Human Development – 1 Approved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training and administrative agreement with

Human Development – 1Approved 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

Human Development – 2






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…Handicapping Conditions (pg. 8-9)

• NYS DOH Early Intervention Regulations (pg.10)

• NYS 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

Medicaid Education DepartmentApproved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training and


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

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


Developmental Disabilities

•Intellectual Disability (ID)

•Autism

•Cerebral Palsy

•Epilepsy

•Neurological ImpairmentsApproved 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

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

Intelligence Quotient


Intelligence Quotient Tests

•Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children – WISC/Weschler

•Stanford-Binet

•Kaufman Assessment Battery

•Peabody

•Bayley Infant ScalesApproved 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

Autism

•Autism

•Early Childhood Disintegration Disorder

•Rett’s Disorder

•Asperger’s Disorder

•Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not otherwise specified


Autism is one of 5 Autism Spectrum Disorders or Pervasive Developmental Disorders: i.e.,

Types of Cerebral Palsy

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!


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.

Documents

Human Development – 1 Approved by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services 2005, through a training and administrative agreement with