Attention all Regional Center parents and consumers are you receiving all available services from the Regional Center? First, it is your right to receive all needed services that are identified in your IPP. Second, Self Determination is coming and it is important to maximize your budget. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities Los Angeles Office put together a trifold pamphlet to assist consumers. See https://scdd.ca.gov/. I have copied and pasted from their 3 to 18 pamphlet here:
Adaptations/accessibility
Housing accessibility such as ramps, bars, lifts, adapted showers etc.
Vehicle modifications such as lifts, ramps
Behavioral support
Behavioral therapy such as ABA, Floortime, etc.
Behavior analyst
Camps/recreation – funding suspended in 2009
Crisis services
Crisis prevention and intervention On -call crisis team
Day care – expenses beyond regular daycare costs
Aides in regular day care
Specialized day care
Extended day care
Education (not covered by the school district)
Educational psychologists
Tutoring
Equipment
Communication aides
Mobility devices
Durable medical equipment
Other equipment needed to live in least restrictive environment
Family support
In -home respite
Out of home respite
Parent training in various therapies such as ABA
Parenting support/training
Support groups
Counseling
Medical (not covered by insurance)
Acute care hospital
Audiology
Dietary services
Physicians/surgeons
Dental
Residential services (medical)
Skilled nursing facility
Home health services
Radiologic/Lab
Nursing: RN, LVN, CNA
Orthoptic– specialized eye care
Orthotic/Prosthetic
Pharmaceuticals
Miscellaneous medical support and services
Mental health services (not covered by insurance)
Counseling
Mental health therapy– psychologist, psychiatrist, LMFT, MSW etc.
Crisis prevention/intervention
On-call crisis team
Professional services– if need is established as part of caring for child
Attorney/legal services
Financial management/HR
Funeral
Interpreter/translator
Interdisciplinary assessments
Residential options
Group homes
Supplies
Diapers or Depends (older children, teens)
Other expendable supplies needed due to disability
Therapies (if not covered by insurance)
Behavioral therapies such as ABA, Floortime etc.
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech therapy
Other medical therapies
Recreational therapy (limited)
Music/art therapy (limited)
Training
Adaptive skills training
Social skills training
Mobility training (teens)
Money management/budgeting (teens)
Community integration training (teens)
It is important to remember that, in order to get a certain type of service, it must be identified as a need in your child’s IPP.
Also, regional centers cannot pay for services that another agency is required to pay for. In addition, some types of services have very strict requirements in the Lanterman Act that must be met for regional center funding. For children there will be a strong expectation that the school district will have primary responsibility for services. This is not an exhaustive list. If your child needs a particular service, the regional center is obligated to help you find it from a generic resource or develop and pay for it.
Note: Regional centers are prohibited from funding non -medical therapies unless the therapy is the primary way of ameliorating your child’s disability. They also may not fund social/recreational or camping services for the time being. Please refer to the Lanterman Act, Section 4512(b). (California Welfare and Institutions Code)
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