Instructor: Diana Davis Shultz, MS, LCSW

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Center for Development of Human Services

Institute for Community Health Promotion

SUNY Buffalo State

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Acknowledgement

This material was developed by the Center for Development of Human Services (CDHS), Institute for Community Health Promotion, SUNY Buffalo State under a training and administrative services agreement with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

Disclaimer

While every effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information, the Office of Children and Family Services and the State of New York assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the information provided herein and make no representations or warranties about the suitability of the information contained here for any purpose. All information and documents are provided “as is,” without a warranty of any kind.

For information about this and other training programs, please visit:

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Agenda

• Introductions

• Red Flags in development

• Differentiate among developmental delay, medically fragile, disability, developmental disability

• Introduce OPWDD’s 5 DD categories

• Evaluation

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Introductions

•Name

•Where in NY do you live?

•Experience with children with developmental disabilities

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Material Shipped

• Developmental Disabilities: Web Based Training for Foster/Adoptive Parents -Introduction to Developmental Disabilities

• Referral of Children with Confirmed or Suspected Disabilities (laminated card)

• 3x5 cards

• Child Development Guide© 2014 New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

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)

• The risk for abuse/neglect of children with a DD have is 4 to 10 times higher than the general population (National Center for Child Abuse & Neglect 1993)

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Child Development Guide

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Child Development

•5 areas of development

Physical Emotional Intellectual Social Moral

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Child Development

• Predictable and orderly stages

• Each stage has unique tasks/skills to master

• Wide variation between individuals - still within normal limits

• Development is not necessarily even in all developmental areas

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Child Development

• Is determined by the dance between

nature and nurture

Genetics, gestation, birthing process, and interaction with caretakers and environment

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•Assess your child’s development in each area of development

• Identify developmental Red Flags

•Help document specific Red Flags, and share with professional team

• Identify child’s strengths, abilities, progress…

Use the Child Development Guide as reference to:

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Exercise the Brain

Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate

Challenge, Challenge, Challenge

Never Stop!

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“If you miss

the window

you are playing

with a handicap”

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Spelling Test

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Community of Services

Early InterventionEarly Childhood

Direction Centers

Department of Health Medical

Therapeutic

OPWDDDDSODSO

DSS/ACS

SSI/SS

Medicaid Education Department

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Handout Book

•Abbreviations & Acronyms

(pg. 56)

•Glossary of Terms (pg. 57-87)

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Developmental Disabilities

• Intellectual Disability (ID)

•Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

•Cerebral Palsy (CP)

•Epilepsy

•Neurological Impairments (NI)

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

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“The brain is the crown jewel of the human body”

Analyzes sounds

(written & spoken)Visual recognition

Hearing

Vision

Memory

indexer

Balance & muscle

coordination

Speech

Emotions

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