Annual Report 2012 - Lake County Board of DD

A Letter to the Community…
In October, 2012, Ohio
celebrated the 40th
Anniversary of HB 169—
landmark legislation
mandating each Ohio
county to establish a Board
of Developmental Disabilities
to develop and administer
programs and services for its citizens
with developmental disabilities. Prior to that
mandate, Developmental Disability services in
Ohio were scattered and often available only at
distant locations or in segregated settings.
Lake County, however, through the tireless
advocacy of families, neighbors, community
and political leaders, established local programs
and services a full decade before mandated
by state law. From the late 1950s/early 1960s
inception of programs in church basements,
vacant community space, or family homes,
and with the strong support of an inclusive Lake
County community, the Lake County Board of
Developmental Disabilities/Deepwood now serves
more than 2,000 individuals of all ages through
multifaceted, community-integrated programs,
services, and supports.
Each year, throughout Ohio, March is
designated as Developmental Disabilities
Awareness Month, with a special theme to
unify public awareness campaigns and events.
This year’s theme is LOOK BEYOND…to see
the JOY, CAPABILITIES, and POTENTIAL
of all citizens with developmental disabilities.
This theme has served as the foundation of
the LCBDD/Deepwood since its inception.
We have LOOKED BEYOND superficialities,
preconceptions, and challenges to promote each
individual’s CAPABILITIES and POTENTIAL,
and in so doing, shared in the JOY of that journey.
We proudly present our 2012 Annual Report
by sharing the JOY, CAPABILITIES, and
POTENTIAL of the individuals we serve and
the programs, services, and supports we offer.
We invite all Lake County citizens to share
in the JOY by visiting or volunteering in our
many programs and special events…come see
our undefeated Broadmoor Bobcats, applaud
the talents of our Deepwood Idol competition,
coach/volunteer for one of our many Special
Olympic sports, join any of our Special Events
posted on our website, or tour any of our
programs to experience the skills, talents, and
potentials first-hand!
Our thanks to all the individuals we serve,
their families, staff, volunteers, organizations,
and the Lake County community for the ongoing
support as we continue to LOOK BEYOND to
assure each individual’s POTENTIAL!
Elfie Roman,
Superintendent, LCBDD/Deepwood
Look Beyond and see my capabilities…
Kevin is a hard working man who
enjoys spending time with family
and friends. Community and helping
others is a value not only taught but
lived daily in his family home. As the
president of the Aktion club he takes
his role very seriously. He has many
great ideas of charity events, fund
raisers and social gatherings the club
could do. He takes suggestions and
guidance from the Kirtland Kiwanis
who sponsor the Deepwood Aktion
2 Lake County Board of DD club and from the Deepwood Aktion
Club members and advisors.
Kevin participates in many
Special Olympics and Recreation
Events such as cycling and
skiing. He participates in the Law
Enforcement Torch Run. Each
year prior to Summer Games in
Columbus law enforcement officers
and S.O. Athletes ride the torch
through Mentor with a brief stop at
Deepwood for a pep rally.
Kevin receives residential
supports and vocational supports
through his Martin IO Waiver.
Private providers support
him at home and work in the
community. Vocational Guidance
Services provides training and
job coaching at their offices in
Painesville and at his job with
Franke and Dylan’s collision
shop. Job Coaches from VGS and
residential staff from Raise Inc.
help Kevin stay focused on his
goals and taking positive steps
towards achieving each objective.
Kevin enjoys working on cars
with his dad and friends and
hanging out with his family dog
shadow.
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Look Beyond and
see the joy I bring…
Samantha is a student at Broadmoor school who lives at ARC
on the Deepwood Campus. She has made great strides towards her
educational goals at Broadmoor School in the Lake Employment
Experience Program where she is learning vocational and daily
living skills. She has participated in the Science Fair, Prom, UR
Beautiful Pageant and Bobcat Cheerleading.
Sam enjoys spending time with family and staff but also enjoys
time to herself to paint, do puzzles or organize things. She is
learning to do laundry, count money, personal hygiene skills and
how to socialize with peers and wait her turn to do activities.
Sam is an accomplished artist whose work has been sold at
charity auctions and will be sold at Unique Like Me Gift Store.
She loves to, go for van rides and put on nice smelling lotions. Like
many young women she also enjoys going swimming, to get her
nails done and being told how beautiful she is.
Look Beyond and
see my potential …
My name is Madalyn and I like to cook and be around people. I
work at Lawnfield Inn & Suites cleaning. It is very important to me
to a good job. I plan to work at it for many years to come.
I have been involved with Lake County Board of DD/Deepwood
for many years and go to speech class. I have homework every week.
I attended Hale Road Elementary, Madison Avenue Elementary and
John R Williams Schools before starting to work through the County
Board. I have worked at Bakers Square making pies, cleaned at
Walmart, Sears and a few hotels
in Lake County.
