Searching for Developmental Disabilities

Assists individuals with a developmental disability to live independently in their chosen community. APS workers engage directly with the individual through a person-centered, supportive approach to do the following:

• Provide advocacy, crisis intervention, and case management to support independent living
• Develop, implement, and maintain an Individual Support Plan (ISP)
• Support the individual in identifying personal strengths and needs to support social inclusion
• Inform the individual of their legal rights
• Assist the individual in identifying and developing a network of informal supports within the community (e.g. mentors, friends, extended family, etc.)
• Provide voluntary trusteeship services to assist with budgeting for necessary expenditures (e.g. rent, food, clothing, etc.)

The APS workers collaborate with community-based partners to ensure the rights of individuals with a developmental disability are respected. Supports and advocacy are also provided to assist with legal or housing issues that may arise. In addition, APS workers provide service navigation to youth entering the adult developmental services sector.

Provides services to adults, who have an intellectual disability, so that they can live as fully and as independently as possible in their communities

Supports offered:

• Developing life skills
• Money management and budgeting
• Assistance with medical appointments and medication monitoring
• Home maintenance management - health and safety, cooking, cleanliness
• Services that support people to develop skills that assist them in achieving greater independence
• Safety skills
• Healthy living
• Developing community connections, natural supports
• Enhancing social capital
• Exploring educational, work, or volunteer initiatives
• Person-directed planning
• Recreational group activities
• Support for self advocate
• Options and planning for caregivers and aging parents
• Service navigation

Through planning, pre-employment training, job search and job coaching, we help people find jobs that match their desires and skills * work with businesses to develop paying jobs and provide on-the-job training.

An approved employment service provider for the Ontario Disability Support Program.

Offer student summer employment opportunities during the months of July and August.

COVID-19 - All RSA offices are closed due to COVD-19. All staff are monitoring emails and voice mails and will respond within 2 business days.

Specialized Clinical Supports providing:

• clinical consultation services to adults with intellectual disabilities and who are presenting with challenging behaviour
• psychological assessment services
• specialized services such as consultation on dual diagnosis and developmental disabilities to all sectors of the service system,
• specialized psychological/sexuality/behavioural and other assessment services using a consultative model to maximize available expertise
• short-term case management services in urgent circumstances
• justice case management services for people with a dual diagnosis
• clinical placement to students in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis, Social Work, Developmental Disabilities, Speech and Language Services

Provides developmental and mental health services for children from birth to school aged. Services available to the child and family include but are not limited to:

• Informal assessment of development
• Advocacy and case management
• Links to other resources
• School/childcare and parent support
• Diagnostic assessment

Developmental Support Worker Program

• Provides intensive support and carries out an intervention plan, developed by the child's team, in a licensed child care facility. Consultants providing service to medically fragile children or children who have physical disabilities work in close relationship with therapists at the Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent.

School Transition Program: The child/family consultant assists families to plan for a smooth transition to school.

COVID-19 - The Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent building is close to the general public and appointments are encouraged for all services. We are providing in person and virtual services based on the needs of our clients and families. Referrals are still continuing to be accepted and forms are available through the website. Referrals are accepted through email, voicemail and fax. For information on our services please refer to our website at www.ctc-ck.com.

Telepractice services available during Covid-19 for intervention, screening, assessment and consultation.

Some services may be different due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and increased focus on health and safety and reducing exposure to Covid-19.

Registered audiologists serve both children and adults. In-depth hearing tests are performed. Hearing related counseling for clients and their families and consultation with involved caregivers is also provided.

Audiology Chatham- Kent Clinic:

• Hearing Testing - determines if there is hearing loss, the extent and what kind
• Middle ear testing- to rule out hearing loss related to reasons like ear infections or excessive wax buildup
• Hearing aid prescription/evaluation- to discuss the use of hearing aids, provide information and prescribe a hearing aid
• Hearing aid dispensing/selling hearing aids
• Hearing aid re-check
• Central Auditory Processing testing- for children between the ages of seven to thirteen, who may be experiencing learning difficulties
• Otoacoustic Emissions testing- to test the reliability and function of the cochlea (organ of hearing)

The Ontario Infant Hearing Program:

• Identifies infants who are born deaf or hard of hearing or who are at risk of hearing loss in early childhood
• Provides parents of deaf or hard of hearing infants with the services needed to develop communication and language skills
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
• Audiological assessments and follow-up
• Communication development
• Family Support Services

Augmented Communication Clinic

Augmentative Communication Services (ACS) General Level Clinic helps children, youth and their families find ways to communicate. The Ministry of Health Assistive Devices Program authorizes Children's Treatment Centre to provide appropriate ACS services to children and youth with home based complex communication needs. Eligibility is restricted to children aged 19 or younger, but clients of the program may be monitored for ongoing communication needs and remain on the case load if needed. Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapists and Communication Disorders Assistants all with additional training in AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). Together the team supports children, youth and their families who have communication challenges through the prescription and customization of AAC devices, training and consultation in all environments over time. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Form and Principal Referral Form are to be completed with parent's consent by the school principle and submitted by FAX, mail or email the forms to mball@CTC-CK.com.

For Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Form please use the following link: Please Click Here for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Referral Form

Website: For More Information on Augmented Communication Clinics Please Click Here

Residential supports for people who experience developmental disabilities.

Supported Independent Living - This model of service is an option for a person who chooses to live independently or with a roommate. The level of support is determined on an individual basis and can range from several hours per day to a few hours each week.

Offers Day Programs at three locations that promote skill development, enriching activities and provide respite for families. People are encouraged to direct their supports based on personal preferences.

Riverview, Sass and Park Day Programs: these are voluntary recreational based leisure programs designed to enhance activities of daily living, provide personal care, and supports to meet people's needs. In addition to life skill training, there is recreation, fitness, crafts, computer labs, and opportunities to participate and volunteer in the community.

Provides and advocates for a full range of community-based services for people who have intellectual disabilities including accommodation, employment, respite, community access, planning and family support.

COVID-19 - Offices are closed, to the public, however, all support activities are being conducted.

• Special Services at Home - a provincial program that helps children and youth with an intellectual disability, and children with a physical disability and their families or guardians by paying for special services they need to live at home and to enjoy learning and participating in the community. Funds can be used to teach new skills or abilities and to provide respite support to the family or guardian.
• Passport - assists adults with a developmental disability and their families or guardians to organize meaningful, individual and group activities that respond to the needs and aspirations of those supported and purchasing services through this program.
• Family Managed Respite - enables a wide range of self-directed funding providing family members or guardians with an opportunity to have periodic breaks from the daily responsibility of care giving.
• Out of Home Respite - extends funding for families or guardians to purchase planned and coordinated respite supports for their children with complex multiple needs. Out of Home Respite is a respite service provided in any location outside the family's home.
• Specialized Respite Support - provides families or guardians with children or youth who have exceptional social, emotional and behavioural needs with opportunities to plan periodic breaks from care giving.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Respite Support - offers a flexible mechanism to families or guardians caring for children and youth who have a diagnosis within the Autism Spectrum Disorder, to receive temporary relief from the physical and emotional demands involved with caring for children diagnosed with ASD.

COVID-19 - Offices are closed to the public, however, all support activities are being conducted.

A progressive organization where people realize their potential and choices within inclusive communities.

The agency adapts it's resources and utilizes community contacts to organize activities and respond to requests for consumer directed supports. Specific initiatives include:

• Person centered life planning
• Recruitment and training of volunteers
• Summer youth programs
• Community development - special projects
• Community based leisure and recreational activities
• Employment and career support including ODSP employment supports
• Accommodation supports (up to 24 hour)
• Supported Independent Living
• Lifelong learning opportunities
• Home based respite (adults and children)
• Access and coordination of Special Services at Home for Chatham-Kent
• Planning and support with transitional age youth

COVID-19: Open. Due to physical distancing, space is limited. Please make a request for appointment with Jennifer Glover by calling the office at 519-627-8421. Upon arrival, office door will be locked, please phone the office using a cell phone or knock to be let in. Please note that masks are mandatory to enter this building.

Program is designed to help parents with Special Needs children age 0-6 years to access programs and services that they need. Children age 7 to 18 may also qualify for services if there are special circumstances.

Program goals include:

• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Get assistance and/or support from the most appropriate caregiver, at the right time in the most supportive way possible for the families involved
• Provide support and advocacy services to families of children with special needs by assessing the situation, establishing a plan with the parent(s), making referrals to appropriate services, home visits and other case management duties as required
• Provide a link between the home and the physician

Services to promote the independence of adults with developmental disabilities in the areas of supportive living, work related, leisure and skill development

Residential Services
203 Main St, Glencoe
519-287-2306

Supported Independent Living - Assistance with living skills such as personal care, meal preparation, medication monitoring, budgets, house management and community involvement

Host Family Program - Alternate living arrangements using a room and board approach for people who need 24-hour care

Community Participation Supports - Leisure, volunteer and employment opportunities * opportunities to build skills focusing on gaining independence in the community

Passport Program - Assists families with passport funding to plan and obtain services

Services and Programs:

• Middlesex County - Youth Job Connection and Youth Job Connection Summer

A social service agency committed to providing quality supports for adults with developmental disabilities. At LCDS the supports are designed by the goals and dreams of the person we are serving. Clients are supported in their homes, work, community involvement and in their relationships in order to live a meaningful life.

