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Human Development – 4
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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)
• 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)
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Community of Services
Department
of Health Medical
Therapeutic
OPWDD
DDSO
DSO
Medicaid
Early Intervention
Early Childhood
Direction Centers
DSS/ACS
SSI/SS
Education Department
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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
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Developmental Disabilities
According to the NYS Office for People With
Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
• Intellectual Disability (ID)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Cerebral Palsy (CP)
• Epilepsy
• Neurological Impairments
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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 Spectrum Disorder includes conditions formerly
termed Pervasive Developmental Disorders: i.e.,
• Autism
• Early Childhood Disintegration Disorder
• Rett’s Disorder
• Asperger’s Disorder
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not
otherwise specified
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Types of Cerebral Palsy (CP)
ChoroAthetoid
Diplegia
Hemiplegia
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Quadriplegia
Epilepsy
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Neurological Impairments
A. ADD/ADHD
B. Speech & Language
Disorders
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Aphasia
Others
C. Learning Disabilities
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Dyslexia
Others
D. Others
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Tourette’s Syndrome
Prader-Willi
Neurofibromatosis
Spina Bifida
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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!
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What do you see first?
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“The next time you see someone
with 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
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It’s All About
Disabilities…
Unistel
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The End
Thank You!
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