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CDC Mission Statement
Strengthen families to promote the development and well-being
of individuals with developmental disabilities or who are
at risk for developmental delay.
Child Development Center Philosophy
We utilize a team approach that is family-centered:
- Parents
have intimate knowledge about their child,
- The
family has their own capabilities and concerns,
- Each
family is unique and changing with its own strengths and
abilities,
- The
child's family is the primary member of the team,
- Methods
and outcomes are consistent with the family's priorities
and values,
- A working
partnership that respects the expertise of each member,
- Involvement
in services must always be the family's choice.
Child Development Center staff and families share the responsibility
in designing and implementing the service plan for the child.
We support the protection of the rights of children with
disabilities to be raised as a member of a family; to be free
of discrimination, abuse, and neglect; and to have the least
restrictive and most appropriate services available which
will enhance their development. We recognize that on rare
occasions the rights of the child and the rights of the parent
may conflict. When they do, we will support the rights of
the child while still being sensitive to the parents' feelings
and opinions.
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