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Some day we should have a discussion about connecting families with adult children who graduate and are going to be at home. I think that if families were to share a support worker that we could reduce the cost of providing activities and a meaningful day while we all have to continue working until we drop dead
Yes, or until I leave work or retire
I our case we just had to provide the documents showing that our son was PDD-NOS, Autism, Disability Tax credit etc. and they extended coverage to him as a dependant
For those of you who work I had success in getting my insurance provider at work continue coverage for our son after he turned 18. Although he is on ODSP, their dental coverage is for very very basic work.
Dr. Howard Stein 4040 Finch Ave East 416-298-1593
East Metro Youth Services http://emys.on.ca/
there is however an excellent dentist who specializes in working with our kids
We just had our son’s pediatrician make the referral
As for all of us at the moment we plan on a patchwork of programs and supports. Our son will go the the adult day program at Galloway just north of his school 2 days a week, we will hire someone to work with him out of our home 2 days a week and we will cover the last weekday and weekends for now
Educational opportunities after highschool are great for those that can pursue higher education with supports. Unfortunately in our son’s case he just wishes that the TDSB would allow him to remain at highschool until he was 25
The outcomes appear positive. They were very interested in the CPI training I suggested for all their staff. Having the language and tools to engage with someone who is acting out so that they don’t escalate the situation or have to call the police is positive.
Our experience with transition out of highschool at Maplewood is pretty negative. We have had to find and create opportunities for our son last year and this year.
It seemed strange that in a corporate culture where performance and task oriented work is expected or your out of a job that these senior managers wanted to have the tools to engage staff who suffer with depression etc.
The audience was senior managers in RBC and the other panelists were RBC executives. People with lived experience, family members with mental illness. My role was to bring in the community perspective.
Yesterday I was the member of a RBC panel on disabilities in the corporate world of banking and how RBC should be more sensitive to the needs of both their customers and their staff with mental illness, Autism, etc.