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Regional Center Services
The Regional Center can provide your child with a wide range of services. Unfortunately, they generally don’t divulge that information freely. It is important that you understand what your rights are under the Lanterman Act and pursue those rights actively. Generally, the Regional Center will tell you that they provide:
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In-home ABA
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Respite Care
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However, they can provide much more than that. First of all, your Regional Center worker can and should attend your child’s IEP’s. This is important because oftentimes the Regional Center and the school district will try to make the other pay for services. Having them both at the table allows them to hash it out right there. Secondly, your Regional Center worker should help you get services from other agencies, like SSI, in-home Support Services (IHSS), Medi-Cal, etc. According to the Lanterman Act, section 4512(b), the Regional Center can also provide the following services:
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Adaptive equipment services
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∙ Advocacy
∙ Advocacy assistance or facilitation
∙ Assessment
∙ Assistance in finding, modifying and maintaining a home
∙ Behavior Modification
∙ Camping
∙ Childcare
∙ Community integration services
∙ Community residential placement
∙ Community support facilitation
∙ Counseling for the consumer
∙ Counseling for the consumer’s family
∙ Daily living skills training
∙ Day care
∙ Development and provision of a 24 hour emergency response system
∙ Development of unpaid natural supports
∙ Diagnosis
∙ Diapers
∙ Domiciliary care
∙ Education
∙ Emergency and crisis intervention
∙ Emergency housing
∙ Emergency relief for personal care attendants
∙ Evaluation
∙ Facilitated circles of support
∙ Facilitation, including outreach and education
∙ Facilitation with a facilitator of the consumer’s choosing.
∙ Financial assistance
∙ Follow-along services
∙ Foster family placement
∙ Habilitation
∙ Home location assistance
∙ Homemaker services
∙ Identification of circles of support
∙ Infant stimulation programs
∙ Information and referral services
∙ Mental health services
∙ Occupational therapy
∙ Paid neighbors
∙ Paid roommates
∙ Parent training
∙ Peer advocates
∙ Personal care or assistance
∙ Physical therapy
∙ Protection of civil, service and legal rights
∙ Protective services
∙ Provision of circles of support
∙ Recreation
∙ Recruiting, hiring and training personal care attendants
∙ Respite
∙ Respite for personal care attendants
∙ Self-advocacy training
∙ Sexuality training
∙ Sheltered employment
∙ Short term out-of-home care
∙ Social services
∙ Social skills training
∙ Sociolegal services
∙ Special living arrangements
∙ Specialized dental care
∙ Specialized medical care
∙ Speech therapy
∙ Support services for consumers in homes they own or lease
∙ Supported employment
∙ Supported living arrangements
∙ Technical assistance
∙ Training
∙ Transportation services
∙ Travel training
∙ Treatment
∙ Vouchered services
∙ Services and supports that are necessary for families to maintain their children with developmental disabilities at home, when living at home is in the best interest of the child.
∙ Services and supports needed to maintain and strengthen the family unit, where one or both parents is an individual with developmental disabilities.
∙ Other service and support options which would result in greater self-sufficiency for the consumer and cost-effectiveness to the state.
In addition, the IPP team can approve any service that is deemed necessary to meet the client’s needs, even if it is not on the list above.
In addition, the IPP team can approve any service that is deemed necessary to meet the client’s needs, even if it is not on the list above.