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• MR Waiver and Day Support Waiver
• MR Waiver System Study

The College of Direct Support (CDS) is a comprehensive, interactive, web-based training curriculum for direct support staff and supervisors. It has been developed and reviewed by nationally recognized content and training experts and is currently being used across disabilities nation wide. It is applicable for all facility and community service providers, as well as others interested in the state of the art in the field of developmental disabilities. Residential, Personal Assistance, Day Support, Prevocational, and Case Management agencies will find it particularly useful in meeting staff training requirements.

• College of Direct Support (CDS) Roll-out Memo
• CDS Flyer
• Staff Training Requirements for MR and Day Support Waivers
• Course Descriptions
• CDS Introduction to Application Form and Role of Administrator
• CDS Application Form

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The Office of Mental Retardation Services (OMR) is dedicated to joining in partnership with all available state and local resources toward the development of communities (community providers and training centers) that support and affirm all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families as participating and contributing members.

The development of services for persons with intellectual disabilities is shifting away from the concept of specific service models to one in which services are structured around individualized, flexible supports that respond to the needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. This approach requires that adaptations and accommodations be made to ensure the effective use of natural and community resources in places such as: schools; work places; health services; and the home. This person centered focus is emphasized rather than simply trying to fit individuals with intellectual disabilities into professionally driven services.

OMR is in a unique position to work across the state with individuals, families, providers, and agencies toward the collaborative development of state and local service system infrastructures which support and empower persons with intellectual disabilities and their families.

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The OMR believes that supports and services for individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families should:

• Empower individuals and provide the support to select and choose those services needed to reach their desired goals
• Be responsive and flexible to prevent family crises and other lifestyle limitations due to living with a family member with disabilities
• Maximize disability-specific and generic funding sources to the fullest and contain costs through reinvestment in supports which provide the strongest and most individualized outcomes for people.

The OMR believes that individuals with intellectual disabilities, regardless of their ability:

• have dignity and worth as human beings
• deserve the opportunity and equal access to public support services
• need families and friends who can serve as their strongest advocates and social supports
• are entitled to health, safety, and well-being, free from abuse, neglect, or exploitation
• need person centered supports rather than professionally driven services
• have the right to live and work in supportive communities which empower individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families toward personally satisfying lifestyles

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• Family Survey 2006
• Family Survey 2005
• MR Waiver Reports
• System Transformation Grant Workgroup Progress Report, September 2007:  Transforming Lives Today
• The Cost and Feasibility of Alternatives to the State’s Five Mental Retardation Training Centers - House Document 76

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The Office of Mental Retardation Services (OMR) is dedicated to joining in partnership with all available state and local resources toward the development of communities (community providers and training centers) that support and affirm all persons with Mental Retardation and their families as participating and contributing members. 

• Transforming Virginia's System of Long Term Supports for Individuals: Three Key Initiatives (ppt)
• STG Workgroup Progress Report, September 2007:  Transforming Lives Today
• Systems Transformation Grant from CMS at-a-Glance

MEETING NOTES:
• Goal 1 Resource Team Meeting
• Goal 2 Resource Team Meeting
• Goal 4 Resource Team Meeting

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• Application Instructions (for forms 1146, 1147, 1166, 1167, 1168)
• Current Medical Condition (1146CeMR)
• Family Information (1146BeMR)
• Identifying Information (1146AeMR)
• Immunization History (1146DeMR)
• Medication History (1166eMR)
• Service History (1167eMR)
• Service Requested (1168eMR)
• Skills and Behaviors Checklist (1147eMR)

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