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Contact Us - Seeking ABLE Services Children
with Special Health Care Needs
The initial contact will start with a phone call where the parent and the nurse determine whether the ABLE Program is the best resource for their needs. Referrals to other agencies can be made be made even at this point. Calling 801-584-8552 will take about ½ hour. This in conjunction with our web site to assist you in getting started. A packet requesting information may be mailed to the family. It asks questions about different aspects of the child's life. The ABLE team will review this completed information We may, with your permission, want to direct this information to a service provider already involved with your child who might take a lead role when we might develop into more of a consultation role. Where a Team already exists we might be most helpful positioning ourselves this way for you child.Keeping with our flexibility and attempting to respond in timely ways, we may want to gather some of your helpers including the school on a “conference call” using either a speaker phone or a prearranged call where persons from various places call into a central number. It may even be more appropriate to meet at the school as an option for this first visit. You may wish to visit the Medical Home web at www.medhomeportal.org under Education and Schools find the Evaluation/Services Recommendation form. This you can send to health care provider with a note about the meeting, date and place asking for his/her health related input. Occasionally, we will need to visit with the child and family as your personal consultant in our office for several times to get a better view of the situation. Where previous testing has already been completed the community team or family may just want some directions and answers to questions with suggestions for treatment.
Intake: The appointment is for the parent or guardian to come in with their completed packet and meet with a child psychologist to discuss what they want from the ABLE team, to gather what has already been tried, and sign consent forms to release information to and from other providers. (Takes 45 to 90 minutes). Pre-assessment: The child meets with the psychologist to do some testing for such things as concentration or general emotional well being. The nurse will weigh and measure the child. The parent may meet with the social worker to discuss available community resources that the family might be interested in (Takes 45 minutes to 2 hours). A report of this meeting will be mailed to the family. Diagnostic: The family and child meet with members of the team including the psychologist, the pediatrician, and sometimes the social worker and the nurse. After reading the information received from the parent packet, the intake and pre-assessment report, the parents and team will meet together to discuss family concerns. The pediatrician will perform a short physical exam on the child. Through this dynamic process, we can discover presenting problems, family strengths and establish new goals. A report of this meeting will be mailed to the family. The report will include a diagnosis and recommendations generated during the meeting. Family Health Promotion Plan: This is a review of improvements that have occurred so far and a statement of goals to promote family health in their areas of concern. Follow up: Further appointments are set up as needed every 3-6 months. Sometimes the team will follow up with a phone call or a scheduled visit to the child's school. Transition: As the child reaches adulthood, we offer to help the child make effective transitions(from child to adult services in the community, etc.). We have a transition specialist, Lynn Pease, who can facilitate the child and family with these important changes in their lives. She can be reached by phone at (801)584-8518. Forms
CSHCH Application Form
CSHCN Application Form (en español)
Release Consent Form
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and/or learning problems. Some families will be helped best
by phone consultation with our team, leading to a referral
to another health care and/or school provider who already
knows the child. It may be beneficial for us to call the primary
health care provider to suggest treatments or testing. Sometimes
a family member will be the right person to go to for support.
The link to "How to Use this Web site" is intended
to be used by professionals or families to assist in the creation
of teams of concerned people. 
Given
the complexity and seriousness of some problems (not all children
need this service) we may want to start talking to you right
away about forming a group of helping persons so as to wraparound
the family and child lots of coordinated ideas effecting several
parts of the child's life. You may want to identify one other
person from school and or your family and begin searching our
web site especially materials related to