Improving the Developmentally Disabled Community One Family at a Time
How to Get Protective Supervision To get Protective Supervision you will need to call your social worker and ask for an “assessment for protective supervision”. This is a meeting with the social worker where you will need to provide documentation that supports the need for 24/7 monitoring of your child in order to keep him/her from harming themselves. Before you request an assessment for PS, you will need to gather…
What is Protective Supervision? Simply put, Protective Supervision is an IHSS service for people who need to be observed 24 hours a day to protect them from injury. The person eligible for Protective Supervision must have a “mental illness” or “mental impairment” that impairs their judgement, memory and orientation. For example, a parent (Provider) has an autistic child that is constantly engaging in dangerous activities or unknowingly harms them self….
How to: Request a State Hearing & Request for Review How to request a fair hearingRequesting a fair hearing is pretty simple and there are several ways this can be done. All you have to do is say you want one. It is always best to ask for the hearing in writing. You should keep a copy of the request and make very clear that you want a hearing. [State…