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Developmental disabilities, Lanterman Act, regional center, early start, fair hearings

PAI Publications - Please feel free to download and copy any of these materials for your personal use. We will appreciate your sending a donation so that PAI can continue its advocacy for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

You may also order copies of publications. Please order by publication number. Call 1-800-776-5746 - or - fill out and mail the order form to the office nearest you.

Update on Community Living in California - 2007 Supported Life Conference (pdf) (October 2007, 80 pages, PAI #5461.01) Please feel free to reproduce and distribute this update.

Rights Under the Lanterman Act: Regional Center Services for People With Developmental Disabilities (htm) (December 2006, English, PAI #5063.01)
Watch for updated translations - coming soon

Update on Community Living in California - 2005 Supported Life Conference (pdf) (October 2005, 66 pages, PAI #5461.01) Please feel free to reproduce and distribute this update.

Legal Bases for Obtaining Competency Training Outside an Institutional Setting for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (htm) or (pdf) (September 2005, 10 pages, English, PAI #5465.01)

Court finds people can get services and supports to live with their families, even if the supports and services look like Supported Living Services (htm) or (pdf), 17 pages, English, PAI #5451.01

Update on Community Living in California - 2004 Supported Life Master Packet (pdf), October 2004, 30 pages, riginally presented at the 2004 Supported Life Conference in Sacramento

16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (htm) or (pdf) (October 2003, 5 pages, English, PAI #5413.01)
Spanish: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (htm) (#5413.02)
Spanish: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (pdf) (#5413.02)
Chinese: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (pdf) (#5413.04)
Korean: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (pdf) (#5413.03)
Vietnamese: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (pdf) (#5413.05)
Japanese: 16 Tips for Getting Quality Regional Center Services for Yourself and Your Child (pdf) (#5413.15)

Supported Living (pdf) (March 2000, 12 pages, English, PAI #5143.01)
Spanish: Supported Living (pdf) (PAI #5143.01)
Korean: Supported Living (pdf) (PAI #5143.03)
Chinese: Supported Living (pdf) (PAI #5143.04)
Vietnamese: Supported Living (pdf) (PAI #5143.05)
Tagalog: Supported Living in (pdf) (PAI #5143.08)

Your Rights (pdf) (March 2000, 28 pages, English, PAI #5150.01)
Spanish: Your Rights (pdf) (PAI #5143.01)
Korean: Your Rights (pdf) (PAI #5150.03)
Chinese: Your Rights (pdf) (PAI #5150.04)
Vietnamese: Your Rights (pdf) (PAI #5150.05)
Tagalog: Your Rights (pdf) (PAI #5150.08)

Your IPP (Individual Program Plan) - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (HTML text only) or (PDF with graphics)  (October 2003, 22 pages, English, PAI #5038.01)
Armenian: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.10)
Cambodian: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.06)
Chinese: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.04)
Hmong: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.09)
Japanese: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.15)
Korean: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.03)
Laotian: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.12)
Russian: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.07)
Spanish: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.02)
Thai: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.13)
Vietnamese: Your IPP - It's Not Just a Piece of Paper (pdf) (PAI #5038.05)

Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (htm) or (pdf) May 2000, 7 pages, English, PAI #5106.01
Armenian: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.10)
Cambodian: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.06)
Chinese: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.04)
Hmong: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.09)
Korean: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.03)
Laotian: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.12)
Russian: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.07)
Spanish: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.02)
Tagalog: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.08)
Thai: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.13)
Ukrainian: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.11)
Vietnamese: Regional Center Responsibility to Place Children (pdf) (PAI #5106.05)

State Budget Cuts Do Not Mean That Regional Center Can Cut Your Services (htm) or (pdf)
(May 15, 2003, 3 pages, English, PAI #5406.01)
Spanish: State Budget Cuts Do Not Mean That Regional Center Can Cut Your Services (pdf) (PAI #5406.02)
Vietnamese: State Budget Cuts Do Not Mean That Regional Center Can Cut Your Services (pdf) (PAI #5406.05)

