Easter Seals And Autism

Easter Seals and Autism

Mission • Easter Seals provides exceptional services to ensure that people living with autism and other disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play.

Inspiration and Results • Maurice Snell – Easter Seals Adult Representative 2007

Easter Seals • Our capacity

– 79 affiliates nationwide • 550 service sites

– 85 years of meeting community needs

Easter Seals • Collaborative work with others – Autism Society of America

• Office of Public Affairs – Federal legislation – State legislation

Our Service Array • Medical Rehabilitation • Camping and Recreation • Children's Services • Workforce Development

• Adult and Senior Services • Assistive Technology • Residential Services • Support Services

Medical Rehabilitation and Health Services

1(AK)

130 Centers in 35 States and Puerto Rico

1(OR)

3(NH) 2(MA)

$ 2(MT)

1(ID) 1(CO)

7(CA) 1(AZ) Services Include: Aquatic Therapy, Audiology, Contract Therapy Services, Dental Programs, Driver’s Rehabilitation/Training, Home Health, Hospice, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physician Services, Service Coordination & Case Management, and Wellness / Prevention Programs

2(NY) 4(CT) 3(MI) 6 (NJ) 14(PA) 3(DE) 1(IA) 12 (OH) 12(IL)2(IN) 1(WV)1(VA) 2(MD) 5(KY 1(KS) 1(TN) 1(SC) 1(OK) 3(AR) 2(GA) 4(AL) 11(TX) 6(LA) 8(FL) 1(WI)

1(NM)

3(PR) SLI 2.2008

Medical Rehabilitation • Speech language pathology • Occupational therapy • Physical therapy

Camping Services 62 programs in 30 States

1(WA)

1(NY)

3(OR)

3(WI)

9(PA)

1(KS)

1(IN)6(OH)1(WV) 1(VA) 2(IL) 2(KY) 2(MO) 1(TN) 2(AR) 1(AL)

1(TX)

3(FL)

1(NE)6(DE) 1(IA) 1(CO)

6(CA) 1(Az) 1(HI) Services Include: Day Camping, Family Camp, and Residential Camping Programs

1(NM)

1(NH) 2(MA) 1(CT) 4(NJ) 1(MD)

SLI 2.2008

Recreational Services 54 Programs in 21 States

1(NH) 1(OR) 1(NV) 7(CA)

3(WI) 1(NE)6(DE) 1(CO)

1(KS)

1(OH) 2 (IN) 4(IL) 2(KY) 1(MO) 1(AR)

5(HI)

9(PA) 1(VA)

1(CT)

7(NJ) 2(MD)

2(AL)

Services Include: Adventure/Traveling Programs, After School Recreation Programs, Aquatics, and Recreational Services SLI 2.2008

Camping and Recreation • Autism Rocks • Social Skills programs

Children’s Services 104 Programs in 30 States and Puerto Rico

1(AK) 3(WA)

1(MT)

4(ND)

1(ID) 1(IA) 8(CA)

1(UT) 2(AZ)

1(KS) 1(OK) 2(TX)

Services Include: Academic Instruction/Tutoring, Charter Schools, Developmental Preschool, Early Head Start, Head Start, Family Services Coordination & Case Management, Nutritional Services, and Testing/Screening Evaluation

2(IN) 4(OH) 8(IL) 4(KY)

2(AR) 7(LA)

2(AL)

1(VT) 1(ME) 4(NH) 2(NY) 2(CT) 9(PA) 2(NJ) 1(VA) 15(NC)

5(GA) 6(FL) 1(PR) SLI 2.2008

Child Development Centers 83 Centers in 27 States

1(ME)

(64 centers in 20 states are members of Easter Seals Child Development Center Network)

1(AK) 5(WA)

1(NH)

1(MT) 4(OH) 2 (IN) 10(IL) 2(KY) 2(MO)

1(IA)

1(NV)

10(CA)

1(KS) 2(AZ)

Services Include: Child Care 0-3, Child Care 3-5, and School-Age Child Care 6-12

1(OK) 11(TX) (TX)

4(NY) 3(CT) 2(PA) 2(NJ) 1(VA) 2(DC & MD) 11(NC)

1(AL) 5(GA) 6(FL) SLI 2.2008

Children’s Services • Training Modules in Inclusive Childcare • Autism screening pilot project • Early Intervention • Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention

Workforce Development Services 145 Programs in 37 States

1(WA) 3(OR) 4(NV) 5(CA)

7(MT) 7(ID)

1(WY)

2(UT) 1(CO) 1(AZ)

1(ND) 1(NE)6(DE) 1(KS)

2(NM)

Services Include: AgrAbility, Employment Case Management & Service Coordination, Job Acquisition, Job Readiness Training, Job Search Assistance, Occupational Skills Training, Onthe-Job Training/Work-based Learning, Projects with Industry, Transition School to Work, Voc Evaluation/Situational Assessment, Welfare to Work, and Work Adjustment

6(TX)

5(MN)

2(NY) 2(WI)

1(MI) 8(PA) 2(IA) 3(IN) 2(OH) 6(IL) 1(VA) 3(KY) 9(NC) 3(TN) 1(AR) 9(AL) 6(GA)

6(NH) 2(MA) 6(CT) 19(NJ) 2(DE)

4(FL) SLI 2.2008

Workforce • Transition programs • Employer training programs • Supported employment • Customized employment

Adult and Senior Services 170 Programs in 35 States (86 are Easter Seals Adult Day Centers. Of these,

1(AK)

59 participate in the Adult Day Services Network )

1(WA)

6(MT)

1(OR)

6(ND) 5(WI)

1(WY)

2(IA)

1(NV) 27(CA) 6(HI)

1(UT) 2(AZ)

Services Include: Adult Day Centers, Community Based Supports, In-Home Services, and Care Management

1(CO)

1(KS)

2(MO)

1(OK) 1(AR)

2(NM) 1(TX)

6(LA)

4(PA)

2(IN)15(OH) 1(VA) 4(KY) 17(NC) 2(TN) 2(GA)

6(NH) 4 (CT) 23(NJ) 5(DE) 3(MD)

7(FL) SLI 2.2008

Adult and Senior Services • Structured recreation programs • Home-based services

Success • Scottie Gaither – Child Representative 2008