Early Intervention • Service and Support Administration • Residential • Transportation • Adult Services • Family • Vocational • Special Olympics
Early Intervention (EI)
Early Intervention is a year-round program for children from birth through age two who have or are suspected of having a delay in development. Children who are at risk for delay due to environment and/or biological risks are also eligible for services. Children are referred by social service agencies, hospitals, physicians and their own parents.
Individualized family service plans are developed for each child and family. The program provides information about basic child development and various disabilities and includes instruction, therapy and parent education. Services are delivered in the family home and/or at the Board Building.
Therapy
Eligible EI children may receive Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy services.
Service and Support Administration
People age three through adult who are eligible for board services will be assigned a Service and Support Administrator to act as a liaison/resource person linking that individual with appropriate service providers and resources. The SSA is designed to provide quality assurance and advocacy services and serves as a single point of contact for the family.
Residential Services
The Board offers a variety of residential service options for eligible individuals who live in their own homes or with family members. Depending on need, this may include assistance with:
• bathing • dressing • meal preparation and cleanup
• housekeeping • shopping • budgeting • paying bills
• participation in recreation and community activities
There is a waiting list for these services. In addition to supported living services, the Board contracts with Sunshine Inc. of Northwest Ohio to operate three group homes in the county.
Transportation
The Board uses vans and buses to transport children in the Early Intervention program and adults who are employed locally or attend day programming at various Board locations including: Triangular Processing, R.E.A.C.H., Senior Interest, Quadco, and PeopleWorks. Transportation is also available to Special Olympians for Special Olympics activities that are outside Fulton County.
Adult Services
The Board offers a variety of habilitation and vocational services for adults based on individual abilities, interests and needs.
Vocational
Job coaching is available to individuals who work in the community. The Board also offers several other work sites:
Triangular Processing
• Offers a variety of jobs in a sheltered setting
• Work includes recycling, simple assembly, packaging and janitorial
• Employees occasionally work at Nature’s Acres Greenhouse on Ottokee St. in Wauseon.
Quadco Rehabilitation Center
• Sheltered work opportunities include assembly and packaging, food service and machine operation training
PeopleWorks & Bittersweet Farms
• Both offer work in a farm setting and primarily serve individuals with autism or challenging behaviors
Habilitation
R.E.A.C.H.
The R.E.A.C.H. Program (Reaching Everyone’s Aptitude, Capabilities and Horizons) is for those individuals for whom vocational services are not a priority.
Senior Interest
The Senior Interest Program is geared toward individuals of retirement
age who enjoy participation in community recreation and leisure activities. This
program is currently located at 245 W. Leggett, Unit 9 in Wauseon.
Family Support Services
Family Support Services is a program providing financial support to families caring for a loved one with a disability at home. Its purpose is to help keep families together. Individuals from birth through adult are eligible if they meet certain family income guidelines. The program helps pay for:
• special diets • home modifications
• special education purchases • in-home and out-of-home respite
• family counseling • education and training
Special Olympics
Fulton County children and adults can compete in a variety of competitive sports including:
• volleyball • basketball • softball • bowling
• developmental • track & field • tennis • swimming