transition to adulthood with asd: what parents and guardians need to know
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Transition to Adulthood with ASD: What Parents and Guardians Need to Know. Eligibility vs. Entitlement. Special Education Entitlement based on need No waiting lists Adult Services: Eligibility criteria specific to particular agencies Limited funding Waiting lists. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Transition to Adulthood with ASD:
What Parents and Guardians Need to Know
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Eligibility vs. Entitlement
Special Education• Entitlement based on need• No waiting lists
Adult Services:• Eligibility criteria specific to particular
agencies • Limited funding • Waiting lists
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Adult Agencies/Organizations• Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services - Community Services Boards
• Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services
• Department of Social Services
• Social Security Administration
• Centers for Independent Living
• Institutions of Higher Education
• Department of Medical Assistance Services – state Medicaid agency
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Topics
• Age of Majority
• Disability Benefits and Planning
• Post Secondary Readiness, Education and Training
• Employment
• Housing and Residential Supports
• Life in the Community
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Age of Majority
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Topics
• Joint Bank Account
• Representative Payee
• Powers of Attorney
• Educational Representative
• Guardianship
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Joint Bank Account
• Supplemental Security Income or other payments directly deposited
• Authorized automatic payments for living expenses
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Representative Payee
• Manages benefit checks on behalf of person with a disability
• Spends such funds on behalf of the person with a disability
• Authority only for funds designated
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Powers of Attorney
• General: may act on person’s behalf unless the person becomes incapacitated
• Durable: May act on person’s behalf even if that person becomes incapacitated
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POA for Property
• Legal document granting one person authority to handle finances or property for another person
• Person with disability has legal authority
• Person with disability may revoke at any time
• Best used when person needs assistance making complex financial decisions
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POA for Healthcare
• Allows a competent person to designate another to make healthcare decisions on his behalf should he become incompetent
• May be revoked at any time
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POA for Educational Decisions
• Student grants authority for others to make decision
• Can be revoked or changed
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Educational Representative
• Student “unable or incapable of providing informed consent for educational decisions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”
• Can be parent, family member, or other competent adult
• Easier and less expensive
• Educational decisions only
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Guardianship
• Appointed by a court
• Responsible for personal affairs of an incapacitated person
• Limited or full decision making
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Disability Benefits
Planning for the Future
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Topics
• Benefits through the Social Security Administration
• Home and Community Based Waivers
• Planning for the Future – Special Needs Trusts and Letters of Intent
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Social Security Administration Benefits
www.ssa.gov
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
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Definition of Disability
“The inability to engage in any substantial gainful work activity (SGA) because of a medically-determinable physical or mental impairment(s);– That is expected to result in death, or– That has lasted or is expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
» Social Security 2010 Red Book, p. 14
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Payments to people who:
• Are age 65 or older or are blind or have a disability and
• Have low income and resources
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Additional Benefits
Individuals on SSI may also qualify for:
• Medicaid
• Food stamps
• Auxiliary grants for housing
• Other benefits for individuals with low incomes
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How Does My Son or Daughter Apply for SSI?