A variety of services are offered throughout Lambton County such as:

• Residential options (group, host family, supported living, residential care)
• Community participation
• Empowering Employment
• Passport Services
• Learning & Development
• Respite

Provides opportunity for adults with a disability to participate and give back to the community through community navigation and community connections

• works to develop and tailor opportunities one person at a time, providing services from each person's own neighborhood
• assists clients as they fulfill roles that are essential to the Windsor community
• personal goal planning
• helps to discover gifts, interests, skills and abilities
• helps to develop community opportunities and make meaningful connections
• Personal planning services
• small group activities

Early intervention services to families who have infants and young children with developmental, behavioral and/or mental health challenges

• developmental services provided for children up to the age of five years or school entry, and mental health services up to age six
• services offered in homes, in licensed child care centres and in other early childhood settings as well as at the agency office
• Resource Consultants provide consultation and coaching and may access support from other disciplines in agency including speech and language services, occupational therapy services, social work counselling, psychology, consultation with child care centres
• Seminars are open to the community and participants do not need to be currently involved with the agency
• Groups are offered to children, families and the larger community. These groups can be a method of treatment, a way to support the child and family, or an opportunity to connect with other parents
• Social Work counselling, with a focus on a child or family's immediate need, may be available on a short-term basis through our brief service program

Providing centre and community-based supports and services for adults with developmental disabilities. The main focus is on broadening one's horizons and making connections in the community, based on individual goals and desires. Also ensure individual needs are met through the development of daily living skills; physical exercise and sensory stimulation; individual personal care needs; social and peer interaction; fostering Independence.

Activities for socialization, integration, independent living, and self-help skills

• Program activities are both on-site and in the community.
• An individual plan is developed by Roots 2 Wings along with the person and their family/caregiver.

Friendship Club

• Friendship Club offers caregivers a break while their loved ones enjoy socializing with peers attending open-mics, karaoke, games, hobbies, and dance nights.
• For ages 13+ to gain and maintain friendships while engaging in meaningful activities.

Volunteers:

R2W is always looking for extra help to interact and form friendships with our clients.

Co-op Placements:

• R2W co-operates with surrounding high school and post secondary schools to provide experience to students in the field of disabilities.

Contributions:

R2W accepts donations of supplies for games, crafts, activities, and cleaning/hygiene.

Specialized Clinical Supports

• provides clinical consultation services to adults with intellectual disabilities and who are presenting with challenging behaviour
• provides psychological assessment services
• provides specialized services such as consultation on dual diagnosis and developmental disabilities to all sectors of the service system, specialized psychological/sexuality/behavioural and other Assessment services using a consultative model to maximize available expertise
• provides short-term case management services in urgent circumstances
• provides justice case management services to individuals with a dual diagnosis
• offers clinical placements to students in the field of applied behaviour analysis, social work, developmental disabilities, speech and language services
• head office located in Woodstock
• satellite offices located in Windsor, Chatham, London and Walkerton

In-home and clinic based therapy services including:

• physiotherapy
• speech and language pathology
• occupational therapy
• personal care services (respite, foot care, fall prevention, companionship, medication reminders, bathing and dressing, housekeeping, meal prep and nutrition, life guardian medical alert system)
• in-home nursing services (serious injury care, care after surgery or hospitalization, palliative care, wound care)
• dementia care services
• care planners

Assists people who live with a developmental disability and their families to figure out how they want to be part of their community.

• focus is on all the possible roles people play in neighbourhoods - friend, employee, student, athlete, volunteer & more.
• Independent facilitation, sharing conversations that discover people's dreams, likes, ideas for the future and talk about much more.
• Looks for places in your community where the person can share their gifts and learn new things.
• Independent facilitators can mediate between the person requiring services and those offering them.
• Assistance with the formal and informal contractual agreements for services purchased when asked to help.
• Independent Facilitators work various hours and mostly when it is convenient for the person and their family.

This organization assists adults with developmental disabilities connect to services and supports in the community. The DSO provides information regarding developmental services and supports, confirms eligibility for service, and completes the application for services that will help adults with developmental disabilities meet their goals and address their needs.

A support organization dedicated to enriching the lives of people with an intellectual and/or other disability and their families. Services include:

• Life and Support Planning
• Passports & Individualized Funding
• Community Participation Support
• Housing Support
• Employment Support
• Day Support Options
• Family Respite Options