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[0:16] so at Fair Haven School we do serve a
[0:18] variety of Ages they start at ages 3 to
[0:22] 5 for preschool and then we go from
[0:25] kindergarten age all the way to option
[0:26] 23 which would be age 21 so the
[0:30] beautiful part about that is we can get
[0:33] to know students and families starting
[0:36] at age three and get to follow them all
[0:39] the way to age
[0:40] 21 what we do is just like every other
[0:43] school you know we have recesses and we
[0:44] have lunch and we have academic times
[0:46] and different stuff like that but we
[0:48] have a wonderful staff and a wonderful
[0:50] full of team members that um give a
[0:53] little bit extra and help each student
[0:55] strive to what they need to succeed
[0:58] within the classroom and get them
[0:59] prepared prepared for um life outside of
[1:02] Fair Haven we start off in the morning
[1:04] with um playtime in playtime we get on
[1:07] the floor with them and play time for
[1:09] them is special so you got to get down
[1:11] and play with them and lots of it is
[1:13] fun um from Circle time you know and
[1:16] circle time is a learning time and so
[1:18] I'm helping the teacher with whatever
[1:20] she needs help with the wonderful part
[1:23] is that we can get a bit
[1:25] creative because we have multi-age
[1:28] classrooms we have so many many
[1:30] opportunities for students to
[1:35] learn we have speech therapists
[1:38] occupational therapists and physical
[1:40] therapists and this year we also have a
[1:42] psychologist we're able to work more
[1:45] collaboratively cohesively to get the
[1:48] child to perform to their best abilities
[1:51] they're very good about knowing
[1:53] development so just because a child
[1:56] might cry or throw a tantrum they will
[1:58] waigh them out they will still have them
[2:01] do the skills or practice the activity
[2:04] we are looking as physical therapists to
[2:06] get everybody as functionally
[2:08] independent with Mobility as we possibly
[2:11] can Fair Haven School is the most
[2:14] amazing place I have never worked at
[2:16] such a giving place we have different
[2:17] Sanders some kids need more support in a
[2:19] sander some kids need less support we
[2:21] have gate trainers we have probably
[2:23] three or four different types of gate
[2:25] trainers we have adaptive seating
[2:27] everything from just a seat belt with
[2:28] sides to support I've known these kids
[2:31] before they could sit up to to see their
[2:34] progress in the and where they've come
[2:36] you know some of them are 10 11 12 years
[2:38] old now to see them running on the
[2:40] playground with their friends that's
[2:42] what my rule is to get these kids as
[2:44] independent as they can be so they can
[2:45] run on that playground or wheel their
[2:47] wheelchair on their playground or drive
[2:49] their power chair on the playground so
[2:51] that they can interact with their
[2:56] friends the site program stands for
[2:59] community integrated training for
[3:01] employment so it is the focal point of
[3:04] transition and the goal of the program
[3:06] is to prepare students for that
[3:08] transition into adulthood so starting at
[3:11] the age of 14 I become a big part of the
[3:14] IEP and planning and starting that
[3:16] conversation with the families on what
[3:19] is going to happen next as they're
[3:21] preparing for their son or daughter to
[3:23] transition into
[3:25] adulthood I teach students with
[3:27] developmental disabilities work skills
[3:30] one of the jobs we do is we have a
[3:31] backpack program so we send home food
[3:34] for some of the students for the weekend
[3:36] so they'll get a meal a breakfast lunch
[3:38] and a dinner for the whole weekend so my
[3:40] students are in charge of preparing that
[3:42] so they'll get the items put them in the
[3:45] bags and then they deliver them to the
[3:47] rooms we do cafeteria Duty and we wipe
[3:51] the tables after the students leave we
[3:54] have partnered with some local
[3:56] businesses and our students go out there
[3:58] learning those real world job task and
[4:01] getting that training with the
[4:03] employability skills here we have
[4:05] students come in and basically I train
[4:09] them on the jobs that they could
[4:11] potentially um apply for after they
