On the first Friday in February, Lanterman participated in the Give Kids A Smile annual one-day volunteer initiative to provide education, preventive care and restorative services to children from low-income families who do not have access to care and would not otherwise get the dental care they need.
Dentists Fariborz Rodef, Margaret Paul and Diana Zschaschel, all three with special needs experience, volunteered time away from their practices to provide dental screenings to 62 Lanterman children birth to 17 with special needs whose oral health care needs are underserved. Hygienists Leticia Reyes, RDH; Christina Macasaet, RDA; and Sunny Ivanyi, RDHAP, also volunteered their time.
A total of 75 families and their children attended the dental health event, which also featured:
In addition to our volunteer dentists and hygienists, Lanterman would like to acknowledge the following staff who volunteered their time to make the Give Kids a Smile event a success: Janet Arellano, Talin Bandarian, Ebony Beasley, Matilde Canada, Nancy Cardenas, Anita Castillo, Ada Del Rio, Silvia Flores, Meeha Hwang, Arpi Khanjian, Alex Kwon, Wilfredo Lazarte, Monica Mauriz, Jacqueline Palacios, Sandy Riancho, Linda Sepulveda, Magaly Sevillano and Jasmin Smith.
“Although Give Kids a Smiles only happens once per year in February, during National Children’s Dental Health Month, dental health plays a key role in overall health and it shouldn’t be ignored the other 364 days of the year,” shares Leticia Reyes, Lanterman’s dental program coordinator and hygienist. “If you have dental-related questions about your child or for that matter if you are an adult client, talk to your Lanterman service coordinator. There are options outside of these free screening events to get needed dental care.”
California law and regulation requires that regional centers display on their Web sites information about the dollar value of services they purchase for clients. These data (called "purchase of service" or "POS" data) must be reported separately by clients' ethnic/racial group, langauge and diagnosis.
¿Cuáles son sus necesidades de servicio actuales? ¡Responda la encuesta y avísenos!
Lanterman is seeking your feedback and assistance in completing a short survey so we can better understand the current service needs. This survey is for our community to complete, including clients, family members, service providers or community partners. Thank you in advance for your time!
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Lanterman busca sus comentarios y ayuda para completar una breve encuesta para que podamos comprender mejor las necesidades actuales del servicio. Esta encuesta es para que la complete nuestra comunidad, incluidos los clientes, los miembros de la familia, los proveedores de servicios o los socios comunitarios. ¡Gracias de antemano por su tiempo!
Regional centers must post information regarding how providers are doing with ensuring individuals served are part of their communities (Welfare and Institutions Code section 4519.2(b)). This information is to be updated at least every six months until DDS has determined that statewide compliance has been met.
El Internet está inundado de información y recursos sobre el Coronavirus (COVID-19) desde el nivel federal hasta el estatal y local. Comenzamos esta página para compartir algunos de los recursos e información que encontramos más útiles y accesibles, además de compartir información específica para Lanterman sobre cualquier efecto que esto tenga en nuestras operaciones, nuestros proveedores de servicios y la comunidad en general.
The Internet is awash in info and resources about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the federal to the state and local levels. We're starting this page to share some of the resources and info we found most helpful and accessible, plus to share information specific to Lanterman about any effects this is having on our operations, our service providers and community as a whole.
