Bucks County Department of Mental Health/Developmental Programs

600 Louis Drive, Suite 101Warminster, PA 18974

215-444-2800 FAX 215-444-2891

Web site: http://www.buckscounty.org

Mary Beth Mahoney, MSAdministrator

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Ignorance

Rejection

Fear

Community

Home

Institution

Workshop

SegregatedTransportation

CLA

Meetings &

Program

Plans

Home

Work

School

Play

Fellowship

Self-Determination

• Self Determination is a fundamental human right. It means that people, in partnership with family and friends, are empowered to plan and direct how they will live their lives. That people have the freedom to choose the services and supports they need, the authority to control limited resources, and the responsibility for the decisions they make.

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• Licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, psychiatrist, or licensed physician.

• Manifested during the developmental period which is from birth up to the individual’s 22nd birthday.

• Psychological and ABS consist of the following:•The clinical data and an overall score.•A statement by the certifying practitioner that the results are considered valid and consistent with the person’s degree of functional restriction.•A statement by the certifying practitioner as to whether the results indicate that the individual has an intellectual disability.

Developmental Programs Supports Coordination

• 090 County Supports Coordination Unit (Pennhurst Class Members Only)

• 092 Lenape Valley Foundation

• 093 Penndel Mental Health (ID Services only)

• 095 Penn Foundation

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Keys to Transition• Supports Coordination is the LINK • Parents/Caregivers are Critical• Applying for Benefits• Prioritization of Urgency of Need (PUNS)• Accessing all Supports and Services• Life Skills and Job Experiences

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For Your Information

• Home & Community Services Information System (HCSIS)

• Individual Support Plan (ISP)

• Employment and Life Sharing Initiatives

• Consolidated & Person Family Directed Supports Waiver

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Developmental Program Services

• Community Education• Training• Information and Referral

• Early Intervention• Non-Residential

• Employment• Community Based Supports• Older Adult Daily Living Centers• Sheltered Workshop• Adult Training Facility• Family Support Services• Transportation

• Residential Services• Home Based• Family Living (Lifesharing)• Supported Living • Community Homes• Personal Care Boarding Homes• Intermediate Care

Facility/Intellectual Disablity (ICF/ID)

• Private Licensed Facility

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SUPPORT COORDINATION• Know Your Supports Coordinator• Link to Accessing ID and Other Community-

based Supports• Coordinating Transition to The Adult ID System• Locate, Coordinate, Monitor

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OUTCOMES AND VISION

• Strategize and develop a vision prior to transition

• IEP Should Support the Student’s Vision

• Life After School- What is the Outcome?

• Involve Supports Coordination

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Board of CommissionersRobert G. Loughery, Chairman

Charles H. Martin, Vice ChairmanDiane M. Ellis-Marseglia, LCSW