N.M. Admin. Code § 6.100.2.32

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

Section 6.100.2.32 - COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF VOCATIONAL NEEDS

A. Once an individual is determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and to the extent necessary, DVR shall provide a comprehensive assessment of the unique strengths, resources, priorities, interests, and needs, including the need for supported employment, to determine the goals, objectives, nature and scope of vocational rehabilitation services to be included in the individualized written rehabilitation program developed for the individual.

B. The assessment will be limited to information that is necessary to identify the rehabilitation needs of the individual and to develop the rehabilitation program of the individual.

C. The primary source of such information, to the maximum extent possible and appropriate and in accordance with confidentiality requirements, will be existing information and such information as can be provided by the individual and, where appropriate, by the family of the individual, and:

(1) may include, to the degree needed, an assessment of the personality, interest, interpersonal skills, intelligence and related functional capacities, educational achievements, work experience, vocational aptitudes, personal and social adjustments, employment opportunities, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and other pertinent vocational, educational, cultural, social, recreational, and environmental factors that affect the employment and rehabilitation needs of the individual; and

(2) may also include an appraisal of the patterns of work behavior of the individual and services needed for the individual to acquire occupational skills, and to develop work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavioral patterns necessary for successful job performance, including the utilization of work in real job situations to assist and develop the capacities of the individual to perform adequately in a work environment; and

(3) Where appropriate, the provision of rehabilitation technology services.

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.100.2.32

12-31-98; Recompiled 10/31/01