Community Outreach Forums: Project Summary

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Community Outreach Forums: Project Summary Child Development & Education The mission of this project is to increase the capacity of Florida's school districts to address problem behaviors using Positive Behavior Support (PBS). PBS Florida’s Positive Behavior provides a positive and effective alternative to the traditional methods of Support Project: Multi-Tiered discipline. PBS methods are research-based and proven to significantly reduce System of Support Project 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.

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

Project Achieve Improve the retention and success rate of students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in career & technical education programs; facilitate a coordinated effort to respond to the specialized needs of these students through a holistic program delivery model and provide supportive instructional delivery strategies that assist students with program completion.

This project will provide funds to purchase technology and provide staff Universal Design for Learning development to support the creation of a Universal Design for Learning through Technology environment at two schools. The primary goal is to increase the number of students with severe disabilities who meaningfully participate in a general education core content area class.

CODIE helps to build the capacity of school professionals in collaboration with Collaborative on Discovery and community action partners to use the Discovery Process in supporting youth and Innovations in Employment adults with developmental disabilities (DD) in achieving customized (CODIE) employment. CODIE is currently working with 4 counties - Lee, Pasco, Brevard, and St. Johns

Child Development & Education

Disability Awareness Guide – Pre- This project developed a Disability Awareness Language Arts and Literacy k-Elementary Guide for Pre-k through 5th grade. It includes 30 recommended books, lesson plans and resources to help teachers and families teach all children about 23/6/13 disability awareness.

Early Steps Evaluator This project will develop a consistent training process for people who evaluate Credentialing young children to determine if they need early intervention through the Early Steps Program. The first year the training will take place in regional trainings face-to-face and the second year those materials will be transferred to on-line modules.

Technical Assistance Center on TACSEI provides training and technical assistance to states in the adoption of Social Emotional Intervention for effective intervention models for young children at risk for and with Young Children (TACSEI) disabilities

Office of Special Education OSEP-TAC provides training and technical assistance to state and district Programs-Training and Technical leadership teams to increase their capacity to provide positive behavior support Assistance Program for Positive to students. Training and TA are provided to implement Positive Behavioral Behavioral Interventions and Support at the school, classroom, targeted group and individual student levels. Supports (OSEP-TAC)

Florida’s Positive Behavior The mission of this project is to increase the capacity of Florida's school districts Support Project: Multi-Tiered to address problem behaviors using Positive Behavior Support (PBS). PBS System of Support Project provides a positive and effective alternative to the traditional methods of discipline. 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. HIPPY Home Instruction for HIPPY is a home-based, early intervention/school readiness program for 3-5 Parents of Preschool Youngsters year old children. The Florida HIPPY Training and Technical Assistance Center (HIPPY) 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.

Child Development & Education

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

33/6/13 Interdisciplinary Center for ICEI’s innovative clinic is one of five in the Florida Diagnostic Learning and Evaluation and Intervention Resource System Network. The ICEI serves children and young adults age 3-22 (ICEI) 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

Center for Autism and Related CARD is a community-based project that provides information and consultation Disabilities 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.

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.

Community Living Community Coalitions To develop sustainable coalitions that can support communities to increase their access to generic or shared services that can be utilized by larger target populations. 43/6/13 Employment The project is working with four rural communities to identify barriers to Rural Routes to Employment employment for individuals with developmental disabilities. The project has conducted community forums or interviews in each community and developed Community Action Teams (CATs) to conduct resource mapping, identify solutions, and design & implement a plan for increasing employment for individuals with developmental within their communities.

Benefits Training and Asset This project created The Changing Face of Benefits, offered as a self-paced Development online course or workbook. The Changing Face of Benefits provides information on benefits and work incentives, opportunities to increase income and assets, and how to make informed decisions about employment, earnings, and investments. Both are great resources for individuals with disabilities, family members, educators, and others with the desire to learn how work incentives allow individuals with disabilities who receive public benefits (i.e., SSI or SSDI) to work and retain income. The workbook and online course can be accessed via the Council’s website.

This project will bring a demonstrated approach to systems change and provide Employee Me 1 st Steering technical assistance to increase employment outcomes for individuals with Committee intellectual and developmental disabilities and to establish a sustainable Employment First Initiative in Florida. Employment First means that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities should have access to competitive and integrated employment with the necessary supports to succeed as their first option for services and supports.

This project funds a consultant who is providing technical assistance and training Progressive Employment Practices to staff members at each of the 17 Project SEARCH sites in Florida in order to build their capacity and stabilize and sustain the model fidelity. The consultant has also coordinated and facilitated an Employment Consortium with representatives from APD, VR, BEESS, FDDC, FARF, ARC and other stakeholders.

This is a Florida website targeted to youth with disabilities. It provides FYI Transition information and resources on such topics as transition planning, self- determination, employment, and post-secondary education. It also includes information and training modules for families and educators. 53/6/13 Employment

This initiative is designed to provide training, technical assistance and resources to employers and community stakeholders on employing individuals with developmental disabilities, and offers three high quality videos.

