When: Saturday, January 10, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Integris Baptist Medical Center – Auditorium
3300 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK
Topic: Self-Directed Services
Speaker: Rose Ann Perciva

Rose Ann Percival of the Department of Human Services, Developmental Disabilities Services Division, will share information about a new option in the In-Home Supports Waiver, called Self- Directed Services (SDS). She will provide the latest update concerning the program, how it works and information about the evaluation of the SDS pilot last year. Whether your loved one is already receiving waiver services or is on the waiting list, you will want to hear about this new option.

NOTE -- Town Hall Meeting: Immediately following this presentation, Leadership Education in Neuro-developmental Disabilities (LEND) Interns from the OU Health Sciences Center, will be holding a “town hall” meeting. They are asking for our participation in the Family Perspective of Family Centered Care (FCC). The results of their findings will go into a position paper and then be further produced into a pamphlet for practitioners and professionals who serve our families as they provide their services for individuals with disabilities.

Please plan to stay for a short time after the meeting to give your definition of FCC; your good and bad experiences with FCC services: and what professionals need to know to better serve our children and their families.

Of interest, DSACO’s Holli Harjo is a LEND Intern in Parent/Family Issues. LEND is a one year course in interdisciplinary leaderships skills. Holli is the only parent discipline working with the interns from occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, psychology, public health, audiology, pediatric medicine, nursing, nutrition and social work. Childcare will be provided, please RSVP to Fara Taylor at 405-831-1275 or email her at soonerfara@hotmail.com