Approved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training and administrative agreement with the Research Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

Instructor: Diana Shultz, MS, LCSW

Agenda

•Introductions

•Services communities for children with DD

•Advocacy role

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Introductions

•Name

•Experience with children with developmental disabilities

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Material Shipped

• Handout Book: Developmental Disabilities: Web Based Training for Foster/Adoptive Parents – Services for Children with Developmental Disabilities

• Referral of Children with Confirmed or Suspected Disabilities (laminated card)

• Resource GuideApproved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training

and administrative agreement with the Research Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

Why This Training?• 23% of children 0-6 entering foster care in San

Francisco had developmental delays (Pediatrics: Feb. 1998)

• 30% - 50% of children legally freed and awaiting adoption have a DD (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

“Young children in foster care do not receive adequate preventive health care while in placement, and many significant problems go undetected, or if diagnosed, are not evaluated and treated…” (General Accounting Office)

EARLY INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL

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Famous People with DD

Robin WilliamsSteven Spielberg AD/HDAlbert Einstein AutismDr Temple Grandin DyslexiaVincent Van Gogh LD Leonardo DaVinci Asperguer’sHenry Ford EpilepsyGeorge WashingtonAndy Warhol

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Developmental Disabilities

(According to the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities – OPWDD)

• Intellectual Disability (ID)

• Autism

• Cerebral Palsy

• Epilepsy

• Neurological ImpairmentsApproved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training

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Handout Book

•Abbreviations & Acronyms

(pg. 24)

•Glossary of Terms (pg. 27-55)

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Label Jars

Not People

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The child’s diagnosis could be:

•Undetermined

•Medically fragile

•Developmentally delayed

•Disabled

•Other-Health impaired

• Developmentally disabled Approved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training

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Handout Book

• Federal Definition of DD (pg. 2)

• Social Security – Supplemental Security Income (pg.3)

• Individual with Disabilities Education Act (pg.4-7)

• State Department of Education…Handicapping Conditions (pg. 8-9)

• Early Intervention Regulations (pg.10)

• OPWDD Definition (pg. 11)

Approved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training and administrative agreement with the Research Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

Community of Services

Early InterventionEarly Childhood

Direction Centers

Department of Health Medical

Therapeutic

OPWDDDDSODSO

DSS/ACS

SSI/SS

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•Family/Pediatrician/Caseworker Concern

•Referral

• Initial Service Coordinator

•Multidisciplinary Evaluation

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Early InterventionProgram Steps

Early InterventionProgram Steps (continued)

•The IFSP Meeting Early Intervention Services Areas of Development (cognitive, physical,

communication, social/emotional, adaptive)

•Review Six Month/Evaluate Annually

•TransitionApproved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training

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Early Intervention Services

•Service Coordination

•Therapeutic Services (e.g. speech, language therapy, special instruction, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, hearing, vision, assistive technology devises, family training, etc.)

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Transition

•Eligibility for early intervention services ends at the child’s 3rd birthday

Unless the child is eligible for preschool special educational services and

Parent chooses to stay in the Early Intervention Program for a limited time

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Community of Services

Early InterventionEarly Childhood

Direction Centers

Department of Health Medical

Therapeutic

OPWDDDDSODSO

DSS/ACS

SSI/SS

Medicaid Education Department

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Bridges to Health (B2H) devoted to children in foster care

• Integration of cross-systems issues begins January 2008

• Three eligibility groups are covered by this single waiver: SED, DD and Med F

• Foster, birth, pre-adoptive parents and the child can be served simultaneously;

• Child qualifies only while in care; services can last until age 21 (into reunification, adoption, a lower level of care and into adulthood);

• Individualized health plans to provide support services to address the singular traumatic events a child in care experiences

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Federal Laws

• Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) pg. 2-19

•Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) pg. 20-26

•Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act pg. 27

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“If you miss the window, you are playing

with a handicap” (Newsweek)

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It’s All About Disabilities…

Unistel

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The End. Thank You!

Unregistered and want training credit?

Before class ends, enter the following into (private) text chat to Matthew Fildes (in his absence, to the instructor):

Full legal name

Male or female

Home address (no P.O. boxes)

Area code and phone number

Email address (2 on same computer must list 2 email addresses)

Foster care agency address (e.g., Harlem Dowling, Westside Center, 2090 7th Ave, NY, NY 10027)

Thank you.