Community Employment
Services support me at my job
at the hotel through monthly
check ins. Raise is a private
provider of residential services
that assist me and my room
mate with a few things that
we cannot do completely
independently.
SEE POTENTIAL ON PAGE 7
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Summary of Accomplishments
Together the administration, management
teams, staff, volunteers and community agencies have worked together to ‘Look Beyond’
developmental disabilities to recognize and
support the capabilities and potential, to
share the joy and build a brighter future of
and for individuals with developmental disabilities.
We strive to build a community that is inclusive respectful and supportive of citizens
with developmental disabilities.
We strive to maintain an agency that provides quality services in an efficient and effective manner.
We strive to create and agency that extends
its impacts through strategic partnerships and
collaborations.
We strive to foster an agency supports individuals with developmental disabilities to be
able to maximize their quality of life.
Service and Support Administration.
The SSA Department completed 141 new
4 Lake County Board of DD intake/eligibility assessments and completed
118 eligibility redeterminations for a total of
259 eligibility assessments.
Over 71 individuals formerly on Ohio
Home Health Care Waivers were transferred
to Department of Developmental Disabilities
Waivers.
Also in November, we were able to launch
our “RFP website.” RFP stands for “Request
for Proposal” and is part of our Free Choice
of Provider process. When an IO, Level I, and
soon to be Self Waiver recipient is in search of
a certified provider, the request will be posted
on our Agency website for Providers to view.
If Providers are interested, there is a link for
them to respond via e-mail with their interest
in being interviewed by the waiver recipient.
This should allow for a much more efficient
use of our resources.
Children Services Highlights
Broadmoor School increased technologies,
including Smartboards and IPads which have
enhanced teachers’ instruction and student
performance.
The Ohio Department of
Education developed the Extended Academic Content Standard to be
implemented for students with significant
disabilities. All staff received training from
ODE State Support Team Region 4 on these
new standards.
All Broadmoor Students participated in the
Ohio Department of Education Alternate Assessment receiving passing scores. All Staff
will be attending special training on this new
process through the ODE State Support Team
Region 4.
7 students graduated from our Lake Employment Experience Program which is
expanding its community job sites in order
to increase the opportunity of students to become competitively employed.
Adult Services Highlights
Through collaborative efforts of Community Employment Services, Vocational Guidance Center (VGC) and Willoughby Work-
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shop (WWS), the Work and Work Training
clusters combined experienced an average
28.5% increase in gross sales for Deepwood
Industries in 2012.
Individuals in the Work and Work Training
clusters also benefitted from this increase in
sales. Their average payroll increased by an
average of 20% over 2011.
VGC and Willoughby assessed the needs
and interests of the individuals receiving their
services and made the following program developments:
The Vocational Guidance Center developed
and implemented a new training area with
an emphasis on addressing the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The
training area was designed to include environmental, programmatic and communicative
assists and make use of acquired technologies
to address the needs of individuals in this
group. Staff were also trained in different
methods of program delivery and learning
modes of these individuals to increase the potential benefit to those served in this group.
VGC connected with the community on
various occasions over the past year. They
participated in the United Way Day of Caring,
Harvest for Hunger, Project Hope, Salvation
Army Food Drive, Easter for All Children and
the United Way Kick Off.
VGC also participated in formal classes at
the YMCA and developed a relationship with
a fellowship group at a local church and continue to meet monthly with them for lunch
and socialization.
The Willoughby Workshop (WWS) strives
to be a premier workshop. The workshop
has a thriving ecology club, book club, garden club, audio/video club, craft group, red
hats group and newsletter committee. These
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provide learning opportunities beyond the
standard work atmosphere.
WWS habilitation services continue to grow
from its recent transformation. Each Cluster was re-designed to emphasize a learning
environment. The activity center is utilized
daily. The computer learning lab and all 4
IPads seem constantly in use. Activities are
often coordinated with a monthly theme and
accommodate the cognitive level of the individuals participating. They have monthly assemblies engaging individuals. This past year
brought many events to the workshop. Recreation’s support has been phenomenal and
there were 252 community outings through
September 2012.
Advocacy groups from all three Adult Services programs donated money or volunteered
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Look Beyond and see my future…
Five students, their families
and their schools systems
have looked beyond the labels
and disabilities to partner
with Project Search for future
employment.
Project Search is a school to
work transition program done
in partnership with the Lake
County Board of DD/Deepwood,
Lake Educational Service
Center, United Cerebral Palsy
of Greater Cleveland (UCP) and
Ohio Rehabilitation Services
Commission.
Lake County Board of DD/
Deepwood is the host business
providing internships and a
classroom for the students.
Lake Educational Service
Center coordinates IEP with the
school systems and provides and
intervention specialist for the Project
Search classroom.
