Searching for Developmental Disabilities

The Autism Registry is a Windsor Police Service project in partnership with the Autism Services Inc, that promotes communication and gives police quick access to critical information about a registered person with autism.

• an online registry that is voluntary and must be completed annually

The Vulnerable Persons Registry is a Windsor Police Service project in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Windsor-Essex County

• promotes communication and gives police quick access to critical information about a registered vulnerable person where the person wanders from their place of safety
• can provide police with emergency contact information, detailed physical descriptions, known routines, favourite attractions or special needs of the wandering individual
• information can assist officers in communicating with, attending a residence of, or dealing with an emergency involving an individual who has wandered
• online registry that is voluntary and must be completed annually

Texting 9-1-1: For individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment

* More information can be found at: textwith911.ca

Provides varied services to adults with physical disabilities and seniors including:

• Independent Living service provider
• attendant services outreach and supportive housing
• acquired brain injury services
• employment services
• day programs
• social recreation

Speech and language pathology program

• Provides early identification, intervention and education from birth to school entry with issues related to their speech and language development

Radio Direction Finding (RDF) system registered clients wear a 1 ounce personalized bracelet which transmits a radio signal used by trained law enforcement officers to locate and retrieve them when missing

Assists in finding wandering or bolting loved ones who may suffer from:

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Autism
• Dementia
• or any other special needs
• GPS/Cellular Tracking Systems
• Safety Fences

Help adults with developmental disabilities living in the community to be independent, safe and secure. Typical areas of support include:

• Personal planning and arranging support, like Personal Support Workers
• Housing and Voluntary Trusteeship
• Encouraging community involvement, personal engagement, recreation, physical fitness
• Supporting education, employment, volunteering, skill development
• Health and well-being management, social planning and interaction
• Personal advocacy, forms and applications completion
• Dealing with arising issues such as aging, health, and grief

Support is provided at main office or satellite offices across Windsor-Essex, as well as virtual and telephonic support. Most support happens in community in places like homes, workplaces, volunteer locations, schools, community centres, police stations, courts, coffee shops and libraries.

Personalized human resource and financial support for people with individualized or Passport funding. Qualified staff help adults with development disabilities recruit, hire and maintain independent contractors and employees, as well as providing support in the following areas:

• Budgeting - helping decide how to best use individualized or Passport funding
• Finances - direct payment of bills to other services and agency supports and reimbursement of invoiced expenses
• Staffing - support with recruiting, training, monitoring of independent contractors/employees and support with administering their contracts and annual reviews.
• Liaison - linking to the wider community

Support offered at main or satellite offices across Windsor-Essex, as well as virtual and telephonic support. Most support happens in the community in places like people's homes, workplaces, volunteer locations, schools, community centres, police stations, courts, coffee shops, and libraries.

Comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological assessments for students and community members 18+ including:

• psychological testing (intelligence, memory, emotional, and projective testing)
• neuropsychological testing
• testing for learning disabilities
• attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• group therapy

Children and Adolescent 6-17 yrs:

• comprehensive psychological, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological assessments including:
  • learning disorders, attention deficit and hyper activity disorder, mood and anxiety disorders
  • diagnostic clarification, treatment recommendations, educational accommodations

Day program provides recreational and educational activities including: ​

• Dishwashing
• Personal Hygiene
• Manners
• Laundry
• Number and Letter Recognition
• Basic Reading
• Shapes and Colours
• Printing
• Money Recognition
• Computers
• Crafts and Games
• Exercise

Summer Program for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

• school setting
• daily activities include fitness, arts and crafts, music, educational table tasks, food preparation, housekeeping duties, daily living skills
• community outings

Day program serving adults with a developmental and/or physical disability

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.

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

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

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

A service in LaSalle that allows caregivers of vulnerable persons to submit information to a database that will be used by police and other emergency services during a crisis situation

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

Sport training programs and competitions for athletes living with an intellectual disability.

• Volunteer opportunities

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

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.

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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