Visit or call local SSA office to make an appointment or call toll free number: 800-772-1213
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Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Payments to people who meet SSA’s disability criteria and
• Have work history and have paid social security taxes or
• Are an adult disabled before age 22 with a parent who is deceased or starts receiving retirement or disability benefits
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Work Incentives
• Special rules making it possible for people with disabilities receiving SSDI or SSI to work and still receive monthly payments and Medicare or Medicaid
• Work Incentives and Planning Assistance Program (WIPA): https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/oesp/providers.nsf/bystate
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Home and Community Based Medicaid Waivers
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Medicaid Waivers
A joint state and federal program designed as an alternative to institutional placement to provide services and supports to individuals with disabilities in their communities
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Types of Medicaid Waivers
• Individual & Family Developmental Disabilities Support (DD or IFDDS)
• Intellectual Disability (ID)
• ID Day Support
• Elderly or Disabled with Consumer Direction (EDCD)
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Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities
Supports (DD) WaiverMust:
• Have DD diagnosis, not ID
• Be 6 years or older
• Require level of care provided in intermediate-care facility
• Meet financial criteria
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Screening for DD WaiverRequest for Screening Form - completed by
family and sent to local Child Development Clinic:
http://www.dmas.virginia.gov/Content_pgs/ltc-screen.aspx
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DD Waiver Assessment Tool
Level of Functioning (LOF) - completed by Child Development Clinic
www.thearcofnova.org/docs/lof_survey.pdf
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DD Waiver Services
• Day support• Companion services• Supported employment• In-home residential
support• Therapeutic
consultation• Personal care services• Assistive technology• Crisis stabilization
• Supported employment• Skilled nursing services• Attendant services• Family and caregiver
training• Environmental
modifications• Prevocational services• Support coordination• Personal emergency
response system
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Intellectual Disability (ID) Waiver
• Must be:
- under 6 and “at risk” or
- over 6 with a diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
• Require level of care provided in intermediate-care facility
• Meet financial criteria
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Screening for ID Waiver
Contact local Community Services Board (CSB) or Behavioral Health Authority (BHA) for Level of Functioning screening
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ID Waiver Services• Companion services• Supported employment• Residential support
services• Therapeutic
consultation• Personal assistance• Prevocational services• Support coordination• Attendant services
• Supported employment• Skilled nursing services• Family and caregiver
training• Crisis stabilization• Environmental
modifications• Assistive technology• Personal emergency
response system • Day support
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ID Day Support Waiver
Person must be:
• On ID Waiver wait list
• Have diagnosis of ID
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Elderly or Disabled with Consumer Direction Waiver
(EDCD Waiver)• Individual must meet criteria for
nursing home care
• Screening tool: UAI
• Currently only one of four waivers without a waiting list
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EDCD Waiver
• Administered by DMAS
• Apply by requesting screening fromyour local Department of Social Services.
Specify that you need an assessment for “Long Term Care.”
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EDCD Waiver Services
• Personal care
• Adult health care
• Respite care
• Skilled respite care
• Medication monitoring
• Personal emergency response system (PERS)
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Individual and Family Support Program
• Up to $3,000 available annually to individuals or families on the waiting lists for ID or DD Waivers
• Must apply annually - http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/ODS-IFSP.htm
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Planning for the Future
Trusts and Letters of Intent
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Special Needs Trusts
• Enable person with a disability to have:– unlimited assets held in trust– without losing eligibility for certain
government needs-based benefits
• Different from other trusts
• Written by lawyers with expertise in elder or disability law
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Letter of Intent
Describes to future caregivers your and your child’s wishes in regard to:
• Residence• Education• Employment• Medical care
• Behavior management
• Social activities• Religious endeavors
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Post Secondary Readiness, Education,
and Training
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Topics
• Is Your Child Ready for Life after High School?
• Planning
• Post-secondary Options
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Is Your Child Ready for Life After High School?
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Important Life Skills
• Waking up on their own
• Laundry on their own
• Personal hygiene
• Money management and budgeting
• Transportation
• Health and safety issues
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Important Life Skills
• Time management
• Organization and priority setting
• Problem solving
• Academic and study skills
• Recognizing the need for help and how to get it
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Self Advocacy Skills
Help individual understand and identify:• Their disability and its impact on learning
and working• Necessary supports• Their rights• Concept of “reasonable accommodations”• How to advocate for themselves• How and when to disclose
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Planning
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Planning
• Identify individual’s vision and goals
• Identify individual’s strengths and interests
• Explore career/technical training, or college options
• Conduct vocational and college assessments
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Post Secondary Options
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Post Secondary Options
• Certificate programs
• Technical trade school
• Americorps
• Community college
• Four year college
• ACE-IT in College
http://www.aceitincollege.org/
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Tools for Success in Post Secondary Education
• Office of Disability Services
• Needed accommodations
• Mentor
• Relaxation strategies
• Resource notebook
• Team support
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Additional Strategies for Success
• Designate who to go for help in each environment
• Identify rules and routines to go by
• Schedule regularly appointments with professors
• Consider the option of a private room to avoid roommate stress
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Employment
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Topics
• ASD: Strengths and Challenges
• Disclosure/Accommodations
• Employment Models
• Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
• Work Incentives
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ASD and Work:
Strengths and Challenges
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Common ASD Characteristics
• Rigidity• Insistence on routine• High attention to detail• Excellent visual pattern skills• Preference to work in isolation• Conscientious• High interest areas
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• Deficits in social and communication skills
• Attitudinal barriers
• Behavior challenges
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Employment Options
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Employment with Minimum Supports
• Competitive employment with accommodations and natural support
• Entrepreneurship or self employment
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Environmental Supports
Consistent workspace that lets the person know:
• Where to get supplies
• How to get help
• How to move from task to task
• What to do when one task in complete
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Environmental Supports
Give tasks that . . .
