DEVELOPMENTAL (IDDS)

Case management is a collaborative process of planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s needs. Case managers assist with accessing social, medical, educational, and other identified needed services and supports.Case management involves comprehensive service planning that involves the individual and family to ensure that needs are identified and appropriately met. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Pathways’ Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD) provides a continuum of treatment options for those consumers with Autism and related neuro-developmental disorders. Treatments available include occupational and speech therapies with the goal to soon integrate physical therapies as well. Trained and supervised behavioral health associates target behavioral interventions to develop intensive behavioral treatment programs utilizing Applied Behavior Analysis. Diagnostic services in Ashland include a comprehensive psychological assessment and are offered as a means to achieve differential diagnoses when Autism Spectrum Disorder is suspected. CADD is located at 3701 Lansdowne Drive in Ashland, Kentucky, and takes referrals from all ten counties served by Pathways.

Day Training is a program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities which provides support for these individuals during the day from 8am –3pm. In Day Training, individuals are assisted in developing and honing the necessary skills to become more independent in the community. This service also offers prevocational skills to aid individuals in seeking and reaching employment. Day Training services are offered in Carter and Rowan counties.

Horizon Village is a HUD group living complex which consists of 15 individual apartments as well as a 15-bed group living unit in Morehead, Kentucky. Horizon Village specializes in providing housing for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Individuals must be able to live semi-independently and qualify for HUD housing. Contact the Homeland Property Management site supervisor at 606-780-0047 to start the application process.

This service provides the participant and family with an opportunity to design and direct their self-identified community support needs. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Respite care provides temporary care for a family member with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Respite care provides vital supportive services to help keep families together, giving families and caregivers relief from their daily routine. These services allow family members and caregivers to engage in activities outside the home without worrying about adequate, appropri- ate care for their loved ones. Respite care can be used in case of emergency, vacations, shop- ping, routine business, or to simply allow the family some time to visit friends or go out for the evening. Services can be provided for a few hours, a day, a week, or longer, if needed. If de- sired, families may choose to train their own personal respite provider for in-home respite ser- vices. Respite can be provided in the family’s home or in the respite provider’s home. In-home respite services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways

The Supported Employment Program seeks to promote growth of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities toward higher levels of functioning, greater self-esteem, increased emotional maturity, development of greater general competence, and a sense of personal responsibility. The Supported Employment Program seeks out paid positions in the community, in regular work settings, for persons with disabilities. The goal is to place and support individuals in competitive work settings. Some of the services offered are person-centered job selection, job development, job placement, on-site training, ongoing one-on-one employment support and follow-up, advocacy and training, employment counseling, social skills training, and other supports as appropriate. Supported Employment opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are based in Boyd, Greenup, Montgomery, and Rowan counties; services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.