What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? OCRA Brochure (htm) or (pdf) or Large Print (May 2003, 2 pages, English, PAI #5015.01)
Armenian: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.10)
Cambodian: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.06)
Chinese: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.04)
Hmong: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.09)
Korean: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.03)
Laotian: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.12)
Russian: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.07)
Spanish: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.02)
Tagalog: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.08)
Thai: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.13)
Ukrainian: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.11)
Vietnamese: What is the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy? (pdf) (PAI #5015.05)

Community Integration (htm) or (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, English, PAI #5384.01)
Armenian: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.10)
Cambodian: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.06)
Chinese: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.04)
Hmong: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.09)
Korean: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.03)
Laotian: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.12)
Russian: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.07)
Spanish: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.02)
Tagalog: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.08)
Thai: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.13)
Ukrainian: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.11)
Vietnamese: Community Integration (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages, PAI #5384.05)

Supported Living - Administrative Hearing Decisions Overturning the Cost-Cap Regulation (htm) or (pdf) (October 2002, 5 pages, English, PAI #5396.01)

Statistics for FY 2001-02 RE: Community Placement from and Admission to Developmental Centers; FY 2002-03 Community Placement Plan Projections; Individuals in Skilled Nursing Facilities and with Dual Diagnosis (December 2002, 10 pages, English, PAI #5397.01)

Brochure - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (October 2002, 2 pages, English, PAI #5394.01)
Armenian - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.10)
Cambodian - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.06
Chinese - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.04)
Hmong - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.09)
Korean - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.03)
Laotian - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.12)
Russian - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.07)
Spanish - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.02)
Tagalog - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.08)
Thai - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.13)
Vietnamese - Developmental Disabilities Peer/Self-Advocacy Unit (pdf) (PAI #5394.05)

Overview of Capitol People First v. DDS Lawsuit (pdf) (May 3, 2002, 11 pages, English, PAI #5381.01)

Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills for People with Developmental or Other Disabilities - a Guide for Families (htm) or (pdf) (June 2000, 36 pages, English, PAI #5005.01)
Cambodian: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.06)
Chinese: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.04)
Hmong: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.09)
Korean: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.03)
Laotian: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.12)
Spanish: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) or (htm) (PAI #5005.02)
Tagalog: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.08)
Vietnamese: Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills (pdf) (PAI #5005.05)

Immigration for People with Disabilities (Video)
(March 2000, English with open captions for people with hearing disabilities, PAI #5505.01)
Call 1-800-776-5746 to order your copy

County Mental Health Responsibility to Provide Community Services (htm), or (pdf) May 2000, 9 pages, English, PAI #5105.01

Supported Employment (pdf) - March 2000, 12 pages, English, PAI #5146.01; also available in:
Chinese #5146.04
Korean #5146.03
Spanish #5146.01
Tagalog #5146.08
Vietnamese #5146.05

Self Advocacy Groups in California -
March 2000, 110 pages, English, PAI #5149.01

IHSS and Supported Living Services (htm) or (pdf) - Gordilla v. Anderson, Christenson v. Anderson Judgments; October 1998, 15 pages, English, PAI #5289.01

You Can Get Help With Day Care from the Regional Center! (htm) or (pdf)  - September 1999, 3 pages, English, PAI #5297.01; also available in:
Cambodian #5297.06
Chinese #5297.04
Hmong #5297.09
Laotian #5297.12
Spanish #5297.02
Tagalog #5297.08
Vietnamese #5297.06

Regional Center Services for Children in Foster Care - Letters on Agency Coordination (htm) or (pdf) - November 1998, 5 pages, English, PAI #5290.01

Summary of 1998 Developmental Disabilities Legislation (Except for Fair Hearing Changes) - October 1998, 3 pages, short version, English, PAI #5295.01; also available in:
Spanish #5295.02
Korean #5295.03
Chinese #5295.04

Changes to Regional Center Appeal Process - 1998 (htm) or (pdf) - September 1998, 5 pages, English, PAI #5296.01

