Safe at Home/Sound Response

2011

The Waisman-Community TIES program is partnering with Dane County in initiating Sound Response, an alternative approach to ongoing overnight staffing for people with developmental disabilities. Sound Response offers a combination of off-site monitoring with quick response by familiar, professional staff, as an effective service model for assuring safety and promoting independence. Sound Response strives to supplement direct staff support through the creative use of technical/mechanical supports. These technical/mechanical supports are in the form of a variety of monitoring devices, which already are being utilized in numerous homes. These include speaker phones, pagers, motion detectors, smoke detectors, various burglar alarm systems, closed circuit television, baby monitors, personal assistance systems, and door and window sensors, to name just a few. Sound Response set up a strategically located monitoring site, which will be staffed after typical work week hours.

challenging behavior, behavioral supports,

Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation

Quality Assurance

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Specific Groups

Single-County

N/A