12-150 C.M.R. ch. 101, § 5 - COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF REHABILITATION NEEDS

For individuals who have been determined eligible for DBVI VR services, a Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs (CARN)shall be conducted to determine the goals, objectives, nature and scope of vocational services to be included in the IPE. To the extent that additional data is necessary, the CARN may include trial work experiences and assessment of the unique strengths, resources, priorities, interests, and needs, including the need for supported employment services, in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with the informed choice of the individual. The Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation Need will be limited to information that is necessary to identify the rehabilitation needs of the individual and to develop an IPE. The CARN will be reviewed and updated as appropriate prior to any significant changes to the IPE.

1. Sources of Information

The CARN will use, as a primary source of information, to the maximum extent possible and appropriate, and in accordance with confidentiality requirements, the following:

A. existing information;

B. information provided by the individual and, where appropriate, by the family of the individual.

2. Elements of a CARN

The CARN may include, to the degree needed to make a determination of vocational needs and develop an IPE, an assessment of the following:

A. personality;

B. career interest;

C. interpersonal skills;

D. intelligence and related functional capacities;

E. educational achievements;

F. work experience;

G. vocational aptitudes;

H. personal and social adjustment;

I. employment opportunities available to the individual;

J. medical, psychiatric, and other pertinent vocational, educational, cultural, social, recreational, and environmental factors that affect the employment and rehabilitation needs of the individual;

K. an appraisal of the patterns of work behavior and services needed to acquire occupational skills and to develop work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavioral patterns necessary for successful job performance, including trial work assessments to assess and develop the capacities of the individual to perform adequately in the work environment;

L. the individual's capacity to perform in a work environment, including in an integrated setting, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the individual's informed choice through provision of rehabilitation technology services; and

M. an appraisal of the person's blindness-specific skills related to competent and independent functioning.

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12-150 C.M.R. ch. 101, § 5