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Warfield, M. E.; Chiri, G.; Leutz, W. N.; Timberlake, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Massachusetts is one of a very limited number of states exclusively employing participant-direction to deliver autism waiver services to children. A crucial element of this waiver program is the work conducted by the state's Department of Developmental Services (DDS) staff and state-approved providers with waiver families to facilitate…
Descriptors: Autism, State Programs, Delivery Systems, Cooperation
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Tewhey, Karen – Childhood Education, 2006
In this article, the author features the Children's Support Services (CSS) project in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is an interagency, multidisciplinary program that provides young children and their families a range of child development, mental health, and family support services. The CSS project, which was begun in September 2000, addresses the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Mental Health, Family Programs, Child Development