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

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Instructor Diana Shultz, MS, LCSW
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
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Agenda

• Introductions
• Services communities for children with DD
• Advocacy role
• 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

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Introductions

• Name
• Experience with children with developmental
  disabilities
• 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

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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 Guide
• 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

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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
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
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Famous People with DD
Robin Williams Steven Spielberg AD/HD Albert
Einstein Autism Dr Temple Grandin Dyslexia Vin
cent Van Gogh LD Leonardo DaVinci Asperguers H
enry Ford Epilepsy George Washington Andy
Warhol 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
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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 Impairments
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  and Family Services 2005, through a training and
  administrative agreement with the Research
  Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

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Handout Book

• Abbreviations Acronyms
• (pg. 24)
• Glossary of Terms (pg. 27-55)
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  and Family Services 2005, through a training and
  administrative agreement with the Research
  Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

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• Label Jars
• Not People

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and Family Services 2005, through a training and
administrative agreement with the Research
Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS
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The childs 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 and
  administrative agreement with the Research
  Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

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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 EducationHandicapping
  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

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Community of Services
Early Intervention Early Childhood Direction
Centers
Department of Health Medical Therapeutic
DSS/ACS
OPWDD DDSO DSO
SSI/SS
Medicaid
Education Department
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and Family Services 2005, through a training and
administrative agreement with the Research
Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS
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Early InterventionProgram Steps

• Family/Pediatrician/Caseworker Concern
• Referral
• Initial Service Coordinator
• Multidisciplinary Evaluation
• 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

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Early InterventionProgram Steps (continued)

• The IFSP Meeting
• Early Intervention Services
• Areas of Development (cognitive, physical,
  communication, social/emotional, adaptive)
• Review Six Month/Evaluate Annually
• Transition
• 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

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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.)
• 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

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Transition

• Eligibility for early intervention services ends
  at the childs 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
• 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

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Community of Services
Early Intervention Early Childhood Direction
Centers
Department of Health Medical Therapeutic
DSS/ACS
OPWDD DDSO DSO
SSI/SS
Medicaid
Education Department
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
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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
• 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

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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
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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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  and Family Services 2005, through a training and
  administrative agreement with the Research
  Foundation for SUNY/BSC/CDHS

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• If you miss the window, you are playing with a
  handicap (Newsweek)
• 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

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Its All About Disabilities

• Unistel
• 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

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The End. Thank You!
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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.