Developmental Disabilities Supports Division:
The Developmental Disabilities Supports Division provides technical assistance to service providers through issuing policy, regulations, standards and using other methods.

Regulations

Recent DDSD published NMAC regulations

Standards

Individual Service Plan (ISP)

The DDSD Request for Regional Office Intervention form (RORI)

DDSD Guidelines

Operations Manuals

Policy
Updated: 12/28/2012

• Access to Employment
• Accreditation of Long Term Services Division Funded Providers
• Aspiration Risk Management
• Aspiration Risk Management Original 2004 Policy
• Aversive Intervention Prohibitions
• Behavioral Crisis Intervention Plan
  -November 02, 2010

This policy supersedes the July 1, 2003 Crisis Prevention/Intervention Plan policy, which provided guidance to direct support professionals regarding what to do in a behavioral or medical crisis/emergency situation. This new policy clarifies expectations for Behavioral Support Consultants to develop and train Direct Support Professionals to implement a Behavioral Crisis Intervention Plan (BCIP) for crisis situations arising from behavior; a separate policy (Medical Emergency Response Plan Policy) now outlines expectations for medically related crisis situations... click here

• Behavior Support Service Provisions
• Centralized Admission and Discharge Process for New Mexicans with Developmental Disabilities
• Certification and Re-certification Requirements for Developmental Specialists
• Expedited Allocation to the Developmental Disability Waiver Program
• Friends and Relationships Course Teacher Certification
• General Events Reporting
• Human Rights Committee Requirements
• Improper Solicitation of Business
• Medication Administration Assessment
• Medical Emergency Response Plans
• Medical Immobilization/ Protective Stabilization and Pre-Sedation
• Non-Ambulatory Stipend (pending soon)
• Promoting Healthy Relationships for Individuals with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
• Psychotropic Medication Use
• Referral to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for Employment
• Regional Office Role in Utilization Review
• Reporting and Documentation of DDSD Training Requirements
• RORI Technical Assistance
• Self-Imposed Moratorium
• Socialization and Sexuality Education for Individuals with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
  
• State General Fund (SGF) and Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Billing Policy
• Support for Individuals with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Who Exhibit or Have Exhibited Risk Factors for Sexually Inappropriate or Offending Behavior
• Supported Living Conditions Policy
• Therap Health Tracker and Health Passport Features
• Training Requirements for Direct Service Agency Staff
• Training Requirements for Direct Service Agency Staff
• Transition of Individuals in NM SIS Groups A & B from 24 Hour Residential Living Supports (pending soon)
• Vocational Assessment Profile Policy

Procedures

Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Policy and Procedures and Certification

Director's Releases

Promising Practice

Glossary and Abbreviations

Link to Human Services Division - Medical Assistance Bureau

Link to DDSD Developmental Disability and Medically Fragile Waiver Service Provider Applications