RIGHTS UNDER THE LANTERMAN ACT
Chapter Four
Individual Program Plans – Development and Implementation
·
The
Person–Centered Individual Program Plan Process
·
Assessments
·
Interpreters
for and Translation of IPPs
·
Effect
of Purchase of Service Policies and Cost Effectiveness
·
What
If I Disagree on What Should Be In My IPP?
·
Changing
Your IPP
·
Implementing
Your IPP – How Will Services Be Provided
·
Vouchers
·
Regional Center Development of New Services
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Publication #5063.01 – English
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. What is an Individual
Program Plan (IPP)? 4-1
2. What
is a “person-centered” IPP meeting? 4-2
3. Why
is the IPP so important? 4-4
4. Who
is responsible for creating the IPP? 4-5
5. What
is the IPP Planning Team? 4-5
6. I
want my neighbor to be at my IPP meeting but she cannot come in person. Can she
participate by telephone? 4-6
7. What
is the life quality assessment process and how can it help me prepare for my
IPP? 4-7
8. What
does it mean to “identify and build circles of support”? 4-7
9. Where
are IPP meetings held? 4-8
10. Sometimes
I misplace things that are sent to me. Will the regional center send notices to
someone else too? 4-8
11. The
regional center just told me I am eligible for regional center services. When
do I get my first IPP? 4-8
12. How
often are IPP meetings required? 4-