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Sandusky County Board of
Developmental Disabilities
"We Serve for a Lifetime!"

Deb Yenrick Superintendent

419-332-9296, Ext. 110 dyenrick@scbdd.org

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4-12-12

SCBDD HAS BEEN AWARDED A 3-YR. CARF ACCREDITATION:

SURVEY SUMMARY Sandusky County Board of Developmental Disabilities (SCBDD) has strengths in many areas.

• SCBDD is focused on ensuring that persons served have a positive quality of life. The services it directly provides are of high quality and great benefit. Throughout the organization, among the board, leadership, personnel, and the individuals and families receiving services, there is a high level of satisfaction with SCBDD.

• The members of the board of directors are dedicated and live and support the mission they have established. Many of them are directly connected to persons served.

• The employees of SCBDD are primarily experienced and well trained through both orientation and ongoing training opportunities. They are respectful of the persons served and are kept aware of their specific health, safety, behavioral, and programmatic needs.

• The organization has a strong and positive relationship with its stakeholders and community partners.

• Partly because of its participation and leadership in the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities (OACBDD), the organization stays current on changes, expectations, and best practices in services throughout Ohio.

• There is an active People First chapter composed of persons served, and SCBDD encourages their self-advocacy efforts and their involvement with other advocates at statewide meetings.

• The buildings and grounds where services are provided are attractive, well maintained, and arranged to optimize the space available. The adapted playground is a wonderful asset to the school and early childhood programs.

• SCBDD is financially well managed and has cross checks and sound practices for ensuring accountability for the public funds expended.

• SCBDD provides extensive transportation services within the county. The buses and vans are clean and well maintained. The drivers and monitors are well trained, which includes training in the specific health, safety, and behavioral needs of the persons served.

• The organization is converting to an internally developed database for individual records. This software provides good information management for setting and measuring goals. It can analyze some specific information related to billing and has greatly reduced errors of overlapping hours or service hours not connected back to the individual's plan. The option to scan older documents and store them in less space should provide a way to reduce the extensive paper files now in use.

• The active health and safety committee includes the organization's nurses who bring their experience to the table to enhance the program. Policies and emergency procedures are comprehensive in scope and are provided to persons served and personnel upon entry and on an ongoing basis.
  

• Personnel are enthusiastic, committed, and qualified for their positions. The emphasis on promoting from within is a very positive element of the organization's human resource management.

• The Pathways to Employment program is highly regarded by both funding and referral partners. The staff is viewed as professional and highly effective in linking students with the services they need to reach their goals.

• Employment plans are well written and easy to understand. The responsibilities of both the person served and the staff are very clear. Individual needs are considered and clearly addressed. Whether the needs are for assistive technology, work-related issues, or nonwork supports, the staff finds ways to ensure that all supports are in place.

• The community integration program has two sites with services that distinctly differ based on the needs of persons served.

• The organization is commended for its use of a certified therapy dog in its community integration and older adults program.

• The older adults program has established a chapter of the Red Hat Society. It engages in activities similar to other chapters, including teas, crafts, games, trips to movies, and other outings.

• The community integration and older adults programs enjoy a high level of contact with the community. Although persons served are actively involved in their community, in those cases where the individual finds it difficult to travel in the community, these individuals are brought to the organization.

• SCBDD closely networks with other organizations in the community. For example, a representative from the solid waste district regularly meets with the persons served to teach recycling practices.

• The organization has developed an excellent consent-for-evaluation form that has a distinct signature line for consent to be refused. The format greatly reduces room for misinterpretation on the part of any involved individual.

• The child and youth services program does an exceptional job of including its students and families in program and service provision. Family members know they are critical to the success of the program and have high praise for the teachers and program leadership.

• The organization's case coordination is commended for the dynamic change; it has made in the scope of its services over the past two years and is encouraged to continue to expand its efforts to ensure choice in services for those served.

• SCBDD's medication practices, although uniform in its core format, allow for the degree of variation appropriate to address the needs of the various program areas.

CURRENT EVENTS

• May 3rd - Family In-Service <Click for Flier>

• SCBDD Board Meeting - Monday, May 21, 2012 - 5:15 p.m. in Large Conference Room

• Sandco Industries Board Meeting - Friday, 25, 2012 - 12:00 p.m. in Large Conference Room