APPENDIX G

Services and Supports Commonly Required for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities[1]

-      Infant stimulation;

-      Parent counseling and emotional support;

-      Early intervention services;

-      Sensory stimulation;

-      Physical, Occupational or Speech Therapy for reasons of cognitive, not physical, impairment;

-      Self-help skills training (including, but not limited to, feeding, cooking, cleaning, dressing, toileting, personal hygiene care, money management, public transportation use, etc.);

-      Social skills training;

-      Parental training in child development;

-      Respite care;

-      Service coordination and management;

-      Advocacy services and self-advocacy training;

-      Family counseling;

-      Information and referral services;

-      Protective and other social and socio-legal services;

-      Special education and related services provided pursuant to any federal or state special education statutes or regulations;

-      Generic or special social or recreational services;

-      Generic or special rehabilitative or vocational training;

-      Residential care, including specialized residential care;

-      Mental health services;

-      Supported employment;

-      Sheltered workshop services;

-      Supported or semi-independent living arrangements;

-      Day-activity program services;

-      Independent/daily living skills training (see self-help skills training list above; probably synonymous);

-      Transportation;

-      Public assistance entitlements such as SSI, Medi-Cal, SSDI, or Title II Adult Disabled Child Benefits;

-      Specialized skill development approaches which involve breaking a task down into its component parts and teaching it part by part until the entire task is learned;

-      Behavioral training and behavior modification programs;

-      Community integration services and supports;

-      Emergency and crisis intervention services;

-      Housing location assistance;

-      Parenting skills training for disabled individuals who have children.