The process to get started with The Loden Group is an easy one...

                  Private Clients                DDD Clients

Private Clients

If you have been referred to The Loden Group and do NOT receive services through DDD, simply call the office to make an appointment for an initial assessment (602-381-0700).

DDD Clients

First - Call our office. We will do an initial intake gathering general information (name, age, diagnosis, address, services requested, etc...) and send you an "Orientation Packet. Inside of the orange folder you will find our client service policy and several forms. The forms on the left side of the folder must be completed and returned PRIOR to the start of any services.  The forms on the right side are a grievance form and incident/accident form for you to keep should there be any issues once services begin.

 Please use the following checklist to help you with the required paperwork (from  orientation packet) so that we may begin services for your child in a timely manner:

 I.Fill Out and Return:

  a. Pre-Service Orientation Form (triplicate form, 2 pages, be sure to sign all appropriate  places on second page)

  b. General Consent

  c. Release to Share Information (list those individuals we are permitted to speak to your child’s program about...i.e. speech, teachers, psychologist)

  d. Schedule Preference (fill out your child’s daily routine from the time they awake until the time they go to sleep. Any holes in the schedule are the times your child can do habilitation)

 SERVICES CAN NOT  BEGIN WITHOUT THE ABOVE STATED FORMS COMPLETED, SIGNED AND IN OUR OFFICE.

  e. Initial Assessment (fill out to the best of your ability)

  f. Problem Identification (answer questions as completely as possible)

 Initial assessment for habilitation can not take place until we receive the two forms stated above in our office.

II.     Call Support Coordinator:

  a. Let your support coordinator know you have chosen to receive services through The Loden Group

  b. Ask him/her to send authorization for services to our office as soon as possible. Remember to ask for authorization for each service you intend to use through The Loden Group (habilitation, respite, attendant care)

  c. If you do not have the most recent copy of your child’s ISP (Individual Service      Plan) request that as well

SERVICES CAN NOT BEGIN UNTIL AUTHORIZATION AND ISP ARE RECEIVED FROM ddd

oNCE WE RECEIVE ALL OF THE ABOVE ITEMS, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU TO SET UP AN INITITAL ASSESSMENT.

fOR THOSE CLIENTS NOT RECEIVING hABILITATION SERVICES, WE JUST NEED THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK. nO ASSESSMENT IS NEEDED.

 III. For those clients utilizing habilitation services, send copies of:

  a. Your child’s most recent ISP

  b. Any current progress reports from other interventions (developmental paediatrician, speech, OT

Please call us with any questions regarding required paperwork. Services CAN NOT begin until paperwork and authorizations are received in our office. Once again, we are pleased you have chosen The Loden Group and we look forward to helping your child and family.