GENERAL PROGRAM ADMISSION CRITERIA

1. Referrals to Laradon must be within the following age requirements:

2. The person being referred must be diagnosed with developmental disability and/or other disabilities, such as traumatic brain injury or medical conditions. Children 6 weeks through 3 years of age may be diagnosed as at risk for developmental delays or with a medical condition.

3. No person shall be admitted with a disease in a communicable form without an evaluation by a multidisciplinary team, the Admission and Discharge Committee and approval from the Deputy Director.

4. Challenging behaviors must be controllable by structured environment, behavior programming and medication for diagnosed psychiatric disorders.

5. The person being referred must have adequate funding, either public or private.

 

School Program

Entrance Criteria

  1. Meets Laradon's General Program Admission Criteria.

  2. Sufficient assessment has been completed to determine or confirm an identified handicap, such as:

    • Developmental Disability – I.Q. of 70 and below and deficits of two or more areas of adaptive behavior
    • Emotional/Behavioral Disorder
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Multiple Disabilities
    • Speech/Language Deficits

    Hearing handicapped, visually handicapped and serious medical conditions will be given consideration as resources are available.

You may download the Admission Packet here:

Admission Packet (Microsoft Word)

Admission Packet (Adobe pdf)

Exit Criteria

1. Family requests to leave program.

2. School district responsible for the child requests terminating services.

3. Laradon requests the child leave the program.