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- Ministry of Children and Youth Services Ministry of Community
and Social Services Ministry of Education Ministry of Health and
Long term Care Ontario Special Needs Strategy
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- Special Needs Strategy Vision An Ontario where children and
youth with special needs get the timely and effective services they
need to participate fully at home, school, in the community and as
they prepare to achieve their goals for adulthood What it will
required Change at the provincial and local levels Collaboration
across sectors Innovative approaches to address challenges and
barriers
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- What the strategy will mean for families Seamless experience of
services Clear access and service plans Smooth transitions Families
telling their story only once
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- What are the key elements of the strategy A voluntary
developmental screen for children Coordinated service planning
process for children with complex and or multiple needs Integrated
delivery of rehabilitation services for children and youth- speech
and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy services
delivered in a seamless manner from birth to the end of school
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- Coordinated service planning For children with multiple and or
complex special needs who would benefit from added support due to
the breadth and cross sectoral nature of their service needs
Children with multiple and or complex needs and their families:
Will have a service plan that is built around their strengths and
needs Wont have to tell their story multiple times Will have a go
to person when they have questions
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- Integrated Delivery of Rehabilitation services Children and
youth will receive rehabilitation services that are: Seamless from
birth to school exit Built around their goals for home, school and
the community Delivered in a way and in a place that meets the
needs of the child and family
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- Where we are headed
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- How will it happen 34 service areas in the province Two
proposals are required from each area for ministry approval:
Coordinated service planning (due March 5, 2015 Integrated Delivery
of Rehab services (due June 1, 2015) Proposal planning tables will:
Identify a common approach Be collaborative and inclusive Not be
constrained by existing roles and responsibilities
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- Coordinated Service planning proposal development Planning
tables will be expected to recommend one agency that will be the
host of the Coordinated Service planning coordinators Planning
tables are expected to review existing resources in its area that
provide a range of coordination, access etc. services and develop
ways that these can be re purposed to comprise the new
positions
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- Mandatory signatories to Coordinated service planning proposal
Childrens treatment Centres Agencies funded to provide interagency
service coordination Autism intervention lead agencies Applied
Behaviour Analysis base services and supports and lead agencies
Local health integration Networks Community Care Access Centers
District School Boards
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- Integrated deliver of Rehabilitation Services Services will be
realigned so that children and families experience rehabilitation
services as one program Does not require a lead agency model Is not
about amalgamation
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- Proposal submissions Expectations May propose: Funding
realignments Changes to existing roles/responsibilities, including
opting out of service delivery and having funding reprofiled
Changes to policies and regulations ON THE GROUND Services are
delivered with a holistic view Speech and language services are
unified A single wait list for each rehabilitative service is
maintained
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- Integrated delivery of Rehabilitation services Proposal
development Mandatory signatories Preschool Speech and Language
District School Boards Childrens Treatment Centers Community Care
Access Centers