Purpose of the Guideline:

Emergency and service providing agencies often interface when individuals with complex needs and/or dual diagnosis, who are 16 years of age or older, when they experience a crisis.  The goal of this guideline is to ensure that these services work together in a manner that:

1. Recognizes that individuals with complex needs and/or a dual diagnosis are entitled to the same services and are required to abide by the same regulations as all other Niagara citizens, while acknowledging the need for a specialized approach to these crisis situations.
2. Ensures that services are provided by the most appropriate provider(s) and that a team approach addresses the needs of the individual.

see full document here:

Niagara Crisis Plan Template – Printable June 2017

Niagara Crisis Plan -fillable

The Southern Network of Specialized Care is happy to present the 2016 Research Digest – Volume 10.

Highlights of the 9th Annual Research Forum, Sept 19th, 2016

Summary of Research project across the Networks.

Please be advised that this resource, event or link is only available in English. Visit LaResource.ca  for additional French resources

Special Considerations for Speech Language Pathologists Serving People with Intellectual Disabilities:
A supplementary resource to augment existing practice guidelines

The ministry of Community and Social Services asked Community Networks of Specialized Care of Ontario to review and identify appropriate training packages and resources because Community Networks of Specialized Care — Ontario has expertise and experience in working with people with a developmental disability who have challenging behaviour. To learn more, read: A Summary of Findings from the Community Networks of Specialized Care. It is also posted on the Quality Assurance Measures Training website.

For additional information click here to visit the MCSS website.

This Emergency Binder was developed by the Windsor Essex Dual Diagnosis Committee as a way to help families & caregivers. There may be times when you need to accompany your loved one to the hospital in a Mental Health Crisis.

It can be very hard when you are dealing with a crisis, and after trying everything you can think of, you may feel the only thing you can do is go to the Emergency Room (ER) with your family member. If this binder is kept up to date, it should help make things easier for you at the hospital.

The binder can be given to the Triage Nurse in the ER and she/he can copy the important information the hospital needs to set up a chart.

Windsor Essex Emergency Binder – Revised 2016  (PDF – print off and fill out)

Windsor Essex ER binder – word fillable – June 2016   (Word Fillable form – download, fill out on computer before printing it off)

Non-communicating Children’s Pain Checklist (NCCPC-R)

CPS-NAID

Chronic Pain Scale for Nonverbal Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Article from the Center for International  Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE)

This free book was published by the BC Campus Open Education Textbook Project for caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and mental illness: Showcasing an Innovation.  The authors are a multidisciplinary team from across Canada providing expertise from educators in psychiatric nursing, disability studies, behavioural analysis, and consultations with 20 institutions that educate and emply direct support professionals. This book can be read or listened to online or on smartphones.

The new Impact: Feature Issue on Supporting Wellness for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is now online in PDF at https://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/291/291.pdf.
Published by the Institute on Community Integration (UCEDD) & Research and Training Center on Community Living
Volume 29 · Number 1 • Winter 2016

The Southern Network of Specialized Care is excited to present this year’s Research Digest 2016.

In this issue, we bring you some key highlights from the 8th annual Research Forum that was held on
September 21st, 2015, in Brantford. This issue will profile and celebrate the role of student
researchers from regional university and college programs who specialize in the clinical care of
people with varying disabilities, mental health issues, and everything in between. Please enjoy
these articles, and join us in celebrating this talented group of next-generation researchers whom
we predict will bring us trends and highlights from the field of research and evaluation.

Research Digest 2016

When individuals with intellectual disability come into contact with police because of a crisis, a number of things can happen. They can be arrested, taken to an emergency room, or have the issue resolved on the spot. However, research suggests that these outcomes might be more about the views that others have about people with intellectual disability, and less about their actual behavior.

A series of projects, examining the emergency experiences of adults with developmental disabilities (DD) in Ontario, were conducted between 2005 and 2011. The research team learned how often individuals with DD visit the Emergency Department, the most common reasons for these visits, and what the experience is like for each of patients, caregivers and ED staff.

This article is based on a review of the 2011 Canadian consensus guidelines, which outlines general, physical, behavioural and mental health issues of adults with developmental disabilities that primary care providers should be aware of and recommendations are presented for screening and management based on current knowledge that practitioners can apply. The reviewers were a Program Director, Health Care Facilitator and Peer Navigator.

PDF printable form – Please fill out request form and forward via email to Sue Benko at sbenko@wgh.on.ca

Word fillable form – please fill out grant request form and email to Sue Benko at sbenko@wgh.on.ca

SNSC Fall 2015 Newsletter

A couple of article that could provide some interesting reading to those who have an interest in Research

H-CARDD Atlas on the Primary Care of Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Ontario in PDF

Understanding the Special Needs Offender – 3rd Edition A resource to share knowledge and insight about people who have a Dual Diagnosis and some of the strategies that have been proven effective in providing care and supports within a Criminal Justice System (CJS).