[4:17] graduate the preschool program here at
[4:20] Fair Haven is incredible they have
[4:25] incredible staff uh you know the
[4:28] intervention Specialists who are are
[4:29] running the classroom the AIDS um that
[4:34] the teaching assistant and the AIDS that
[4:36] are in the classroom everyone here has a
[4:40] smile on their face and is so welcoming
[4:43] they genuinely care about these kids and
[4:47] want to see them Thrive I usually get
[4:49] the kiddos that start at age three
[4:51] showing that early invention piece
[4:52] really is important and then they
[4:54] usually stay with me for 2 to 3 years so
[4:56] just seeing the growth that they make
[4:58] some come in with no communication
[5:00] skills and they're leaving with using
[5:02] assisted technology they're leaving
[5:04] speaking they're using sign language
[5:06] just to see that growth is such an
[5:07] impact on these kids lives but also on
[5:10] everyone their family and ourselves wedn
[5:13] th Frid
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[5:21] sat every morning we get here pretty
[5:24] early in the morning we make sure the
[5:26] buses are ready to go safe on the road
[5:28] on time so that we can make sure our
[5:30] kids get picked up um that is a big help
[5:32] to families for our timing and safety is
[5:34] to be consistent so um every morning
[5:36] we're here uh around 6:00 in the morning
[5:38] for that our bus staff is responsible
[5:40] for doing what we call a pre-trip it's a
[5:42] 120 point inspection of our school bus
[5:45] they are checking everything from
[5:47] mechanical electronic just normal safety
[5:50] latches under the seats I help the
[5:53] drivers do everything they need to
[5:54] ensure safety for the kids on the bus
[5:56] really I'm here to enable them to do
[5:58] their job as best as they can my bus
[6:01] driver is
[6:03] fantastic we are a team okay we work as
[6:06] a team I already know what she's going
[6:07] to do she knows what I'm going to do
[6:10] working with the children is is very
[6:15] fulfilling um I've learned that love
[6:19] with love being the universal language
[6:21] everybody needs love and so when the
[6:23] kids get on the bus they just need love
[6:25] we have some kids that will get on and
[6:27] they want us to hug them we get kids
[6:30] that want to talk to us and talk about
[6:32] food and and all of that kind of stuff
[6:34] so I enjoy driving um she drives the bus
[6:39] I get off and I greet every child or I
[6:42] get off and I get the wheelchairs on the
[6:44] lift and then I get everybody on the bus
[6:48] um she helps me um we strap the
[6:51] wheelchairs down or we put everybody in
[6:54] a seat safety comes first always first
[6:57] with us
[7:05] Special Olympics is a program of
[7:08] athletic competition for individuals who
[7:12] have developmental
[7:15] disabilities Special Olympics is great
[7:19] Community involvement the organization
[7:22] is really fun for the kids they get
[7:26] to show their abilities and it's their
[7:29] time in in the spotlight so they get to
[7:31] you know show what they can do and have
[7:33] people cheer for them athletes I think
[7:35] it's different for every athlete but I
[7:36] think a lot of them um it it's just a
[7:39] chance to be involved in something that
[7:41] they might not otherwise be involved in
[7:43] or you know to be able to compete um
[7:45] even on a a friendly level and and learn
[7:48] a skill or umn be able to accomplish
[7:52] something that maybe some people never
[7:53] thought they could accomplish Anna's 22
[7:56] years old she just graduated from Fair
[7:59] Haven School Anna's very good at sports
[8:03] she started out being very good at
[8:04] sports I can
[8:06] remember uh bo cuz she was so small she
[8:09] she was just so tiny and petite when she
[8:11] first
[8:12] started Bo kept telling her she had to
[8:14] grow a little bit before she can get on
[8:16] the basketball team even some of our
[8:18] athletes you know Win Lose or Draw
[8:20] they're happy they're just playing you
[8:22] know they're just happy it it's probably
[8:24] more of a confidence thing where they
[8:26] they get the feeling of belonging
[8:30] [Music]
[8:34] early intervention starts at Birth and
[8:37] continues to the age of three a child
[8:40] could be eligible for early intervention
