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Advocacy Services
Advocates are trained individuals who help adults, families and professionals understand the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities. They provide education and training, and advisory services.
Lanterman Regional Center offers a variety of activities and supports designed to help you advocate for your needs. Advocacy is provided through your service coordinator and case management to help you identify and obtain the necessary services and supports for you to live purposeful lives as active members of your community.
In addition to case management services, Lanterman Regional Center offers additional referral services to help you advocate for generic resources, such as In Home Support Services (IHSS), issues related to Social Security Income (SSI) benefits, and matters involving the school district and special education services. For more information about these services and eligibility criteria, contact your service coordinator.
Advocacy services extend beyond Lanterman Regional Center and can also be found through local community partners, such as the Office of Clients Rights (OCRA) and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD).
More information about these and other advocacy options:
View CA Department of Developmental Services Advocacy Information page
View Office of Clients’ Rights Advocacy (OCRA) website
View State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) website
Assistive Technology Services
Assistive technology is any device, software or resource that can increase skills and maximize an individual’s potential. Due to economic, language, cultural, educational barriers, or the disability itself adults, sometimes have difficulty accessing conventional resources. Often, there are technologies available that can help increase the opportunities of individuals and enhance the quality of life for them and their families. Assistive technology solutions can range from the simple to the complex, but they all have one thing in common – they assist people with a wide range of disabilities and impairments to overcome their limitations and achieve greater independence.
Lanterman offers assistive technology services, including assessments, service plans and training. If you are interested in learning more about assistive technology and how it may be of benefit to you, contact your service coordinator.
Technology Lending Library
Easterseals Southern California has developed a Technology Lending Library in partnership with five Los Angeles County Regional Centers (Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center, Harbor Regional Center, Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, North Los Angeles County Regional Center, and San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center) intended for individuals and families who need technological equipment and support to continue their services.
- Traditional laptop for day services, vocational training, and telehealth
- iPad with screen protector and traditional touchscreen usage for day services, vocational training and telehealth
- JayPad is an Android tablet with traditional touchscreen, self-charging stand to support the tablet, and an auto-join feature. Auto-join allows individuals to receive services, telehealth, and phone calls with no action needed on their part.
Easterseals will be responsible for the equipment loan, training and ongoing support. This includes the Easterseals IT Helpdesk.
If you are interested in this program for yourself or a family member, contact your Regional Center service coordinator for information about participation.
Behavioral Services
Behavioral Services utilize the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to address a wide variety of behavioral concerns. Funding for Behavioral Services may be considered when at least one of the following criteria is met:
- The individual engages in behavior that may be a barrier to his/her remaining in the least restrictive environment or participating fully in community life;
- The individal displays behaviors that may be a threat to his/her health or safety or the health or safety of others; or
- The individual has failed to acquire developmentally appropriate adaptive or functional skills, such as toileting, dressing and feeding that are fundamental to the attainment of social inclusion and increased independence.
Behavioral Services requires participation of the parent or primary caregiver at all levels throughout the period of implementation. The Regional Center offers an online orientation to behavioral services as well as online behavior course that take place in six-session intervals.
CalABLE
CalABLE is a savings and investment plan offered by the state of California to individuals with a disability. Eligible individuals, family, friends and employers can contribute up to $15,000 a year without affecting the beneficiary’s public disability benefits. Beneficiaries who work can contribute even more to their accounts. In addition, earnings on qualified withdrawals from a CalABLE account are Federal and California State tax-free.
- Website: CalABLE.ca.gov
- Contact: 833.Cal.ABLE (225.2253)
Respite Services
Respite is a support service designed to provide family members with temporary relief from the constant care required by a person with a developmental disability. Respite provides temporary care for individuals in their own home or in a licensed residential facility, on a planned or emergency basis.
Per the Lanterman Act, families are expected to utilize natural resources, such as family members or friends. If, however, the individual requires a degree of care beyond that normally required by an individual of the same age without a disability, and if all generic resources have been exhausted, regional center funded respite may be explored.
The number of respite hours will be determined based on the individual’s needs.
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In-Home Respite
There are two types of In-Home Respite which provide the appropriate care and supervision for individuals in their own home while their family member(s) are absent.
- Family Conversion Respite (Participant Directed Services):
Some families may have someone who can provide direct care. If so, this person is hired by a respite agency solely for the benefit of the person with the developmental disability. This way the family has identified the respite worker and coordinates the schedule directly with the respite worker. - Agency Respite: If the family does not know anyone to recommend, the respite agency has staff that can come into the home to care for the individual. In this case, the family works directly with the agency to schedule when the workers come to the home to relieve the family.
Out of Home Respite
Out of Home Respite is an option families have that allows their loved one to reside temporarily in a licensed home for a limited period of time. The Lanterman Act limits this placement option to 21 days per year. *Service availability based on service provider capacity.
Parenting Skills and Training
Parenting Skills and Training is available for adults with developmental disabilities, whose children may or may not be served by the Regional Center. Parenting Skills and Training offers education, training, skill development and supports for adults supported by the regional center as determined through an assessment and the individual program planning process. For more information, speak to your service coordinator about options that may be available to you.