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INCLUSION/Exclusion CRITERIA
I.
Federal Mandate
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 Revised mandates
that each state have a Central Directory of Resources (CDR). The mandate
specifies that we must include:
1). Public and private early intervention services, resources, and experts
available in NC
2) Research and demonstration projects being conducted in NC
3) Professional and other groups that provide assistance to eligible
children and their families
II.
Geographic Parameters
A. The county is the smallest
service area for which we list
1.
exceptions: entities that do not organize by county, such as
local education agencies
B. Regional agencies providing
direct services or coordinating local services
C. Statewide agencies providing
direct services or coordinating local services
D. National organizations
that are disability-specific or otherwise directly pertain to children
with special needs and their families
1.
NICHCY
2.
NORD
3.
Genetic Alliance
4.
800 lines for domestic violence, missing children and other
crisis situations
III.
The following items will be included in the CDR database:
A. Governmental agencies
providing services to families of and/or children with special needs or
children who are at-risk (define at-risk).
1.
State of North Carolina agencies providing services to children
with or at risk for special needs and their families (state, regional,
and county level offices). (Administrative offices and contact information)
a)
Education
(1)
Public school administration (superintendent and EC Dir)
b)
Mental Health
(1)
Area Programs (include crisis lines)
(2)
First in Families
(3)
Vocational Rehabilitation
c)
Public Health
(1)
EI Programs
(2)
Health Departments
(3)
Childrens’ Special Health Services Clinics
d)
Social Services
(1)
Local DSS
(2)
Family Resource Centers
e)
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(1)
SOS
2.
Federal programs
a)
Administrative offices
(1)
OSERS
b)
Advocacy organizations
(1)
ADA hotline
(2)
Office of Civil Rights
c)
Head Start (we need to look at how to refer)
d)
Military services
(1)
Military EFMP contacts for each military branch in NC (Camp
Lejeune, Ft. Bragg, Pope Air Force base, Cherry Point)
B. Nonprofit agencies located
in North Carolina providing services to families of and/or children with
special needs or children who are at-risk (define at-risk).
1.
ECAC
2.
Smart Starts
a)
Family Resource Centers
3.
CCR&R
4.
Arc
5.
All disability-specific support organizations that have a statewide
chapter (autism society)
6.
Mental health and crisis services
7.
Literacy Councils and/or agencies that provide tutoring
8.
Mentoring programs (Big Brothers, Communities in Schools,)
C. Private providers of
services to families and children eligible for services through the Infant-Toddler
Program
1.
Speech Language Pathologists
2.
OT
3.
PT
4.
Psychologists
5.
Hearing (audiologists)
D. Hospital departments
or clinics providing specialized treatment, intervention, outreach, support
groups or other servicesfor children with disabilities.
E. Other clinics providing
services
1.
Free clinics
F. Contact people
in each county for services specifically targeted at children with disabilities
(EI Contacts, etc)
Contact people in each county for services specifically targeted at children
with disabilities (EI Contacts, etc)
1.
EI Directors/EI Contacts
2.
EI Regional Consultants
3.
CSC Coordinators
4.
Preschool Coordinators
5.
Exceptional Children Directors
6.
Single Portal Coordinators
7.
System of Care Family Advocates
8.
PT Consultants
9.
Speech and Hearing Consultants
10.
Audiology Consultants
G. Family Support Network community-based
programs
1.
Services provided by local programs
2.
Resource parents and trained support parents (in the future)
H. Professional organizations
that provide referrals free of charge
1.
Speech
2.
OT
3.
PT
4.
Psych
5.
Audiology
6.
Medical
7.
Legal
I.
Sources of financial support
1.
Focus on special needs, prescription, assistive technology and/or
2.
General emergency financial assistance (Salvation Army, Kiwanis
club, etc)
J. Other local services
1.
Parks and Rec (special needs’ programs and day camps)?
In the phone book, helpful in the summer time
2.
YMCAs? In the phone book, helpful in the summer time
3.
Chamber of Commerce? Useful for agencies to add, better business
bureau
4.
Domestic violence or rape crisis (??)-or refer to national hotline
or is there a referral source inn NC?
5.
Suicide/crisis lines
K. Other North Carolina
information and referral services
1.
Local comprehensive I & R (United Way or other)
2.
Public library (only if library provides I & R?)
L. Other North Carolina
and disability related information and referral services
1.
Careline
2.
First Step
3.
Client Assistance
4.
GACPD
M. Resources for North Carolina families
moving to other states
1.
CDRs
2.
State Departments of Education if CDR is not 0-21
3.
Statewide Parent-to-Parent programs
IV.
The following items may be included in the CDR:
A. Support groups
Local support groups that are disability-specific in counties without
a local family support program
B. Private, for-profit
and/or proprietary agencies if they offer a service not adequately provided
by other resource listings (how will we determine this?)
C. Organizations such as
churches, social clubs and community-based groups that offer a service
to the community at large, not just their own members (services pertinent
to families of children with special needs).
D. Professional organizations
the do not provide a public service or direct services but may be a resource
for professionals
E. University affiliated
programs providing sliding scale services through graduate departments.
F. Services for adults
V.
Discussion Issues
A. In non-P2P counties:
1.
Physician referrals (developmental pediatricians and other specialists
who work with kids with disabilities)
2.
Counseling referrals (psychologists and others who can evaluate
children with mental health problems)
3.
Agencies, including private providers that do educational testing
B. Agencies, organizations
and providers for which there is a reliable and consistently updated listing
on the web (define reliable; obtain contact info for referrals if website
is down
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
I.
Agencies which deny services on the basis of color, race,
religion, sexual preference, nationality, etc.
II.
Agencies or organization that misrepresent pertinent facts
regarding their services or organizational structure.
III.
Agencies which have been in existence for less than 6 months
IV.
Organizations that are disability-related but that are
adequately referred by other sources
A. Home Health Agencies-refer
to Home Health website
B. Residential placement
facilities for kids with psychiatric disorders (on DSS site)
V.
Organizations that are not disability-related though useful
to the families we serve but that are adequately referred by other sources
A. General hospitals
1.
Exception: UNC Hospitals
B. General Child Care providers
(refer to CCR & R)
C. ICF group homes-refer
to DFS
D. Elected representatives
(?)-refer to NC legislature website
E. Private schools (refer
to NC Division of Non-Public Education and Parent Soup web))
F. Homeless shelters
(refer to comprehensive I & R)
VI.
Services for seniors
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