[8:43] um based on a diagnosis um within our
[8:46] system that we have so some examples of
[8:48] a diagnosis would be a child coming in
[8:50] with severe brain injury cerebral pausy
[8:53] Down syndrome um autism diagnosis um
[8:57] another way to determine eligibility
[8:59] would would be using the Bailey uh
[9:01] developmental tool and that would show
[9:03] if there is a delay uh the child does
[9:06] need to have a delay of 1.5 standard
[9:09] deviations below the means or uh 2.0 um
[9:13] and then that would give us an kind of
[9:15] an age range of where the child Falls at
[9:17] for the delay early intervention is a a
[9:21] support and a
[9:23] coaching model for families to help them
[9:27] um just learn how to do things best for
[9:31] their family they whatever they want to
[9:33] work on that's what we're going to work
[9:35] on um and then we can help them you know
[9:38] we can maybe refer them to other outside
[9:41] therapies if they need that we can hook
[9:43] them up with other families if they want
[9:45] that and then we can help their them
[9:48] transition into preschool and you know
[9:51] later life if if need be early
[9:55] intervention is doing so much to support
[9:59] Z
[9:59] and our
[10:01] family it has actually been really
[10:05] astounding we've been amazed at the way
[10:08] that early
[10:10] intervention has been able to integrate
[10:14] Zeke's care and really see him as a
[10:18] whole
[10:26] person the purpose of the voice program
[10:28] is to
[10:29] educate our individuals on the rights
[10:31] and responsibilities that they have that
[10:33] they might not be aware of um get
[10:35] involved with the community other
[10:37] like-minded people like ourselves and
[10:39] educate each other and learn from each
[10:40] other about um having a voice in the
[10:43] voice program the acronym itself is
[10:46] valued options Independence choices and
[10:49] education that's what the voice stands
[10:51] for so that's our acronym the voice
[10:54] program is where our individuals are
[10:56] able to meet up with each other
[10:59] um spend time learn about different
[11:03] things like bullying friendship Healthy
[11:06] Lifestyles and a lot of other cool
[11:09] activities that the individuals actually
[11:11] come up with their
[11:12] selves so I have actually seen people
[11:15] who have totally blossomed and come out
[11:17] of their shells and really really truly
[11:20] learned their voice um so much so that
[11:22] they've been a little bit sassy and a
[11:23] little you know ready to stick up for
[11:26] themselves and stick up for others
[11:29] oh marot she's a very sweet girl um
[11:32] she's always happy she works hard and um
[11:37] and she voices her
[11:40] opinion
[11:42] yes
[11:47] yes service and support Administration
[11:51] is the creation of service and support
[11:55] plans which help individuals receive the
[11:58] support s that they need to be able to
[12:01] thrive in the community our service and
[12:04] support administrators serve kids from
[12:06] basically 3 years old through uh
[12:09] adulthood and retirement they do provide
[12:12] supports for all different levels all
[12:14] different age groups and can be involved
[12:17] throughout the time the person's in
[12:19] their educational program we have the
[12:21] eligibility ssas intake and referral
[12:24] ssas an SSA that focuses on nursing
[12:28] tasks and M Navigators behavioral
[12:31] Consultants waiver
[12:33] coordinators my job as a service and
[12:36] support administrator supervisor is to
[12:38] review the service plans that ssas
[12:41] provide and I'm looking to make sure
[12:44] that any health and safety needs that
[12:46] stick out for individuals are
[12:47] appropriately addressed and if they're
[12:49] not then I talk with ssas about ways
[12:52] that we can make that happen for them
[12:54] and that they could get not only the
[12:56] things that they need but also the
[12:57] things that they want out of their plan
[13:01] as an intake coordinator I play a
[13:03] crucial role in determining someone's
[13:05] eligibility for County Board Services
[13:08] depending on their eligibility then we
[13:10] would request an SSA if that is what is
[13:14] requested of them um we would also look
[13:17] at Adult Day programs if appropriate
