Denisse Ochoa
Case Manager at Tropical Texas Behavioral Health- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Tropical Texas Behavioral Health
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Case Manager
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Aug 2016 - Present
Evaluate the quality of service for individuals with an intellectual and or a developmental disability. Knowledgeable over Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL) and General Revenue (GR) programs. Responsible for authorizing services, over site of services and evaluating the effectiveness of authorized services. Identifying the individual’s needs and the services and supports that address those needs as they relate to the nature of the individual’s presenting problem and/or disability. Identifying, arranging, advocating, collaborating with other agencies, and linking for the delivery of outcome-focused services and supports that address the individual’s needs and desires as indicate by the individual and Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) or actively involved parent. Ensuring that the individual receives needed services, evaluating the effectiveness and adequacy of services, and determining if identified outcomes are meeting the individual’s needs and desires as indicated by the individual and LAR or actively involved person. Linking and assisting the individual and LAR or actively involved person to secure services and supports that will enable them to prevent or manage a crisis. Show less
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Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
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United States
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Government Administration
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500 - 600 Employee
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Educational Coach
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Mar 2016 - Aug 2016
Suit understudies with an inability by offering them assistance with learning how to self-advocate and in the meantime, show them how to become independent. Assist the students with school and individual life by prompting them on how to do what is most difficult to them. Additionally, utilizing case administration aptitudes by continually archiving the student’s capacities, concerns, and achievements. To promote self-awareness and assisting them with succeeding in school. Also, keep constant communication with the families and counsel them on how they can help at home with their youngster through the advancement and execution of family organization in which it depicts family objectives, obligations and systems for accomplishing the objectives their child needs and additionally advance in accomplishing them. The fundamental objective is for our student to graduate and become independent. Show less
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Project HIRE
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Educational Coach
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Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
Assist with the inclusion of students in college course work, campus life. Counsel students related to family, school, personal and life decision choices on a regular basis. Case management skills by completing weekly paperwork for each student on their case load by the end of the working week. Develop strategies that will allow student to become effective learners. Teach skills such as self-advocacy, self-determination and independence that will assist student with daily living skills. To empower student strengths and weakness and use that information to provide individualized support within their daily lives. Show less
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McAllen Physical Therapy
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Physical Therapy Technician
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Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
Training and interviewing employees for clerical tasks and use of exercises, stretching maneuvers, hands-on therapy and equipment to ease patients’ pain and help them increase their ability to move. Create a plan for the patients, outlining the patients’ goals and the planned treatments. Evaluate a patients’ progress, modifying a treatment plan and trying new treatments as needed. Educate patients and their families about what to expect during recovery from injury and how best to cope with what happens. Show less
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Education
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Master of Science (M.S.), Rehabilitative Counseling -
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Rehabitative Services