Case Plan Worksheet Services
Breakdown of Case Plan Services
Adaptive Behavioral Functioning Evaluation
Measures how well a person handles common demands in life and how independent they are compared to others of a similar age and culture. Areas of assessment include conceptual, social, and practical daily skills.
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Anger Management
Therapeutic techniques and exercises are utilized to teach someone with excessive or uncontrollable indiscriminate anger how to reduce the triggers, degrees, and influence of an angered emotional state. If the client has lost their temper indiscriminately, Anger Management may be beneficial. If the client’s anger/violence is coercive and strategic to control another individual, BIP is the appropriate service. Anger Management is NOT equivalent to BIP!
Batterer’s Intervention Program (BIP)
The program is typically 26 sessions provided in group format with a focus on holding Intimate Partner Violence Batterer’s accountable for their coercive control tactics. Coercive Control is pattern of manipulative acts and behaviors used to take away the freedom and control another individual’s life. BIP cannot be replaceable by substance abuse treatment, anger management, or family/ marital/ couple counseling.
Childcare
Unless exempted by the court, the caregiver must ensure that each child, aged zero to school entry, is enrolled in licensed early education or childcare services. The caregiver must ensure the child attends childcare on all school approved days. The case manager will comply with all requirements of the Rilya Wilson Act including making a required face-to-face visit after two unexcused or seven consecutive excused absences. If the child is reported missing, the case manager will report the child as a missing child to law enforcement, notify all parties to the case, and take necessary actions to locate the child .​
Client Contact with Case Management
Face-to-face contact with the assigned case manager for a minimum of once every thirty days. During the monthly contact, effectiveness of case plan services and any barriers preventing permanency achievement will be discussed. Any change to the parent's address, telephone, or other contact information must be communicated to case management immediately. Information obtained during the required monthly contacts shall provide the basis for case decisions and recommendations to the court.
CAT Team (Community Action Treatment Team)
Comprehensive, intensive, community-based treatment provided by a self-contained, integrated, multi-disciplinary team to families with children and youth at risk of Out-of-Home placement due to a mental health disorder or co-occurring substance abuse diagnosis. The goal is supporting and sustaining the child, family system, within the community.
Education Advocacy & Tutoring
Academic services provided to enhance academic achievement; focus may include specific subjects, SAT or GED prep, assignment of academic tutors, appointment of an education surrogate, and/or assistance with school transportation. The child may be referred for an assessment to determine specific academic interventions to enhance academic success: Early Steps (birth to 36 months), Child Find (37 months to school entry), or an I.E.P (school-aged).
Grief Counseling-Child
Therapy tailored to address the trauma occurred directly and/or indirectly from the loss of the loved one. Treatment will be specifically tailored to the child’s needs. Grief counseling treatment may incorporate a variety of therapeutic techniques to address other issues stemming from the trauma led by the loss of a loved one.
Incarcerated Parents
Case management coordinates with the incarcerated parent's assigned classification officer to identify and encourage participation with services while incarcerated which may satisfy services outlined within the Case Plan. The parent is responsible to maintain contact with the child via letters and/or visitation. Case management will maintain contact a minimum of once per month with incarcerated parent regarding case-related matters.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy improves a persons mental health, navigates difficult emotions, and achieves targeted therapeutic goals. Case Management should provide specific diminished caregiver protective capacities and/or child’s needs on referral for the therapist to focus on during therapeutic sessions.
LGTBQ Supports
Resources including mental health counseling, suicide prevention, peer support, and advocacy for the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual, and Queer (Questioning) community.
Medical/Dental/CBHA-Child
All necessary medical, dental, and/or mental health services will be provided to the child. Copies of immunizations, physicals, well check-ups, sick visits, emergency room/ walk-in clinic discharge forms, and/or dental visits must be obtained. A Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment will be completed and the CBHA recommendations will be included in the case plan and referrals for services will be placed by the case manager.
Mentor-Child
Experienced and trusted person will be assigned to the child via a community mentorship program. The child will attend, participate, and complete all mentor activities to help them grow and develop.
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
3–5-month, evidence-based model of treatment to strengthen families with adolescents (10 -17 years old) exhibiting physical and/or verbal aggression in the home, DJJ involvement, substance use, school difficulties, negative interpersonal relationships, or psychiatric symptoms. Goal is to empower the parents to deal with these challenging behaviors and maintain the family unit thereby preventing the costly and traumatic removal of the child from the family. MST has a 24/7 On-Call.
