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Facilitator Toolkit

Everything you need to add Active Community Skills to a Self-Determination Program spending plan.

At a Glance

Provider: Active Community Skills
Service code: SDP 331, Community Integration Supports
Budget category: Employment and Community Participation
Service: One-to-one movement skills coaching in gymnastics, parkour, fitness, yoga, and dance
Program: 24 sessions over 12 weeks, two sessions a week, 55 minutes each
Serves: Ages 3 through adult
Setting: Adrian's Place, 1806 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90404. Never in the home.
Format: One-to-one, participant-paced
Rate: $250 per 55-minute session. Full 24-session program: $6,000.
Billing: Full program paid at enrollment. Sessions not completed are refunded.
Missed sessions: Rescheduled within the program.

How This Fits Code 331

Code 331, Community Integration Supports, funds services that build the skills a participant needs for community life. It is delivered outside the participant's home. The Active Community Skills program supports these Code 331 service areas:

Visual, auditory, and tactile awareness and perception experiences: balance and control, rhythm and coordination.
Art and recreation programs: one-to-one movement coaching in gymnastics, parkour, fitness, yoga, and dance.
Communication skills: following cues, waiting a turn, and making choices.
Self-advocacy skills: participants make choices and practice asking for what they need.
Community awareness: safety awareness in shared spaces with other people.

Each participant's goals are drawn from their person-centered plan and IPP.

Spending Plan Language

Copy this description into the participant's spending plan. If the plan line has its own label, such as Gymnastics/Parkour, place that label before the description.

Spending plan description

Code 331, Community Integration Supports: One-to-one movement skills coaching in gymnastics, parkour, fitness, yoga, and dance, provided by Active Community Skills.

How to Get Started

1.Contact us at admin@activecommunityskills.com or 310-473-3097, press #3. We confirm the participant's goals and that Active Community Skills is a good fit.
2.Add Active Community Skills to the spending plan using the language above.
3.Connect us with the participant's FMS. We complete the FMS provider setup.
4.The family signs a service agreement with Active Community Skills covering the service, rate, and schedule.
5.Once the FMS confirms in writing, we schedule the planning session and the program begins.
6.The full program is invoiced to the FMS at enrollment. If the participant cannot finish the program, sessions not completed are refunded to the FMS.

Program Details

The program begins with a planning session. The participant, the family, and the facilitator use the person-centered plan and IPP to agree on goals for the twelve weeks. Sessions are built from five steps, combined and adjusted for each participant: Settle, Balance and Control, Rhythm and Coordination, Remember and Choose, and Finish and Review. Skills are recorded at the start, midway, and at the end, with a written summary at each checkpoint.

Common Questions

Is Active Community Skills a regional center vendor?

No. Active Community Skills is a Self-Determination Program provider. SDP providers do not need to be vendored by a regional center. Services are paid through the participant's FMS based on the approved spending plan.

Do sessions take place in the home?

No. All sessions take place at Adrian's Place in Santa Monica.

Is this therapy?

No. Active Community Skills is a recreation-based service. It does not diagnose, does not provide medical or clinical treatment, and uses no devices or computer-based feedback.

What does the program cost?

$250 per 55-minute session, or $6,000 for the full 24-session program.

How is the program paid?

The full 24-session program, $6,000, is paid at enrollment. If a participant is unable to finish, every session not completed is refunded to the FMS.

What ages do you serve?

Ages 3 through adult.

What happens if a session is missed?

Missed sessions are rescheduled within the program.