• Are concrete
• Can be finished without lots of interaction or interruptions
• Will keep the person busy most of the time
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Employment with More Intensive Supports
• Individual Placement Model
• Enclave Model
• Mobile Work Crew
• Small Business Model
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Individual Placement
• Single supported employee in an integrated work setting in the community
• Employed by employer
• Ongoing follow-along required
• Most widely used model
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Enclave Model• Small group of supported employees in
community-based employment
• May work together or be dispersed within integrated setting
• May be employed by employer or Employment Services Organization (ESO)
• Ongoing follow-along required
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Mobile Work Crew Model
• Group of supported employees who travel together to one or more integrated work settings in the community to perform contract work
• Employed by the ESO
• Ongoing support required
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Small Business Model
• Supported employees producing a service or product either on a sub-contract basis or as a prime manufacturer
• Supported employees, along with managers and others, comprise the business
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Customized Employment
• New model
• Individualizes relationship between employee and employers to meet the needs of both
• Person centered approach
• Designed to meet specific needs of employer
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Disclosure and Accommodations
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Disclosure of Disability
•Individual decision and is required to access job accommodations
•Consider why, when, and how
•Recognize responsibilities and existing protections
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Workplace Accommodations
• A modification or adjustment to a job
• Workplace accommodation is the law
• Most accommodations are no cost or low cost for employer
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Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services
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Role of DARS
• Assists people with disabilities to prepare for, enter, engage in, or retain gainful employment
• Participation is voluntary
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DARS EligibilityIndividual must:• Have a disability that keeps you from
working • Be able to and want to work in some capacity• Need help to prepare to work, secure
employment, and stay on the job• Live in Virginia• Be eligible to work in the U.S.
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Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE)
IPE identifies:
• the employment goal
• services planned to reach the goal
• progress measures
• information about client participation, rights, and conditions of the plan
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DARS Financial Participation
• All eligible applicants must complete a financial participation form
• Some services can be provided without regard to financial need
• Other services involve financial participation on the part of the individual/family
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Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC)
Services provided:• Vocational evaluation and training• Life skills training program• Medical rehabilitation services• Driver education• Counseling and case management
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Post-Secondary Education Rehabilitation Transition (PERT)
• Provides high school students with 10-day comprehensive evaluation
• Student attends while still in high school
• Vocational, independent living, leisure and recreational assessments provided
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Work Incentives
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Community Work Incentive Counselors and Benefit Specialists
At no cost, support sts working SSI or SSDI recipients by helping them to:
• Optimize their Social Security benefits while working
• Understand how to report work, earned income, and other information to Benefit Programs
• http://www.vaaccses.org/wipa
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Housing and Residential Supports
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Topics
• Assessing Needed Supports and Financial Resources
• Funding
• Living Options
• Other Considerations
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Assessing Needed Supports and Financial
Resources
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Assessing an Individual’s Support Needs and Resources
Continuum of Functional Capability
Self-sufficientSupportedindependence
Needs intensivesupports and
services
Continuum of Available Financial Resources
Fully self-supporting
Government funding sources
only
Combination of government
and private funds
+
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Funding
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Funding Housing or Shelter
Examples of funding options:
• Private pay
• SSI
• Section 8 vouchers
• Auxiliary grants
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Funding Services or Supports
Examples of funding options:
• Natural supports
• Private pay
• Medicaid waivers
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Living Options
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Home or Apartment
Options might include living:
• Independently
• With natural supports
• With paid supports
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Group Homes
• Single residence in a community
• Staffed 24 hrs
• Offering treatment & training services
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Residential Community or Farmstead
• Supported and supervised
• Provides programs, life skills and job training
• On- and off-site employment
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Assisted Living Facility
• Provides or coordinates personal and health care services
• 24-hour supervision and assistance
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Intermediate Care Facility or Nursing Homes
• Staffed 24 hours daily
• Provide active treatment and health support
• ICF also provides training
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Other Considerations
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With Whom Will Your Loved One Reside?
