Developmental Disabilities Institute Inc

Early childhood education - early childhood services is ddi's special program for infants and young children, from birth to five years old, who demonstrate a delay or disability in cognition, motor, social, language or emotion development. It also offers a specialized program for young children with autism/pdd, children who are culturally and linguistically diverse, and children with down syndrome. Conducted by a transdisciplinary team of professionals, parental participation is encouraged and family support is provided. By offering intensive service early, the program strives to maximize each child's potential and reduce the need for more intensive service as he or she matures. Operating twelve months a year, families are enrolled in either early intervention or preschool services. Home-based and community-based services are also available. The organization served an average of 378 students (school age, preschool and early intervention) during the reporting year.

Adult day habilitation programs, general/other: the adult day services division offers a variety of programs to developmentally disabled individuals over the age of 21. All programs are based on a person-centered approach, creating outcomes designed to support and maintain each adult participant living and working in the community. It provides support to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities who present challenging behaviors. Inclusion in community; regular and routine use of community resources, and training on needed skills is stressed. The organization served 500 individuals during the reporting year.

Children's service: the children's day service operates a full day special education program for students between 5 and 21 years of age. This program is specifically designed for those students who display evidence of autism or pervasive developmental disorder. Students receive educational services in a highly structured learning environment, along with speech/language therapy, adaptive physical education, occupational and physical therapy, clinical services, vocational services and intensive parent training. The organization served an average of 225 students during the reporting year.

Children's residential care programs : the children's residential program (crp) provides intensive education, in a home-like setting, to autistic and autistic-like children whose needs exceed what can be addressed by typical special education services. A team of professional staff and parents together carefully monitor each child's growth with the objective of returning that student to his or her natural home and school, or another less restrictive alternative at the optimal time. The certified capacity of the children's residential care program during the reporting year was 65.

"self direction" is the practice of empowering people with developmental disabilities to manage the supports and services they receive, determine who provides the supports, and how and where they are provided. On 12/31/2024, the agency served as the fiscal intermediary for 362 individuals.

As of august 22, 2016, the agency surrendered the license for its diagnostic and treatment center ("opti-healthcare"). Opti healthcare was transitioned over to another unrelated not-for-profit entity, long island select healthcare ("lish") which will continue to provide services as a federally - qualified healthcare center. The agency leases space to lish and has a landlord tenant relationship.

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