Sample IPP Request Letter (htm) or (pdf) - September 1998, 3 pages, English, PAI #5292.01; also available in:
Spanish (htm) or (pdf) #5292.02

Regional Center Respite Hearing Packet (2/24/99, 132 pages, English, PAI #5286.01)

Summary of Senate Bill 1039 and Budget Trailer Bill Amendments to the Lanterman Act - January 1998, 8 pages, English, PAI # 5270.01; also available in:
Spanish #5270.02
Korean #5270.03
Vietnamese #5270.05

A Home of My Own - Information Brief on Things to Think About When Choosing a Supported Living Service (htm) or (pdf) - March 1997, 2 pages, English, PAI #5252.01; also available in:
Cambodian #5252.06
Chinese #5252.04
Hmong #5252.09
Korean #5252.03
Laotian #5252.12
Tagalog #5252.08
Vietnamese #5252.05

Successful Community Living: Stories of People With Disabilities (February 1997, Video, English, PAI #5504.01)

Summary of Settlement Agreement: Coffelt v. DDS (htm) or (pdf)  - April 1994, 7 pages, English, PAI #5089.01; also available in:
Korean #5089.03
Spanish #5089.02

Regional Centers - Intake and Evaluation, and Regional Centers Hearing Procedures * UNDER REVISION * - July 1994, 3 pages, English, PAI #5033.01
Spanish, PAI #5033.02

Regional Center Respite and IHSS for Clients Needing Protective Supervision (January 1992, 5 pages, English, PAI #5204.01)

Federal Definition of Developmental Disability (htm) or (pdf) (December 1992, 1 page, English, PAI #5010.01)

State Definition of Developmental Disability (htm) or (pdf) (October 1990, 2 pages, English, PAI #5009.01)

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD Legislation, Health & Welfare 42 U.S.C. 6000-6083), 69 pages, available in English, PAI #5221.01

Non-PAI publications: If these non-PAI materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from PAI by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation so that PAI can continue its advocacy activities for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

Current federally approved Section 1915(c) Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for regional center clients who would qualify for ICF/DD services, October 2006 through September 2011, 228 pages, English, State of California, Department of Health Care Services. This waiver is administered by the Department of Developmental Services and regional centers. The waiver does two important things: (1) Enable children to qualify for Medi-Cal by not counting prental income and/or resources ("institutional deeming") and (2) Fund through Medi-Cal many of the services that support children and adults in their homes and communities. For more information see Chapter 13 in "Rights Under the Lanterman Act" (htm) or (pdf)

Draft Application for a Section 1915(c) Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based (HCBS) Waiver, HCBS Waiver Application Version 3.4, January 3, 2008, 218 pages.

2007 Lanterman Act changes, California State Council on Developmental Disabilities - searchable.

How-To Plans: Home Furnishings for Supported Living (February 2004, 16 pages, English, PAI #5228.01) Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services, 1600 Ninth Street (MS 3-13), Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 654-1956, FAX (916) 654-3641, E-mail aslss@dds.ca.gov

Looking at Service Quality - Provider's Handbook (Undated, 49 pages, English, PAI #5227.01)
available from the Department of Developmental Services, 1600 Ninth Street, #320, Sacramento, CA 95814

A Consumer's Guide to the Lanterman Act (pdf) (July 2001, 52 pages, PAI #5404.01)

Early Start Specialized Therapeutic Services Code - Program Advisory CFSB 01-0 (htm) or (pdf) (October 2001, 7 pages, PAI #5129.01)
Ken Freedlander, Chief, Early Start Local Support Section, Department of Developmental Services (DDS)

CIRCL - Connections for Information and Resources on Community Living Resources: Information Briefs, The Toolbox, Bill & Dave's Corner, and General Information  (PAI #5180.01, English, 2001) 4171 Starkes Grade Road, Placerville CA 95667-9204, 530-644-6653

Your Rights in Your Home (June 1999, 2 pages, English, PAI #5037.01) Area 4 Board, 236 Georgia St., #201, Vallejo, CA 94590, 1-707-648-4073, fax 1-707-648-4100, e-mail areabd4@concentric.net

