© 2014 New York State Office of Children and Family Services

© 2014 New York State Office of Children and Family Services.



Human Development – 4© 2014 New York State Office of Children and Family Services.




Handout Book

• Federal Definition of DD (pg. 2)

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

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

• NYS Department of Education… Student with a Disability (pg. 8-9)

• NYS DOH Early Intervention Regulations (pg.10)

• NYS OPWDD Definition of DD (pg. 11)


Community of Services

Early InterventionEarly Childhood

Direction Centers

Department of Health Medical

Therapeutic

OPWDDDDSODSO

DSS/ACS

SSI/SS

Medicaid Education Department


Bridges to Health (BH2)

• Foster care- specific waiver application

• Provides family and community support to multiple families simultaneously (foster, birth and pre-adoptive)

• Targets 3 eligibility groups of children in care: SED, DD and Med F

• Services follow child

• Offers services previously only available in residential settings


Developmental Disabilities

• Intellectual Disability (ID)

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Cerebral Palsy (CP)

• Epilepsy

• Neurological Impairments

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


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Intelligence Quotient Tests

•Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children – WISC/Weschler

•Stanford-Binet

•Kaufman Assessment Battery

•Peabody

•Bayley Infant Scales


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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

•Autism

•Early Childhood Disintegration Disorder

•Rett’s Disorder

•Asperger’s Disorder

•Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not otherwise specified

Autism Spectrum Disorder includes conditions formerly termed Pervasive Developmental Disorders: i.e.,


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Types of Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Choro- Diplegia Hemiplegia QuadriplegiaAthetoid


Epilepsy


Neurological ImpairmentsA. ADD/ADHD

B. Speech & Language Disorders Aphasia Others

C. Learning Disabilities Dyslexia Others

D. Others Tourette’s Syndrome Prader-Willi Neurofibromatosis Spina Bifida


Agree or Disagree

Children with DD:

A. Have no sexual desires, therefore they need no information on sexuality

B. Are unable to manage their own behaviors

C. Feel no pain, & have no emotions

D. Their caretakers are Special and Good!


What do you see first?


“The next time you see someonewith a disability,

ask yourself what you see first –the person or the disability.

When you look past the disabilities,you see the abilities and discover

a new realm of possibilities.”

Tina Spallina


Unistel

It’s All About Disabilities…


The EndThank You!


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