Just wanted to announce that Tristan got into the highly coveted DESE/DDS Residential Prevention Program!! .
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This Massachusetts state program @ddsmass @autismconnections provides eligible families a comprehensive array of individually tailored and flexible services (#wraparoundservices) to potentially avoid a more restrictive educational placement (such as a residential school placement).
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The program is designed to assist children who are at risk of being placed in a residential educational setting. Typically this means that the care of the child is now or could become overwhelming to the family, which could lead to the child needing to live outside the home. If one or more adults in your family were to become ill, injured or incapacitated would your child be able to be cared for in home? This especially applies to me as a single mom to Tristan since his father, his family, or my family isn’t involved emotionally or financially except for the yearly guilt money 😂🤷🏼♀️. If you would struggle to provide care for your child in that situation then it is likely you qualify for the DESE/DDS program. (This is just a way to think about need, not the actual formula for acceptance to the program!)
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#autismmom #massachusettsDESE
