55 Pa. Code § 2450.12

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

Section 2450.12 - Rehabilitation teaching instructional services

This section provides instruction in adaptive and coping skills and techniques furnished to individuals or groups of individuals in various community settings. The provision of instruction includes but is not limited to subjects listed in paragraphs (1)-(5). Central office issues to the district offices approved instructional guidelines or authorizes the use of existing instructional guides indicating instruction which may be furnished to eligible clients.

(1) Personal management and daily living skills shall include the following:

(i) Grooming and personal hygiene.

(ii) Care of clothing.

(iii) Eating techniques.

(iv) Identification and labeling of items.

(v) Personal record keeping and money management.

(vi) Social skills and amenities.

(2) Orientation and movement techniques:

(i) Travel with sighted guide.

(ii) Orientation to living quarters and work environment.

(iii) Independent travel within the home and the immediate vicinity of the client's residence, excluding travel across thoroughfares.

(iv) Safety in respect to moving about in living and work, environment, and travel.

(v) Kinesics, where practical.

(3) Homemaking, home management, and household maintenance shall include the following:

(i) Meal planning and marketing

(ii) Food preparation

(iii) Housecleaning

(iv) Laundering

(v) Sewing

(vi) Family record keeping and budgeting

(vii) Methods of caring for children and other family members

(viii) Home mechanics

(ix) Gardening and yard care.

(4) Communication skills shall include the following:

(i) Reading braille, including special braille codes such as arithmetic code and music symbols.

(ii) Braille writing.

(iii) Script writing, including the signing of checks and documents.

(iv) Typewriting.

(v) Use of abacus.

(vi) Use of telephone.

(vii) Use of manual alphabet and other communication techniques for deaf-blind.

(viii) Operation of talking book machine and tape recorder.

(ix) Sensory training, including tactile orientation and listening techniques.

(5) Therapeutic, social and leisure time activities and skills shall include the following:

(i) Crafts such as knitting, crocheting, leather work, weaving, and chair reseating.

(ii) Methods and adaptations for participation by a blind person in hobbies, sports and games.

(iii) Measures to enable a blind person to engage in social activities in his home and the community.

55 Pa. Code § 2450.12

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 2450.74 (relating to approval of evaluation report); 55 Pa. Code § 2450.81 (relating to rehabilitation teaching instructional services); 55 Pa. Code § 2450.101 (relating to evaluation).