Archive Notes - 2008.09.16 -- Conservatorship
- Kern Autism Network (KAN),15401 Lake Berryessa Court, Bakersfield, CA 93314, 661.588.4235, kernautism@gmail.com
- Saturday, September 20, 2008 was a conference featuring Danielle Breese of Kern County Superintendent of Schools.
- Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist, special day class teacher, program specialist with behavior problems.
- Her work has helped many autistic children overcome their anxiety when a new concept has been introduced in the child's surroundings and visual structure has been introduced.
- A visual structure schedule will enable the parent to provide an informative home environment that will provide their son/daughter with information that will allow him/her to understand the task, how to begin, how to do the task, and what comes next without anxiety.
- Please contact KAN for any archival information.
- Summer for Kids -- Joey Travolta Film Camp (currently 2010 -- Performing Arts Project). ABLE assisted in project that at that time was 18-22 year old mentally disabled adults. Later it expanded to neurotypical and Aspergers, migrant and non-migrant
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) creative patterns -- out of the box, concrete thinking
- Behavioral skills are critical -- Social cognitive
- Drama, digital photography, and other arts
- Confidence
- Communication
- Conflict Mediation.
- peer with adult counselor
- mediator
- visual structure
- Ombudsman: both advocate and arbiter, not for conservatorship for personal or estate finances
- Healthcare Power of Attorney (POA) -- Healthcare POA, for everyday decisions and in case of emergencies. For individuals that cannot make healthcare decisions for themselves, this is a necessity and can be via internet (basic forms) or attorney. For individuals that will achieve more independence but need more time, please see your insurance, Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), or Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) for the proper forms that allow you to make decisions in emergencies.
- For more more comprehensive situations, to cover vulnerability
- at least two people on bank account
- activate online viewing to monitor activity
- General POA establishes estate conservatorship: report to court once every two years
- Taft College Taft Independent Living Program (TIL)
- PROP: life skills
- ROP: junior and senior year and graduated
- communication skills and social skills: base for all other skills to develop
- prep the school: set up your support systems ahead of time
- bus to Taft or driving
- dating
- boundaries: make concrete concept
- "you and the law at 18"
- five steps
- identify your feeling
- rate its intensity 1-5
- 5 is probably against the law or EXTREME behavior
- ... unless the situation is EXTREME
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