Neuropsychological Evaluation
Comprehensive, non-invasive assessment of brain-based cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functions. Evaluation typically lasts several hours and is conducted by a specialist. Neuropsychological Evaluations use standardized tests to identify strengths and weaknesses to diagnose conditions like dementia, ADHD, or learning disabilities.
Parental Fitness & Capacity to Parent Evaluation
Assesses basic parenting issue, parenting stress, child abuse potential, and parent–child relationship. The parent’s intelligence, personality, substance misuse concerns, and reading level will be determined to assist in understanding the parent’s capacity to parent. Evaluations will also assess whether the parent has a thorough understanding of parenting issues such as child illnesses, understanding financial ability to care for a child, impact of exposure to abuse, and the understanding of the impact of their behaviors on their child. Information gathered will determine the parent’s ability to care for their child and make recommendations as to beneficial services to enhance parent’s diminished abilities.
Placement Stability Services
Provides mobile, In-Home, therapeutic crisis intervention to prevent placement disruption and support family stability.
Psychoeducational Evaluation-Child
Comprehensive, multi-step process conducted by a psychologist to understand a person's cognitive, academic, and social-emotional functioning. Identifies learning disabilities, ADHD, giftedness, or emotional challenges by evaluating strengths and weaknesses through testing, interviews, and questionnaires.
Psychosexual Evaluation-Child
Determines level of risk for sexual and non–sexual recidivism. Recommends the best types and level of intensity of interventions. Identifies any strengths and protective factors of the individual, as well as those that may exist within the family, peer, and community support systems. This evaluation is utilized when an individual is alleged to have engaged in inappropriate sexual activity, the individual is sexually acting out, and/or the risk of continued engagement in these behaviors needs to be assessed. This evaluation is typically used when there are criminal charges. For children who are engaging in inappropriate sexual activity and there are NO criminal charges, you will use a Sexual Behavior Specific Evaluation (with or without a psychological component). Sexual Behavior Specific Evaluations will make recommendations regarding Safety Plan actions and treatment needs.
Safety Management Action Response Team (SMART)
Support children and families as part of Safety Plan actions to actively and immediately protect children from impending danger and prevent Out-of-Home placement.
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy assesses and treats speech impairments/ communication problems. An initial screening for communication and swallowing disorders and continue with assessment, diagnosis, consultation, intervention, and treatment. Speech therapy will prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children. The speech evaluation will assist the child's speech strengths and needs; the speech assessor may identify specific recommended referrals for the child/family.
Target Case Management
Provide case management to adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance to assist them in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services. Wraparound services is an evidence-based, strength-based, team-supported planning process to help achieve a highly individualized plan to address an individual’s complex emotional and behavioral needs.
Adoption Competent Therapy-Child
Adoption Competent Therapy will explore trauma and adoption clinical indicators in a therapeutic setting. Therapy for the child will focus on processing trauma, adoption-related loss, and the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption.
Autism Evaluation
Comprehensive assessment conducted by a child psychologist, developmental pediatrician, or neurologist to determine if an individual meets the criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Evaluation involves developmental history, behavioral observations, and standardized tools like the ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule).
Behavior Analysis
Therapy focusing on increasing desired behaviors while reducing unwanted behaviors. Specific behaviors include social skills, communication, emotional intelligence, academics, & adaptive learning skills–fine motor dexterity, hygiene, grooming. Medical Prescription must include specific Mental Health Diagnosis stating ABA is medically necessary signed by MD/DO with F Code
Child Support
Until relieved by the courts, the parent is responsible to pay child support as required by Florida Statue 61.30, or as otherwise assessed by the court, and to cooperate with the Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement. The parent will supply the court with proof of child support.
Clinical Assessment
Brief mental health assessment completed by mental health counselor which may include mental health diagnosis and recommendations for client to obtain individual therapy, psychological evaluation, or psychiatric evaluation; clinical assessment may screen for any reported substance misuse.
Domestic Violence Victims Counseling
Survivors of intimate partner violence will be provided with support and educational information to identify factors that contribute to coercive control within relationships. May be offered group-based or delivered one on one.
Family Intensive Treatment Team (FITT)
A six-month, CARF-accredited, outpatient program developed and funded by DCF to provide intensive team-based, family-focused comprehensive services for families with parental substance use to support their recovery and progress toward completion of their Case Plan. Parents are assigned a multidisciplinary team–including Individual Therapist, Wraparound Case Manager, and Peer Support Specialist.
