Now referred to as "Service Coordination", provides for the development, implementation, and monitoring of a person's individualized service plan. This includes assessment, service planning, service referral, coordination, and advocacy.

Provide long-term habilitative services, such as outpatient medical, dental, nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, rehabilitation counseling, social work, psychological, and psychiatric services.

Face-to-face, individual, group or family counseling or therapy in a planned, structured session is intended to help an individual or family gain insight, resolve problems, develop behaviors or address other issues of concern.ⁱ

Include daytime activities that provide a combination of diagnostic, active therapeutic treatment, habilitative, and prevocational services to persons with a developmental disability. Such programs may vary in the services they offer based on the level of the individual's needs and his/her interests and preferences. A range of available day programs focus on providing the individual with developmental disabilitiesⁱ the necessary personal, social and vocational supports needed to live a typical life in the community.

Provides information about various aspects of programs, services and/or diagnoses and treatment for people with developmental disabilitiesⁱ.

Are supports to the individual which may include vocational training, job coaching, travel training, technological aids, counseling, job placement and any other support needed to meet the person's unique circumstances.ⁱ

Licensed residential program which provides a family living experience through a structured and stable home environment, including the support, guidance and companionship found within a family unit. Providers receive a monthly stipend to provide services within their home or apartment.

Although health care to people with developmental disabilitiesⁱ in New York State is primarily provided by the generic health care systems, many of the providers have health care professionals on staff. The NYS Department of Health licenses some clinics that specialize in serving people with developmental disabilities and some OMRDD certified clinics provide primary medical care in physician shortage areas. In addition, OMRDD operates a tertiary clinic at its Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities which offers diagnosis and treatment recommendations for complex and rare disabilities. Clinics licensed by OMRDD provide clinical services primarily to persons with a developmental disability, except in areas designated as physician shortage areas, where they may also serve persons who are not disabled. Clinics licensed by the Department of Health are considered primary health care clinics and serve the general public; they may choose to specialize in serving people with disabilities including persons with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, dystrophy, etc.

Assist individuals with living in their own homes with their neighborhood circles of supports.

Provide a residential treatment option in the community for persons with specified medical and/or behavioral needs. ICFs provide 24-hour on-site assistance and training, intensive clinical and direct care services, professionally developed and supervised activities, and a variety of therapies. ICFs are designed for individuals whose disability severely limits their ability to be independent.

These services provide relief for families or other caregivers of persons with developmental disabilitiesⁱ. Respite is time-limited and temporary allowing families time for errands, vacations and other planned activities.

Are professionals who may help a person with developmental disabilitiesⁱ develop, plan, implement and monitor their own plan of services and support.

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychological impairment, or both, that adversely affects an individual's performance. To be eligible for services from OMRDD, this injury must have occurred prior to age 22. The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language, memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-solving; sensory; perceptual and motor abilities; psychological behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does NOT apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma.