The personal support team (Team) completes an assessment which identifies:
- (1) potential areas in which the individual's safety is at risk, including physical, emotional, medical, financial, or legal risks, or risk to community participation;
- (2) the frequency and degree of potential harm to the individual or others; and
- (3) why, when, where, and how the risk to safety may occur, including:
- (A) issues such as circumstances, places, conditions, or times in the individual's surroundings;
- (B) early signs, clues, or other indicators of potential safety risks;
- (C) the actions and communications of the individual and others, including staff;
- (D) the individual's understanding of risk;
- (E) the individual's skills and concepts which impact safety risks, including:
- (i) communication;
- (ii) coping;
- (iii) educational;
- (iv) social;
- (v) self-reliance;
- (vi) leisure;
- (vii) vocational; and
- (viii) relationships;
- (F) the individual's past experience;
- (G) medical, psychiatric, or pharmacological issues;
- (H) recent or predictable changes in the person's life; and
- (I) previous incidents in which the individual's safety was at risk;
- (4) discussion of previous supports, services, and strategies that have been effective or ineffective in preventing or reducing the risks; and
- (5) services and supports which are needed.