What are
Developmental
Disabilities Services?
Developmental Disabilities services and supports
are designed to help individuals live, work, plan, and learn in environments of their
choice as independently as possible. Individual confidentiality is maintained in
compliance with Federal, State, and Local Management Entity
guidelines.
What is a Developmental Disability?
It is a severe, chronic disability of a person which/who:
- is attributable to mental retardation, cerebral palsy,
epilepsy, autism, down syndrome or neurological impairment
- continues indefinitely
- results in substantial functional limitations in three or
more of the following areas: self care, receptive and expressive language, learning,
mobility, self-direction, independent living, or economic self-sufficiency
- reflects the need for lifelong or extended duration,
individually coordinated plan of special care, treatment, or services
- is birth to three years old and at risk of a disability
NOTE: Services are also provided to
people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.
Services
that are available to developmentally disabled citizens.
- Case Management Services:
Case Management helps an individual
enter the system and identify and obtain treatment they need to be successful, by
arranging, linking, and/or integrating and monitoring multiple services to the individual
with disabilities. Case managers inform the individual about benefits and community
resources; they work with agencies in the community to assist the individual in acquiring
services.
- Early Childhood Intervention:
Early Childhood Intervention
serves children from birth through six years of age. Services are developed around
the unique needs and desires of the family. Examples of services include, but are
not limited to, parent information/education, parent support, developmental stimulation,
educational services, and psychological services.
- Developmental Day Center:
Specialized pre-school programs are available for
children with, or at risk for, developmental delay in a state-licensed day
care facility. Services are designed to meet the needs of the
children in the areas of adaptive, physical, language and speech, cognitive
and social skills. These activities will change and evolve as the
children attain new goals and skills.
- Adult Development and Vocational Program (ADVP):
This program offers Supported
Employment services to individuals who want to work in the community. Job coaches
develop jobs, match jobs to individual ability and preference, and provide intensive
onsite training and supervision.
- Day Activity:
The Day Activity is a facility-based program that offers the adult
with a developmental disability the opportunity to participate in activities that support
personal independence.
- Supported Living Provider
Program:
This
service provides a structured, therapeutic living environment for children and adults with
special needs or challenging behavior through our
Qualified Provider Community.
- Community Alternatives Program (CAP):
Using a Medicaid
waiver funding source, this program provides support services to enable individuals who
would be at risk of institutionalization to live in their own communities. It
provides various types of equipment and supplies, vehicle and environmental adaptations,
and augmentative communication devices.
- Camping & Respite Services:
This service provides temporary
relief for caregivers, while providing learning experiences for children and adults.
- Psychological & Respite Services:
This provides evaluation and supports
to meet a person's behavioral healthcare needs.
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