[13:20] Community like referrals for Community
[13:22] employment if they're just looking for
[13:24] Community
[13:26] Resources possibly some financial
[13:28] support as well from from the fa Haven
[13:30] Foundation I monitor services and
[13:32] supports so what that entails is that we
[13:35] go out to the workshops uh we can go to
[13:38] the homes uh residential providers and
[13:42] we just ensure that they are following
[13:44] the ISP an Ohio ISP is an individual
[13:48] service plan and the individual service
[13:51] plan truly just highlights the
[13:53] individual the servic and supports they
[13:55] need um any goals or outcomes um and
[13:59] really just helps the providers be able
[14:02] to provide services and supports to the
[14:05] individuals based on their
[14:13] needs so we support providers by helping
[14:16] them identify emerging gaps in services
[14:19] and providing training and support needs
[14:22] we try to work with providers to help
[14:24] develop capacity so that they can
[14:26] provide quality services to the
[14:28] individuals in Trum coun we work
[14:30] together a lot on the waiver match
[14:32] projections waiver cost projections I
[14:35] also track the uh agency's contracts I
[14:39] let the other department heads know when
[14:41] those contracts are coming due as a
[14:43] reminder so that they can kind of get
[14:45] their their eyes dotted and te's crossed
[14:47] also go ahead and serve support to the
[14:50] SSA Department the uh accounts payables
[14:53] roles uh as employees are to receive
[14:57] those purchase wrecks from outs Outside
[14:59] Agency outside departments really not
[15:01] agencies within our program they process
[15:04] those all day long we are a largely
[15:07] supporting Department we want to make
[15:08] sure everybody that's in this program is
[15:10] follows the orc is compliant uh and
[15:13] we're here to help make everybody's life
[15:15] happy but it's really important to note
[15:18] that our budget process comes from
[15:20] federal state and local funds so that
[15:22] means 75% of our funding comes from
[15:25] local levies it's very important that we
[15:29] won survive without it my department is
[15:31] responsible for uh recruiting screening
[15:36] interviewing uh and onboarding uh new
[15:39] employees here at the tro County Board
[15:40] of DD we are involved with every
[15:43] department whether they need a hiring
[15:45] and they need training and and we're
[15:47] here to help individuals communicate
[15:48] with each other we're here to help the
[15:50] morale we want to make sure that
[15:52] everyone uh feels comfortable walking in
[15:54] the door this is a a healthy safe place
[15:56] to work and people felt heard and uh
[16:01] seen within the organization enjoy
[16:05] seeing uh the individuals in in in in a
[16:08] atmosphere where they can thrive in um
[16:11] the it is just a small portion of it I I
[16:14] like I want to make sure that everything
[16:16] is taken care of but uh I just feel good
[16:18] about being able to work with them and
[16:21] seeing them grow and maybe providing
[16:23] things that will help them overcome
[16:26] something that they don't typically uh
[16:29] would have the opportunity to get like
[16:30] uh the iPads and the classrooms and
[16:33] things like that as a facility director
[16:35] I take care of the internal um things
[16:39] within the building uh such as the
[16:41] boilers the hbac systems the electrical
[16:45] as well as the plowing I also run a
[16:49] custodial crew who managed the board
[16:51] office as well as the school I'm very
[16:53] passionate about what I do as a facility
[16:57] manager I go out to make sure that the
[17:00] houses are maintained and that we're
[17:02] looking to try to improve them when we
[17:05] can and looking to catch those things
[17:07] that maybe somebody else's eye didn't
[17:09] see a lot of times they're working with
[17:12] the residential providers in the homes
[17:14] and they find out that that maybe
[17:16] somebody has moved out and that there is
[17:19] an opening and so then the ssas will
[17:22] work to try to find a good match for the
[17:24] roommates that are there
[17:27] [Music]
[17:31] so our Investigative Services Department
[17:33] um really does work very closely with
[17:36] our SSA Department as you mentioned and
