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13 <br />XDS Guarantee of Evidence Based Best Practice Approach <br />Crass Disability Services has demonstrated a commitment to outcome focused <br />services since XDS was created in 1996 when Thava Mahadevan became the <br />Director of what was then called the Thomas S. Program. Because the Thomas <br />S. Program was created in response to a Federal Class Action Law Suit against <br />the State for not providing adequate treatment to individuals with mental <br />retardation and mental illness(es) there was a wealth of evidence based, best <br />practice training required for Cross Disability Staff. <br />XDS Staff have received the following training: <br />• Psychopharmacology. - <br />• Circle of Friends Supports. <br />• Social role valorization. <br />• Value based caregiving. <br />• Legal and ethical issues in working with individuals with DD. <br />• Person centered planning with on-site fallow-up by national consultant <br />Michael Smull (this included individual-speck person centered planning for <br />CDS clients and clients preparing to leave John Umstead Hospital. <br />• Person centered plan monitoring by Thomas S. Program consultants within <br />the NC Division of MH/DD/SAS. <br />National Accreditation: <br />It is within this culture of person-centered treatment and support interventions <br />that XDS pursued national accreditation from The Council on Quality and <br />Leadership in Supports to People with Disabilities. CQL Accreditation is a <br />long, "developmental process that is designed to ensure a service organization <br />maintains a person centered focus by requiring a quality management process <br />that systematically collects and analyzes data toward improving quality of <br />services," The centerpiece of CQL accreditation is evaluating the strength of the <br />person centered planning process and services and ensuring positive outcomes. <br />CQL reviews programs in a highly detailed fashion through a series of interviews <br />with service recipients and providers to determine if certain outcomes are <br />present. If outcomes are not present, it is determined whether processes are in <br />place to ensure their presence in the future. <br />XDS Inc. <br />Cross Disability Services. Page 23 <br />