UCP is providing a job coach
and job placement services that
are funded by Ohio Rehabilitation
Services Commission.
Each student will work in three
ten week internships created
specifically for their employment
goals. In between the internships
they will spend a week in the
classroom going over work related
skills such as resume writing,
job search, interviewing, getting
along with co-workers and much
more. Project Search has a specific
curriculum for each week of
instruction that the intervention
specialist has tailored to meet the
students’ specific needs and goals.
Let’s meet the students and future
employees.
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SUMMARY FROM PAGE 5
their time to a variety of community organizations throughout the year.
ARC/JCDC Highlights
JCDC secured a 1 year license and ARC
continues to operate on their 2 year license. In
regards to the Medicaid survey, both ARC and
JCDC surveys were successful.
In order to maintain a continuity of services,
the ICF continues with the TEACCH Method/Board maker Icons, Positive Culture Initiative, nature therapy, cross training with Food
Service staff, and coordination of communication with day habilitation programs and local
schools, including the Cleveland Clinic Center
for Autism and CARES.
In 2012, the ICF Program has seen a 3%
decrease in aversive behavior support plans,
these being converted to positive; keeping in
line with the positive culture initiative.
In 2012, the ICF has provided many recreational opportunities for ARC/JCDC residents. This included a ride
on the Goodtime III, the creation of Girlie Girl Spa Day,
Craft Nights for the different seasons and holidays, swimming at Broadmoor, Special Olympics and Karaoke Night
at Toth’s, various ball games and Willoughby Hills Friends
Church “Just As I Am” classes. For the in-house activities there is a choice of movies, holiday events and parties,
community members coming to residents for music by
Akash, and a favorite of JCDC is the gospel choir and girl
scouts. A relationship has been developed with Lake Erie
College and Deepwood Residents are now their guest at all
sporting events.
At the onset of 2012, the Residential Recreational Leisure Fund independently raised funds so that the residents
were able to take a trip to Disneyworld in Florida and
stayed at the Pop Century Resort. In November, 8 residents, 5 staff and 1 parent volunteer set out to make their
wish come true.
Empowering People Inc.
People helping people - one person at a time
John Dalsky
Administrator
Phone: (440) 466-1808
P.O. Box 110
Fax: (440) 466-1034
Geneva, OH 44041
Cell:(440) 536-6060
jdalsky@empowering-people.net
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We appreciate all of the individuals, groups, civic organizations,
schools and businesses who voluntarily contribute their time and
talents to enrich the lives of people served by the Board!
Lake County Board of DD/Deepwood
Deepwood Center Campus
8121 Deepwood Blvd., Mentor, Ohio
440-350-5050
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MY FUTURE FROM PAGE 6
Ryan from Mentor is looking for full time employment. He is good at
cleaning tables and chairs, assembling, and shredding. Ryan has a very
positive outlook and wants to make everyone smile. He likes to go to
the casinos with his family when he isn’t working. He also loves to follow
the stock market and is a big WWE fan.
Lauren from Willoughby South is also looking for full time employment.
She is good at cleaning anything especially using a large commercial floor
cleaner. Lauren loves animals and likes to read books and draw. She spends
her free time with her mom and brothers, and playing Beyblades.
Mindy from Painesville sees her future working in food services. She
enjoys working with food and helping other co-workers when they need
help doing their work. She is learning how to interact with her peers and
better understand what they are trying to communicate to her. Her hobbies
are working on the computer, talking to people and playing with her dogs
and puppies. Mindy likes to spend times with friends and family.
Kaelee from Eastlake North went to Broadmoor when she was in
preschool and they helped her learn how to communicate better. Now she
is looking for a good paying job in food service. Her best skills are making
lunches and dinners for the residents at Deepwood. Kaelee spends her free
time with family and friends, reading books, playing sports and doing arts
and crafts.
Haley a senior at Mentor High School sees her future obtaining a full-time
position in a suitable office setting, filing, doing data entry, making copies
and working with Microsoft Office Windows. In addition to these skills
Haley can do basic accounting and works with Quick Books. Participating
in Project Search and attending Lakeland, Haley hopes to become more
confident and self assured as well as more independent at work. Her
hobbies include reading about world mythology, religions, Shakespeare
and astronomy. She also makes and sells jewelry, specifically bracelets and
earrings. You can see her work at www.haleysgemisle.etsy.com or at Unique
Like Me Gift Shop.
POTENTIAL FROM PAGE 3
I have played many games for Special Olympics sports over the years
and but enjoy bocce tournaments and going to Columbus for summer
games right now.
I like to go to Bingo and Movie Night through the Recreation
Department. I love to take pictures and play games on her computer. I
also like to go for bike rides and walks.
I spend my time with my friends Dale, Vickie, sister Sharon and
best friend and room mate Betsy.
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