Looking at Life Quality: Visitor's Handbook
(January 1996, 96 pages, English, PAI #5310.01) Department of Developmental Services, 1600 Ninth Street, Room 340, Sacramento, CA 95814

General Information and Materials on Supported Living Services (partial materials, (htm) or (pdf) (October 2002, 48 pages, English, PAI #5257.01) Complete materials available from the Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services Section, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 654-1956; FAX (916) 654-3641

Advocating for My Child With Special Needs
(Undated, 19 pages, English, PAI #5210.01); Spanish, PAI #5210.02) Barbara Yochioka Wheeler, Ph.D., R.N., University Affiliated Program MS#53, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, L.A. 90054-0700; (213) 669-2300 

Consumers with Communication Challenges - A Quick Look at Consumers With Communication Challenges (May 1997, 9 pages, English, PAI #5235.01) DDS Publications Order Form

How to Be Culturally Responsive (August 1996, 9 pages, English, PAI #5240.01), DDS Publications Order Form

How to Develop Natural Supports - Natural Supports ... They're All Around You! (May 1996, 9 pages, English, PAI #5233.01) DDS Publications Order Form

Individual Program Plan Resource Manual - A Person-Centered Approach
(January 2000, 230 pages, English, PAI #5141.01)
FREE from Department of Developmental Services, DDS/SASS Publications Coordinator, 1600 Ninth Street, Room 340, MS 3-13, Sacramento, CA 94214; (916) 654-1956, FAX (916) 654-3020, DDS Publications Order Form or order from http://www.cashpcr.org/faq/publications.htm

Labor and Wage Issues for Supported Living
(June 1996, 19 pages, English, PAI #5220.01)
Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services Section, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; FAX (916) 654-3641

From Process to Action: Making Person-Centered Planning Work - May 1996, 4 pages, English, PAI #5234.01; also available in:
Spanish #5234.02)
DDS Publications Order Form

More Than A Meeting: A Pocket Guide to the Person-Centered Individual Program Plan
(January 2000, 36 pages, English, PAI #5122.01) FREE from Department of Developmental Services, DDS/SASS Publications Coordinator, DDS Publications Order Form or order from http://www.cashpcr.org/faq/publications.htm. Also available in Chinese, PAI #5122.04;
Hmong, PAI #5122.09; Korean, PAI #5122.03; Spanish, PAI #5122.03; Tagalog, PAI #5122.08; Vietnamese, PAI #5122.05; and Audio, PAI #5122.AT)

Guide to Medi-Cal Managed Care for people with Developmental Disabilities, Their Families and Professionals
(1999, 14 pages, NHeLP, English, PAI #5184.01)
http://www.healthlaw.org/library.cfm?fa=download&resourceID=66292&appView

Offenders With A Developmental Disability - A Quick Look at Offenders With A Developmental Disability (November 1996, 4 pages, English, PAI #5236.01) Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services Section, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; FAX (916) 654-3641 

Person-Centered Planning Materials (July 2001, 8 pages, English, PAI #5142.01) Download at http://www.dds.ca.gov/publications/PDF/Person_Ctrd_Planning.pdf or order from IPP Materials Coordinator, Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services, P.O. Box 944202, Sacramento, CA 94244-2020; (916) 654-1954, FAX (916) 654-3641.

Planning Methods and Team Building for Success - A Quick Look at Planning Methods and Team Building for Success (July 1996, 7 pages, English, PAI #5237.01) Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services Section, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; FAX (916) 654-3641 

Rights, Choices and You - Living and Working in the Community (July 1994, Video, English, PAI #5503.01) Department of Developmental Services, Adult & Supported Living Services Section, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; FAX (916) 654-3641 

Supplemental Security Income: Questions and Answers for Persons Residing in Supported Living Arrangements (October 1996, 16 pages, English, PAI #5241.01) Department of Developmental Services, Adult and Supported Living Services, 1600 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 654-1956