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rights before each meeting. A person who does not wish to talk with WPAS staff shall be allowed to communicate this directh and privately to WPAS staff unless he or she overtly manifests fear of being alone with the WPAS staff. When the individual with a developmental disability overtly manifests such fear by words or behavior, WPAS shall respect that person's desires and not meet alone with that person. C. WPAS will encourage its clients and other individuals with developmental disabilities to notifu DDD and/or providers of complaints regarding DDD services and to resolve those complaints through any existing dispute resolution process. D. WPAS staff shatl comply with all safety and security requirements of DDD. DDD will communicate these requirements to WPAS staff. E. DDD employees shall not interfere with WPAS staff in obtaining_ a priylte space for meetings between WPAS staff and individuals with developmental disabilities. Private space d--oes not mean a comer of a common area room or other location which would afford other residents and DDD employees open access to WPAS employees in living areas or on the grounds DDD employee.s shallreipectthe confidentialityneeds of the indMdual with a developmental disability and WPAS. Where an individual with a developmeljal disability indicates that he or she does not want to meet in a private space, WPAS staff will respect this request. F. WPAS staffwill not be required to schedule visits with DDD employees in advance of their visits. However, WPAS staffmay contact DDD employees to do so if access to a WPAS client or other individual with a developmental disabihty will be facilitated due to the individual's daily activities. G. WPAS staffshall have the right to unaccompanied access to any SOLA or program staffed by DDD employees, and access to any individual WPAS client or DD consumer they are authorized to serve, subject to the following limitations: (1) While WPAS need not notify the DDD employees prior to meeting with its client or DDD consumer, WPAS agrees not to disturb a client or DDD consumer if the WPAS employee arrives at the residence or other building in which the client or DDD consumer is served and the client or DDD consumer is engaged in regularly scheduled program activity. In such case, WPAS staff will be permitted ,to observe or otherwiie veriff the programming without disturbing it. If WPAS staff presence dishrbs or is objected to by the WPAS client or any other DDD consumer who is present, WPAS -staff shall make arrangements to meet with the WPAS client or LtOp consumer at a later time. Where consulted prior to making an appointment, DDD employees will cooperate with WPAS staff in making scheduling_ arrangements. The WPAS employee shall not disturb nor intemrpt the activity. If the aitivity is confidential, WPAS shall obtain the client or DDD consumer's permission to observe the activity or shall respect the client or DDD consumer's iight to privacy. WPAS stalt will then either wait until the actrvtty is completed or reichedule the visit at a time that is mutually agreeable to WPAS staff and its individual client or DDD consumer, no later than 48 hours later' (2) If the WPAS employee arrives for a meeting with a client or DDD consumer ind tne individual is actively aggressive, in programming to address this behavior, or receiving "one-to-one" supervision, in such a situation, WPAS staff will be permitted to observe the individual from a safe distance or otherwise veriff that the individual is actively aggressive. WPAS staffwill then either: 5COMMLINITY ACCESS AGREEMENT