Support Services

List of 3 items.

• School Age Services (Ages 6 to 13)

  A service consultant will work with eligible children to:
  

  • Develop an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) to identify and address needs
  • Provide support at IEP (Individualized Education Program) meetings if requested by the family (IEP meetings are implemented by the child's school)
  • Identify needed resources and help link families to those resources
  • Identify funding sources
  • Help families advocate for services
  • Provide information about how to plan for the future
  • Other services as needed

• Transition Age Services (Ages 14 up to 22)

  In addition to school age services, transition aged students may be assisted with the following:

  • Higher education opportunities
  • Employment opportunities
  • Identify strengths and needs and assist in finding resources to prepare individuals for transition to adulthood
  • Future planning (including transition from school to work, vocational services, day programming, driving assessment, guardianship, Social Security, Medicaid, voting, and other services as needed)

• Adult Services (Ages 18 to 22+)

  Eligible adults can receive support from a service consultant to help with:

  • Developing an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) that encourages self-determination and identifies and addresses needs
  • Employment opportunities
  • Supporting adults in becoming as independent as possible by enhancing skills, eliminating barriers, accessing and developing opportunities to be part of a larger community, and help assuming adult responsibilities in the life they choose
  • Assistance in seeking funding options
  • Provide information about future planning, vocational services, day programming, driving assessment, guardianship, Social Security, Medicaid, voting, and other services, as needed