March 11 – 15, 2013

People with Disabilities and their Families

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Public Policy Legislative Education and Advocacy-educating and

influencing legislators

Grassroots Development and Training-technical assistance

 Interagency advocacy and coordination

Florida SAND (Self-Advocates Network’D)and Local Grassroots Groups

•Support State level FL SAND group

•Support and expand local SAND groups throughout Florida

The Route to Self-Determination

•Targeted to unserved and underserved groups.

•Training skills leading to self-determination for individuals with developmental disabilities, their family members and allies.

•Will be presented in three areas of the state

Youth Leadership Forum(The ABLE Trust)

•Training leadership skills to youth with disabilities

•Rising High School Juniors and Seniors

•Four day experience in Tallahassee

Florida Self-Advocacy Alliance

•A self-advocate to self-advocate communication hub for statewide and national self-advocacy effortsand opportunities

•A central source to gather anddisseminate information

Partners in Policymaking (PIP) Program• Course for individuals with developmental disabilities, family members and/or guardians

• To build participants’ knowledge and capacity in • self-determination • disabilities systems • educating and influencing public policy makers

Project S.A.L.T.(Self-Advocacy Leadership

Training)

•Training leadership, self-determination and mentoring skills

• to individuals with developmental disabilities • by individuals with developmental disabilities.

Community Health & Wellness

A community needs assessment and interest survey was conducted to determine the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities as it relates to pursing health and wellness activities in their communities.

Work with community programsto improve access to inclusive health and wellness activities

Physician Training Program

• Continuing education program for physicians about how to provide effective care to adults with developmental disabilities.

• A 12 hour webinar series was conducted July – October 2012 covering topics such as best practices in the care of adults with developmental disabilities, strategies for addressing the psychological and support needs of adults with special health care needs, practical strategies for providing care in medical offices and facilities, and effective billing and reimbursement practices.

Child Development Screening Initiative/

Florida Help Me GrowThe Child Development Screening Initiative Task Force was established in 2011. The Task Force will continue to develop recommendations and policy changes needed to implement a comprehensive statewide system for the developmental screening of children aged zero to five.

My Health Care

A curriculum to educate self-advocates on how to communicate with health care professionals and to identify and advocate for their own health care needs.

Coming Soon…

- Oral Health Care for Caregivers

- Early Steps Fund Development Opportunities

Universal Design For Learning

• Year 1 – St. Lucie and Collier School Districts• RFP for Year 2 currently Released• Meaningfully including students with Significant

Disabilities in General Education Classes• Classroom Technology so everyone is accessing

curriculum simultaneously

Collaborative on Discovery and Innovative Employment Practices

(CODIE)

• Identify & train pertinent school district staff on conducting the Discovery process to create vocational profiles.

• Students with completed profiles referred to appropriate programs for additional supports & services to secure employment

• Disseminate and train using the resource guide developed for future project implementation

• Year 2: Create job development modules

• Year 3: Moving project into ADTs

Disability Awareness Through L.A. & Literacy

Developed, Printed and Distributed almost 10,000 Guides to Pre-k – 5th Grade

Provided 6,380 disability awareness books to schools throughout Florida

Early Steps Credentialing

Develop face-to-face and on-line training to ensure consistent, reliable evaluation of young children who may need Early Steps services.

Program-WidePositive Behavioral

Supports

• Year 1 through 4 – Pinellas ELC – Trained Inclusion Specialist in the Pyramid Model to assist children with significant behavioral concerns in Pre-k settings to remain in consistent, positive early educational settings.

• Year 5 – Lise Fox – Coached and developed 5 model sites to implement program-wide PBS

• Worked with the Office of Early Learning to create and train an Outcome Driven Training Train-the-Trainer module for OEL to continue this work

Project Achieve

Create opportunities for people with developmental disabilities to be trained in a career field of their choice and gain meaningful sustained employment

Students with developmental disabilities will earn a certificate or modified certificate in a career field of their choice and then gain competitive, sustainable employment

- FCIC is one of 67 University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities operating nationwide. FCIC is located at the Tampa Campus of the University of South Florida.

- FCIC was established in 2005.

- FCIC undertakes many activities within a range of program areas including Autism, Early Childhood, Education, Employment, Health, Community Supports, and Interdisciplinary Training.

- FCIC currently has a team of 75 faculty and staff.

- FCIC’s website www.flcic.org contains a wealth of information about each program area, including free materials, fact sheets, archived webinars, and training/conference events.

The following is a sample of FCIC’s diverse range of projects!

Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI)

FCIC Nationwide Programs & Projects

TACSEI provides training and technical assistance to states in the adoption of effective intervention models for young children at risk for and with disabilities.

Office of Special Education Programs-Training and Technical Assistance Program for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (OSEP-TAC)

OSEP-TAC provides training and technical assistance to state and district leadership teams to increase their capacity to provide positive behavior support to students. Training and TA are provided to implement Positive Behavioral Support at the school, classroom, targeted group and individual student levels.

FCIC Statewide Programs & ProjectsFlorida’s Positive Behavior Support Project: Multi-Tiered System of Support ProjectThe mission of this project is to increase the capacity of Florida's schooldistricts to address problem behaviors using Positive Behavior Support

(PBS).PBS provides a positive and effective alternative to the traditional

methods ofdiscipline. PBS methods are research-based and proven to significantly

reduce the occurrence of problem behaviors in the school, resulting in a more

positive school climate and increased academic performance. The project is active in 54 of Florida’s 67 school districts.