Human Trafficking (HT)
Program services are for children ages 10-24 who are human trafficking survivors. Services include survivor-mentors, regional advocates, and clinicians collaborating to provide emergency stabilization, individualized wellness plans, ongoing wrap around case management services, and more to help HT victims heal.
Independent Medical Evaluation
A comprehensive medical exam may include drug screen, substance abuse assessment, medical examination, and bio-psychosocial examination to assess the necessity of currently prescribed psychotropic medications. Independent medical evaluations seek to validate the current narcotic medication regimen of clients and provides recommendations for alternative medications and/or therapeutic services.
Intellectual Disability Evaluation & IQ Testing
Intellectual Disability Evaluation assesses both IQ and Adaptive Behavior Functioning (daily life skills) before age 18. An IQ score of 70 or below indicates significant limitations, but diagnosis requires observing deficits in conceptual, social, and practical skills. Assessments are conducted by psychologists using standardized tools like the WISC-V (children) or WAIS (adults).
Life Skills and Assessment-Child
Independent living skills via an assessment (Ansell Casey, Casey Life Skills, or similar) will be provided for all children in licensed care aged 13 and up. The child will be assessed for independent living skills and the results will be discussed with the child, caregiver, and all relevant parties. The child, caregiver, and case manager will create a “normalcy plan” for the child; this plan will lineate the child’s responsibilities, curfew, and other typical age-appropriate activities. The child will attend and participate with independent living workshops; workshops include but are not limited to, household skills, money management, self-care skills, social development, and work/study skills.
Medication Management
A systematic approach to ensuring medications are taken safely, consistently, and effectively to optimize health outcomes. It includes organizing pills, tracking dosages, and regular reviews with providers to prevent errors. Key practices include using pill organizers, maintaining a current medication list, and understanding potential side effects.
Mobile Response Team (MRT)
Provides emergency intervention in the community to anyone experiencing acute and serious mental illness or emotional distress. MRT may assess a person’s mental & emotional condition, determine seriousness of a situation & determine type of treatment needed, provide supportive counseling to the person & family members, and assist the person in receiving additional needed treatment
Neurology Evaluation
Diagnosing and help families manage the critical conditions involving the brain, spine, and nervous system. A neurological medical evaluation assesses whether the child has neurological symptoms and/or specific neurological diagnoses. The evaluation describes the general neurological concerns being presented by the child to better understand the child's cognitive functioning as related to their behavior.
Occupational Therapy-Child
An occupational therapy assessment will assess fine motor skills (dressing, writing), gross motor skills (running, balancing), and/or visual perception skills (hand eye coordination). This assessment will determine delays or limitations within the child’s areas of fine motor skills, cognitive skills, social development, and/or self-care routines and the necessary intervention/treatment will be provided.
Parenting & Fatherhood Engagement
Teach the skills necessary to safely care for a child. Courses may be general or covering the most common issues parents may encounter for infants, toddlers, children, and teenagers. May be offered group-based or delivered one on one.
Psychiatric Evaluation
Comprehensive assessment conducted by a psychiatrist or mental health professional to diagnose emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorders. Evaluation involves reviewing medical history, family history, symptom evaluation, and mental examinations to provide a mental health diagnosis and develop a specific treatment plan, which may include psychotropic medication and/or therapy.
Psychological Evaluation
Psychological evaluations are utilized to assess an individual’s emotional and behavioral functioning, general mental health, substance use/abuse and mental status. Psychological evaluations are often utilized to assess the adult or child’s overall mental health, assist in treatment planning, and make recommendations as to services.
Random Drug Screens
Urinalysis to track and monitor either prescribed or illicit substance use.
Sexual Abuse Counseling-Child
Counseling with a specialization in sexual abuse. The therapy will be tailored to address the trauma occurred directly and/or indirectly from the sexual abuse. Treatment will be specifically tailored to the child’s needs. Sexual abuse treatment may incorporate a variety of therapeutic techniques to address other issues stemming from the trauma led by the sexual abuse.
Substance Misuse Assessment & Treatment
Comprehensive assessment and review concerning an individual’s substance use. Includes the degree to which an individual’s substance use interferes with their social, occupational, legal, financial, and physical functioning; the individual’s need and motivation for treatment; and assessment of the individuals’ insight and amenability for treatment. Information gathered from the evaluation guides treatment options which may include outpatient services, in-patient services, residential programs, and/or day treatment.
Visitation
Therapeutic and/or supervised family time allows children to maintain safe, nurturing connections with parents.