Let’s Get Everyone to Work The videos are targeted to self-advocates, families, educators, community agencies, students in higher education, and employers and promote the use of best practices in high school transition programs that culminate in employment for students with developmental disabilities, and may be downloaded from the Council’s website.

 Let’s Get Everyone to Work: Resource Toolkit for Students and Families  Let’s Get Everyone to Work: Marketing Toolkit for Employers  Let’s Get Everyone to Work: Teaching Toolkit for Pre-Service Professionals

This project will be initiated in October 2014 to develop training for employers Employment Nuts & Bolts and individuals with disabilities as well as stakeholders on the “nuts & bolts” of employment for individuals with developmental disabilities.

FCIC’s Employment Webinar Free webinars are broadcast on the third Wednesday of each month from5:00 Series 2013 PM EST – 6:00 PM EST on an array of topics, resources, tools, support strategies, best practices and materials related to current employment supports and services specific to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

63/6/13 Health Care and Prevention Community Health & This will impact individuals with developmental disabilities by creating programs Wellness tailored for their specific area of the state that will improve access to inclusive community health and wellness activities which will lead to the reduction of obesity and other secondary health conditions (like diabetes and high blood pressure).The Council plans to use the results of the Community Wellness Needs Assessment conducted in 2012 to plan health and wellness programs in the communities where the assessment was targeted for administration: Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Okeechobee and Bradford Counties.

Physician Training Program This project will develop a training program for physicians about how to provide effective care to adults with DD. The FL Physician Education in DD (FL PEDD) consortium will be established.

My Health Care This project is to support, through skill building and use of adaptive tools, persons with dd as primary participants in all matters related to their health care and healthy living. Utilizing the Route to Success System Change Model, this project will improve the knowledge base and create stakeholder involvement.

Child Development Screening This project will continue the work of the Child Development Screening Initiative Task Force by continuing to develop recommendations and policy changes needed to implement a comprehensive statewide system for the developmental screening of children aged zero to five.

Self-Advocacy Self-Advocacy Grassroots To establish a sustainable grassroots, geographically-dispersed self advocacy Groups movement in Florida by continued support and strengthening for the twelve local self advocacy groups and FL SAND while providing technical support to the groups through a planned transition process to a new provider.

Youth Leadership Forum The purpose of the YLF is to attract young people with disabilities who possess leadership potential, in hopes of honing that potential in preparation for the future.

Route to Self-Determination The project will provide essential research needed to evaluate, develop and present The Route to Self-Determination training module for unserved and underserved Floridians with a developmental disability and their allies to promote and increase knowledge in self-determination. The training will be presented in 3 areas of the state as videos, face-to-face trainings and webcasts. The Provider will recruit and work with partners throughout the state to reach unserved and underserved individuals with developmental disabilities and their allies in the three areas chosen. A needs assessment will be conducted to determine the training curriculum.

Self-Advocacy

Florida Self-Advocacy Alliance An organization organized by self-advocates for self-advocates to establish a statewide developmental disability communications network. The purpose of the network is to build self-advocates’ capacity for advocacy and systems change by

sharing information and opportunities through a website (in development), Facebook page, emails and hardcopy instruments for those without computer access. The FSAA may choose to have the Council support its efforts to print brochures and 73/6/13 member applications, support means for groups and individuals with DD to quickly communicate by electronic and hard copy means, mailings and, in the future, to hold an annual conference regarding self-advocacy.

Project SALT This project will address the lack of knowledge and skills for too many self- advocates who have not been given opportunities to learn and practice leadership, the Provider will achieve a two-pronged goal for this project. Overall, the intent will be to produce an ever-growing cadre of individuals with the capacity for self- determination, independence and the ability to participate as leaders in their communities in meaningful ways. The first prong of the project will provide a curriculum with the necessary training information for self-advocates developing and practicing their leadership abilities. The second prong will provide a curriculum for identified self-advocate leaders to learn the skills needed to become role models, mentors and peer trainers.

Partners in Policymaking is a leadership and advocacy training program that teaches Partners in Policymaking self-advocates and parents to be community leaders and how to obtain best available services for themselves and others. Based on a national model, the overall goal of Partners is to develop productive partnerships between people who need and use services and those in a position to make policy and law. Partners participants are able to accomplish this by having opportunities to meet and talk to national leaders in the field of developmental disabilities. Partners will hear presentations about current issues and state-of-the art practices, as well as policymaking and legislative processes at local, state, and national levels.

Contact Information

2728 Centerview Drive, Suite 102 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Telephone: 800.342.0823 • TDD 800.346.4127 www.DisabilityRightsFlorida.org 83/6/13

Department of Child and Family Studies College of Behavioral and Community Sciences University of South Florida 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MHC 2113A Tampa, FL 33612 Telephone: (813) 974-4612 Toll Free (866) 818-4794 www.flcic.org Email: [email protected]

124 Marriot Drive, Suite 203 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Telephone (850) 488-4180 Toll Free (800) 580-7201 www.fddc.org Email: [email protected]

Mailman Center 1601 N.W. 12th Ave. Miami, FL 33136

Telephone: 305-243-6631 Appointments: 305-243-6631 www. pediatrics.med.miami.edu/mailman-center Email: [email protected]