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A Place To Call Home provides all necessary training to become a licensed Child Developmental Home (CDH) to provide foster care for a child with developmental disabilities. Children are placed by the Arizona Department of Economic Security's Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). On-going support and supervision is provided by A Place To Call Home as well as any specialized or individualized training that is deemed necessary to enhance the skill level of foster parents, in particular, for the special needs of foster children. A licensed foster home for children with developmental disabilities may provide care for up to three children.
Foster care for children placed by DDD can be temporary or long term, as the case plan for many children in foster care is typically return to home or adoption. A Place To Call Home places great emphasis and takes diligent time in matching foster children to their foster family. In an effort to contribute to a successful family dynamic, a child (ages 0 to 18) profile is constructed to identify the child best suited for your family as well as the best family suited for the child. The child profile information is collected from the foster family, incorporating the special needs of a foster child, the family's skill level and the family's care interests.
The DDD Foster Care for Children is a specialized program for children placed in foster care, ages 0 to 18 years of age, that have been diagnosed with a
develop- mental disability. Children in licensed Child Developmental Homes are placed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities as a foster child and many times with the involvement of the child's parents, working cooperatively to ensure the child may receive the benefit of specialized care services for their developmental disability offered by a Child Developmental Home. Developmental disabilities are characterized as having one or a component of the four primary disabilities: Mental Retardation, Epilepsy, Autism or Cerebral Palsy. Children with
develop- mental disabilities commonly experience delays and operative limitations in learning, language, self-care, mobility and in their capacity for independent
fun- ctioning. Children with developmental disabilities require extra assistance with activities of daily living, vigilant supervision and foster parents that will support their development and growth both in the home and through services provided by DDD to increase their level of functioning. DDD Foster Care for Children is a specialized level of foster care, requiring advanced training provided by A Place To Call Home to ensure expert care for the children and their developmental disability care needs.
Children placed in foster homes require very special care and extraordinary
com- mitment from their foster parents. Children in foster care may not have received sufficient care for their special needs and could have experienced some form of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. Other times, the child's parents are lovingly seeking experienced and expert care to assure that all the care needs for their child are met. In general, children with developmental disabilities thrive in Child Developmental Homes because they provide safety and stability by a loving and committed foster family.
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