[17:38] their task is really to find out if
[17:40] somebody if something happens to
[17:42] somebody and you know unfortunately it
[17:44] does happen on occasion uh where they
[17:46] have to investigate you know a serious
[17:49] incident um they will work then very
[17:52] closely with the SSA to develop a plan
[17:55] to ensure that that doesn't happen again
[17:58] we do the investigations which includes
[18:01] starting an investigation I'm working on
[18:04] current
[18:05] investigations um so that's really just
[18:08] going out we get the incident
[18:10] notification form we review that we go
[18:12] and talk with the providers and the uh
[18:15] staff that work with our individuals
[18:17] sometimes we work with the police
[18:19] department Children's
[18:21] Services um and then we go out and we
[18:23] complete the interviews and sometimes we
[18:27] have to go and get photos of where an
[18:29] incident
[18:30] occurred their primary goal is to find
[18:33] out what happened uh who maybe the
[18:37] primary person was that was involved um
[18:39] and then develop a plan a prevention
[18:41] plan so that um that situation does not
[18:45] reoccur for that individual that can
[18:47] include anything from you know the
[18:50] provider not following the service plan
[18:52] as identified regarding um supervision
[18:56] levels or even uh specialized diet or
[18:59] things like that something that might
[19:00] impact the health and safety of that
[19:03] individual um they're there really to
[19:05] investigate and to make sure that it
[19:07] doesn't happen again so we uh work
[19:09] closely with many agencies uh very close
[19:12] with the SSA Department um our Fair
[19:15] Haven School Fair Haven
[19:18] Transportation also work very closely
[19:21] with the local law enforcement
[19:23] Children's Services uh our residential
[19:25] providers we interact with them every
[19:28] day the goal of our
[19:30] investigations is truly to create a plan
[19:34] of prevention um so any time something
[19:37] happens it just gives us an opportunity
[19:40] to change things and make them better
[19:41] for the
[19:49] individual Fair Haven Foundation exists
[19:52] through the hard work of fundraising and
[19:55] grant writing we are not funded by the
[19:57] state or government
[19:59] we are a 501c3 that works really hard um
[20:02] to raise what we do to make sure that we
[20:04] can not only provide experiences for
[20:07] people but provide financial support
[20:09] when needed the SSA Department relies
[20:11] heavily on the Fair Haven Foundation
[20:14] there are a lot of services that maybe
[20:16] an individual can't gain access to
[20:19] because there are different um rule
[20:22] requirements for certain things that
[20:23] have to be paid for for the waiver and
[20:26] sometimes there are some outlier things
[20:28] that fall out outside of that and a
[20:29] person might need some ancillary
[20:31] services or some other needs that can't
[20:33] be met through the waiver and then
[20:35] that's where the Fair Haven Foundation
[20:37] steps in the Fair Haven Foundation can
[20:40] assist our families like if say they are
[20:43] at risk for having maybe their electric
[20:45] or gas shut off or if they're really
[20:47] struggling or there's some kind of um
[20:51] situation that comes up that maybe we've
[20:53] exhausted all of the Community Resources
[20:56] um that like I said in turn the Fair
[20:58] Haven found foundation will say okay
[21:00] let's help there are so many families
[21:03] out there that we serve that um maybe
[21:07] they need help with their rent maybe
[21:09] they need help with a backpack for
[21:12] school maybe they need equipment to help
[21:15] uh with their children but they just
[21:17] don't have the financial means to do it
[21:19] that support could be anything from
[21:22] providing financial assistance for
[21:24] summer enrichment programs medical
[21:27] equipment adaptive clothing sometimes we
[21:31] provide assistance to families that are
[21:32] in a pinch with rent and utilities
[21:35] that's where the Fair Haven Foundation
[21:36] steps in and we rely on donations the
[21:40] events that we create are also designed
[21:42] to give people experiences that may not
[21:45] otherwise be possible without the
[21:46] assistance of the foundation many of the
[21:48] events showcase the abilities of people
[21:52] uh with disabilities U rather than
[21:54] focusing on what um you know they might
[21:57] need or the sports that they need it
[21:59] really uh highlights that they're just
[22:02] like everybody else they love to have a
[22:04] great time I think this event is
[22:06] wonderful I love the theme of it the
[22:09] colors and I love how they have the
[22:10] tickets and the balloons everywhere and
[22:12] I think it's a good way to express
[22:14] things for the uh the kids here
[22:16] especially they like the colors and
[22:18] stuff oh yeah he loves the basketball
[22:20] cuz he's always been a fan of basketball
[22:22] games so Eric likes playing the
[22:23] basketball or the football as well
[22:25] knowing that there's other people out
[22:27] there that he could meet and communicate
[22:29] with because there's not you know
[22:30] there's not a lot of people you see
[22:32] every day outside so when you come up
[22:33] here and combine each other makes good
[22:36] memories and you know he needs different
[22:38] people one of the many wonderful things
[22:41] is that they have these events that are
[22:44] not just in school activities but also
[22:48] activities such as you know a winter uh
[22:52] Wonderland and um you know just these
[22:57] activities that bring the community
[22:59] together well this jacket here of course
[23:02] came from the Fair Haven Foundation this
[23:05] is what we were gifted at
[23:07] graduation this year the whole team so
[23:11] it was an awesome thing it's really cool
[23:13] to see the the cool things you know when
[23:16] you put some effort into stuff when the
[23:18] people put effort into it there's such a
[23:21] a wonderful reward at the end of the
[23:23] effort we have D awareness night that
[23:26] celebrates the many abilities of those
[23:28] serve it's a really fun night for our
[23:30] families they get to go out and
[23:32] experience the Field of Dreams we raffle
[23:34] off Scrappers jerseys for a fundraiser
[23:36] for the foundation and this year we had
[23:39] a a picnic for over 1500 people at the
[23:41] Ballpark so it was a really wonderful
[23:43] experience we've partnered together on a
[23:46] number of ways um the first being a
[23:49] specialty Jersey night that uh the
[23:51] proceeds were auctioned off for the Fair
[23:53] Haven Foundation um and that also
[23:56] involved uh game tickets
[23:59] and uh you know a lot of exposure for
[24:01] the Fair Haven foundations and the uh
[24:03] the people that they serve my Scout
[24:06] Troop has been given the opportunity to
[24:08] work with The Fair Haven Foundation
[24:10] during the um ability Walkin roll so I
[24:15] was able I'm able to bring out the Boy
[24:16] Scout Troop and support the foundation
[24:19] by um uh providing help with the
[24:23] different stations it's great to to show
[24:25] see the inclusiveness
[24:37] and then this past year we partnered
[24:39] together on Scrappy Safe Haven which is
[24:42] the first of its kind in minor league
[24:44] baseball uh quiet space uh that is
[24:47] designed um exclusively for people who
[24:50] need a chance to get away from the game
[24:52] action at a lot of times it's it can get
[24:54] really loud Winter Wonderland is another
[24:58] new event that we created and it was
[25:00] really designed to give our families a
[25:02] special experience at the holiday time
[25:04] and our event is really designed to give
[25:06] our families a safe place to celebrate
[25:09] all the fun things that um we all
[25:11] celebrate around the
[25:13] holidays the foundation Services
[25:15] continue to to grow and expand and the
[25:18] foundation itself does look different
[25:20] than it did even five years ago with the
[25:23] amount of fundraising and activities and
[25:25] then the Partnerships that have formed I
[25:28] think the partnership is a natural fit
[25:30] where we provide unique events and
[25:32] opportunities for people who the Fair
[25:36] Haven Foundation serves to experience
[25:38] baseball games concerts community events
[25:40] in a nice relaxing environment that they
[25:43] can feel safe and
[25:48] secure I see the impact that it has on
[25:51] the people that we serve and I'm just so
[25:55] blessed and honored uh that I was asked
[25:57] to be a part of this