and interview with the stakeholder. The clinician reviews background information and current presentation to collate an understanding as to the individual’s functional capacity and everyday skills.
- Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System (ABAS)
This is a psychometric assessment of an individual’s Functional Skills. A Psychometric assessment is a technical assessment and is utilised as an assessment tool as it has been validated and tested. This incorporates an interview, observation, reviews background information and current presentation to collate an understanding as to the individual’s functional capacity and everyday skills.
Therapeutic Intervention Plan
A working formulation review of the support needs for Scott to assist the prioritisation and selection, and design and development of his future therapeutic supports, interventions, and delivery.
This includes an observation, review of background information and interview with stakeholders.
Carer capacity assessment
A Carer or parent capacity assessment involves an interview style format generated to specifically understand an individual’s intent, capacity and current supports/frameworks in which they are able to undertake care of an individual.
The carer capacity involves an interview, and ideally observation of the child who is being considered for care. A report is compiled as part of this process.
Formulation
Formulation meetings are usually facilitated by a Senior Quovus Clinician. These meetings are held to support case consultation, all stakeholders involved in the individual’s life, to review holistically and understand behaviours of concern, current presentation, future trajectory, and goal setting. Formulation is an opportunity for further intensive discussion with stakeholders to better understand and support an individual.
Targeted Behaviour Support Training
Behaviour Support training is usually linked in with a behaviour support plan, however, is not only requested with a Behaviour Support Plan.
Training can be requested for individualised and specific referral request if there is something required to support a team or carer in managing a behaviour or coping with behaviours of concern.
Cognitive Assessment
Psychometric assessment is conducted with the client, including testing, review of background information, interview and discussions with stakeholder, and a report.
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Assessment of Sexual Knowledge. This includes an interview questionnaire with the client, review of background information and a report.
Specialist/Psychological Assessment
This is usually a referral requested with a specific rationale. This could be related but not limited to requiring an observation and review of a current behaviour of concern, or situation which may be escalating.
The assessment would be based on observation, file review, and stakeholder interview. The psychologist or clinician may incorporate elements of a Mental State Examination, or Beck’s Inventory’s etc.
