13.2 Referrals to DVR Personal Adjustment Training Services

The DVR Counselor shall complete a referral form, providing all pertinent information, as outlined on the referral form, to the PAT Supervisor or designee. The PAT Supervisor or designee shall provide written acknowledgment of the referral to the DVR Counselor indicating the approximate time when the evaluation or training service can be scheduled. The PAT Supervisor or designee shall also contact the individual and acknowledge the receipt of a referral and the approximate time when the evaluation or training service can be scheduled.

Itinerant Personal Adjustment Training (PAT) referrals shall be completed by the DVR Counselor. The referral form shall include all applicable information as outlined on the referral form. DVR Counselors in the Denver metro DVR offices shall provide the PAT Supervisor or designee with the referral. The PAT Supervisor or designee shall meet with the itinerant Vision Rehabilitation Therapists (VRT)/Orientation & Mobility Specialists (O&MS) who serve the Denver metro area to determine collectively who shall receive the referral. The itinerant VRT/O&MS assigned to take the referral shall provide written acknowledgment of the referral through a case file note indicating the approximate time when the evaluation can be scheduled. The itinerant VRT/O&MS shall also contact the individual to acknowledge receipt of the referral and schedule a meeting to begin the evaluation.

For outlying areas across the state, the DVR Counselor shall provide the referral to the lead itinerant VRT/O&MS assigned to the DVR office. The itinerant VRT/O&MS shall provide written acknowledgment of the referral through a case file note indicating the approximate time when the evaluation can be scheduled. The itinerant VRT/O&MS shall also contact the individual to acknowledge receipt of the referral and schedule a meeting to begin the evaluation.