• Family only
• Self-selected friends, roommates, or alone
• Agency/provider-selected roommates
• Mixed or exclusionary resident occupancy of units determined by agency
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Other Considerations
• Safety, security, health & wellness• Continuity, stability, familiarity• Minimize sensory overload• Social interaction vs. privacy preferences• Flexible choice & independence• Access to community and supports• Affordability
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Life in the Community
Independent Living
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Topics
• Transportation
• Medical Management
• Social and Recreational Opportunities
• Banking
• Agencies That May Help
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Transportation
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TransportationConsiderations:
• Personal or public transportation?
• If personal, student or family member?
• Can student learn to drive?
• Can student use public transportation independently?
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DrivingConsiderations:
• Ability to drive, focus, react appropriately
• Ability to understand driving rules
• Instruction
• Accommodations for instruction or vehicle modifications
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Transportation
Considerations:
• Family member to transport
• Fellow employee to transport
• Attendant to transport
• Use of family or attendant vehicle
• Reimbursement for gas
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Travel TrainingMight be provided by:
• Schools - as part of transition goal
• Department of Aging and Rehabilitation Services (DARS) - as part of employment goal
• Centers for Independent Living
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Public Transportation
Considerations:
• Availability near home, work, recreation• Accessible• Para-transit or deviated schedule availability• Transfers• Costs; understanding money and fees• Travel training
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Taxi
Considerations:
• Ability to call taxi• Accessible• Ability to give directions• Costs; understanding money and fees• Travel training• Medicaid transportation –
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Medical Management
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Considerations
Student responsible for care at age 18:
• Student capable of managing own care?
• Power of Attorney or guardianship?
• Transfer from pediatrics to adult care?
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Insurance after Age 18
Considerations:
• Ability to remain on parent’s insurance?
• Parents’ insurance allow for dependent care?
• Increase in premiums for individual’s care?
• Other available insurance for individual??
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MedicaidConsiderations:
• Eligibility criteria?
• SSI recipients qualify for Medicaid
• Medicaid waiver recipients qualify for Medicaid
• Medicaid redetermination at 18
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Social and Recreational Opportunities
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Considerations
• Individual’s interests
• Attendant needed
• Transportation
• Costs
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Venues to Consider
• Faith communities
• YMCA or gyms
• Parks and Recreation
• Support groups
• Special interest clubs
• Volunteer opportunities
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Volunteer Opportunities
• Homeless shelters
• Museums
• Food banks
• Parks and recreation
• AmeriCorps
• American Red Cross
• Habitat for Humanity
• SPCA
• Rescue squad
• YMCA
• Places of worship
• Library
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Banking
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Considerations• Ability to understand money, budget,
banking
• Bank account in student’s name
• Co-signer on account, if needed
• SSI Representative Designee, if needed
• Debit card
• Automatic withdrawals for monthly bills
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Agencies That May Help
• Centers for Independent Living
• Community Services Boards
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Centers for
Independent Living
(CILs)
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Centers for Independent Living (CILS)
• Serve people with all disabilities
• Serve people across life span
• Provide information to community members
• No fee for service
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Centers for Independent Living
• Community based
• 16 CILs in Virginia, 400+ in U.S.
• Operated by individuals with disabilities
• Created locally through efforts of community
• Federal, state, local and private funded
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CILs’ Core Services
• Independent living skills training
• Advocacy
• Peer counseling
• Information and referral
• Other services as needed by community
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Centers for Independent Living
• Provide non-residential services for people with disabilities
• Promote independence, productivity, and equality
• Focus on self-determination and consumer control
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Provide Information on:• Medicaid Waivers• Benefits planning• Employment• Housing• Transportation• Recreational/social
opportunities• SSI• Future planning
• Self-Determination • Education/post-
secondary institutions
• Vocational/social mentoring programs
• Youth advocacy programs
• Support and empowerment groups
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Community
Services Boards
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Community Services Boards
Point of entry into the publicly-funded system of services for:
• Mental health• Intellectual Disability• Substance abuse
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Community Services Board
• 40 CSBs provide some services in every city and county in Virginia
• Serve 134 localities in all
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Community Services Boards
Offer combinations of six core services:
• Emergency services (mandated)• Local inpatient services• Outpatient and case management services• Day support services• Residential services• Prevention and early intervention services