FCIC’s Employment Webinar Series 2013Free webinars are broadcast on the third Wednesday of each month from5:00 PM EST – 6:00 PM EST on an array of topics, resources, tools,

supportstrategies, best practices and materials related to current employmentsupports and services specific to persons with intellectual and

developmentaldisabilities.  

Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)

HIPPY is a home-based, early intervention/school readiness program for 3-5 year old children. The Florida HIPPY Training and Technical Assistance Center works in collaboration with the HIPPY national office to provide training, technical assistance and guidance to HIPPY programs in Florida, and research and evaluation support to HIPPY programs at the state and national levels.

Partnership for Effective Programs for Students with Autism (PEPSA)

In collaboration with seven Florida universities (including USF) PEPSA builds professional capacity among educators working with students with autism and related disabilities statewide. The project provides training to educators who are concerned about providing a high quality educational program to students with ASD.

Interdisciplinary Center for Evaluation and Intervention (ICEI) ICEI’s innovative clinic is one of five in the Florida Diagnostic

Learning and Resource System Network. The ICEI serves children and young adults age 3-22 with complex learning, behavioral, medical and socio-emotional problems as well as their families and teachers. The program provides comprehensive evaluation, consultation, and intervention services, parent education and support services. Referrals can be statewide – most often from Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco.

CARD is a community-based project that provides information and consultation to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and related disabilities. CARD-USF is one of seven CARDs throughout Florida which offers instruction and coaching to families and professionals through a training and technical assistance model. All ages are served in the following counties - Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota.

 

Center for Autism and Related Disabilities

FCIC Countywide Projects Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support

(PWPBS)

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The Program-Wide PBS project supports the program-wide adoption of the teaching pyramid model for supporting the development of young children's social competence and addressing challenging behavior. This project provides training and support to selected early childhood programs in Hillsborough County and monthly workshops open to the community. Collaboration on Discovery and

Innovation in Employment (CODIE)

CODIE helps to build the capacity of school professionals in collaboration with community action partners to use the Discovery Process in supporting youth and adults with developmental disabilities (DD) in achieving customized employment.

CODIE is currently working with 4 counties - Lee, Pasco, Brevard, and St. Johns

FCIC Academic Programs

- Individualized Interdisciplinary Training that provide opportunities for students and professionals to learn more about how to promote the full inclusion and support of individuals with developmental disabilities within community.

- Masters Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis

- Online Graduate Certificate in Positive Behavior Support

- Recently approved to offer PhD in Applied Behavior Analysis

- Currently under development - Masters Degree in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health. FCIC will be responsible for offering a concentration in Developmental Disabilities.

• Formal & Informal Supports• Quality Assurance

Developing Community Coalitions• The purpose of this project is to develop four (4) sustainable coalitions in

Florida that eventually can support the development of informal and volunteer services to help meet identified unmet needs of individuals with developmental disabilities who are currently on Florida’s Medicaid Waiver waitlist.

• The Council has a Memorandum of Agreement with A.P.D. to support project.

• Year One: three coalitions formed in Pensacola, Madison, and Gainesville areas.

• Year Two: will begin in December 2012 and a fourth coalition will be developed by the conclusion of the second contract year.

• A long term goal of this project is to form grassroots coalitions throughout the state that are capable of identifying and increasing access to generic or shared services that can be utilized by the larger community.

• Improving employment outcomes in rural communities through identification of barriers and implementation of creative strategies• Community Forums• Resource Mapping• Community Action Teams• Training and Technical Assistance• Replication Guide (under development)

• Customized Employment and Self-Employment

Rural Routes to Employment

Benefits Training and Asset Development

 • Improving understanding and use of work

incentives and asset development

• The Changing Face of Benefits Workbook and Online Course

http://www.fddc.org/about/task-force-projects/employment

Employee Me 1st

• Developing an Employment First initiative for Florida that promotes employment as the first option considered for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

• National Findings• Florida Findings (Focus Groups, Public Forums, Surveys)• Implementation and Marketing Plans

Progressive Employment Practices

• Internships at business sites designed to culminate in competitive employment

• Project SEARCHo 17 projectso 178 of 306 individuals with disabilities or 58% secured

competitive employment

FYI Transition

• Florida’s only website targeted to youth with disabilities

• Information and training modules for parents and professionals

• Developed through FDDC• Maintained with funding secured from FDOE BEESS

and DVR to facilitate maintenance of website

http://fyitransition.org/

Let’s Get Everyone to Work

•Teaching Toolkit for Pre-Service Professionals

•Transition Toolkit for Students and Families

•Marketing Toolkit for Employers

http://www.fddc.org/

Coming Soon…

• Employment Nuts and Bolts Projecto Training for employers, individuals with disabilities, and

stakeholders

• Transportation Voucher Project• Collaborative project between the Department of

Transportation and the FDDC to pilot a transportation voucher project

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Free & Confidential

• No charge

• Confidential unless & until you authorize advocacy or action

• Broad eligibility – any disability

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Services to Individuals

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Given the information shared,

•What are the most pressing issues in your community right now?

•What are your top three priorities of issues that need to be addressed in your community?

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