Central CNSC Annual Report 2013-2014 – A review of successes and accomplishments over the past year.

Central CNSC Videoconferencing 2013-2014 Annual Report

Central East CNSC 2013-2014 Annual Report

Eastern Community Network of Specialized Care 2013-2014 Annual Report

Southern CNSC 2013-2014 Annual Report

Thinking Differently – A Resource in Support of Neuro-developmental and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Developed by the Grey Bruce Fetal Alcohol/Neuro-developmental Leadership Team.

DDCPI HEALTH CARE TRANSITION TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS OF YOUTH WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES – produced by Surrey Place Centre

SNSC Fall 2014 Newsletter featuring our 7th Annual Research Forum and other newsworthy activities happening in the Southern Network!

The DS HR Strategy 2014 Fall Newsletter which highlights the 2015 DS HR Strategy Forum scheduled for February 2015 and introduced the new Project Coordinator Sara Ropp

Trauma Resources – Articles

Trauma Resources – Tools

Trauma Tools – Feelings

The Southern Network’s Fall 2013 Newsletter

Southern Network of Specialized Care Spring and Summer Newsletter 2013

Collaborative and Individualized Resource (CAIR): Pilot findings 2011-2013

Southern Network Of Specialized Care Spring 2013 RESEARCH DIGEST

Community Networks of Specialized Care Activity Report Highlights 2005-2013

This report presents information gathered in the Survey on Substance Misuse and Persons with Intellectual Disability during January to May 2012.

This report provides an introduction to the ASDs as they affect youth and adults.

“Happy Thoughts = Happy Feelings”

Protocol for linkages between Mental Health and Developmental Services Providers

Huron Perth System Pathway to Services and Supports for People with a Dual Diagnosis

Levels of Practice: Attitude, Knowledge and Skill Requirements for the Generalist, Advanced Generalist and the Specialist for supporting people with a Dual Diagnosis

The Southern Network of Specialized Care Spring and Summer Newsletter

The Southern Network of Specialized Care Fall and Winter 2012 Newsletter

2016 Centre page — Navigation Guide –Important Information about Me

2016 FINAL Dual Diagnosis Navigation Guide

The Chatham-Kent Dual Diagnosis Committee with financial support from the Southern Network of Specialized Care developed “A Guide to Services for Persons who have a Dual Diagnosis in Chatham-Kent”. This guide is intended to help people who have a dual diagnosis,  find the support and services they need in Chatham-Kent. The guide will be useful to people who have a dual diagnosis, as well as their family, friends and advocates. The guide identifies key organizations in Chatham-Kent, and describes how to access services and supports. To have a closer look at the guide, click on the links above.

2016 Centre page — Navigation Guide –Important Information about Me

2016 FINAL Dual Diagnosis Navigation Guide

The Chatham-Kent Dual Diagnosis Committee with financial support from the Southern Network of Specialized Care developed “A Guide to Services for Persons who have a Dual Diagnosis in Chatham-Kent”. This guide is intended to help people who have a dual diagnosis,  find the support and services they need in Chatham-Kent. The guide will be useful to people who have a dual diagnosis, as well as their family, friends and advocates. The guide identifies key organizations in Chatham-Kent, and describes how to access services and supports. To have a closer look at the guide, click on the links above.

Dr Jean Clinton: The Teenage Brain Under Construction – November 30th 2010 Presentation in PDF

SNSC Research Digest 2012

This guide is intended for use by primary care providers and, where available, an interdisciplinary team with input from patient’s caregivers or support persons. It aims to help identify the causes of behavioral problems, in order to plan for treatment and management, and prevent reoccurrence.

A Crisis Prevention and Management Plan for an adult patient with DD addresses serious behaviour problems and helps prevent, or prepare for, a crisis. It describes how to recognize the patient with DD’s pattern of escalating behaviours. It identifies responses that are usually effective for this patient to prevent (if possible) a behavioural crisis, or to manage it when it occurs. The Crisis Prevention and Management Plan is best developed by an interdisciplinary team.

This is the fourth edition of the resource handbook for persons with an intellectual disability and mental health needs (dual diagnosis) in Toronto. We hope it will be helpful to consumers, family, friends, advocates and service providers. It identifies key organizations in Toronto and effective strategies to help you plan and get the supports and services you need. The focus is primarily adults but does include some services for youth as well.

These guidelines have been prepared by members of the Intellectual Disabilities Psychiatry Curriculum Planning Committee.* Members of this multidisciplinary committee have been involved in teaching first-year psychiatry residents over the past seven years.We would like to thank all those residents who attended the core curriculum seminars on intellectual disabilities in their first year and brought to our attention their immediate concerns in working with this population.

These guidelines synthesize general, physical, behavioral, and mental health issues of adults with DD that primary care providers should be aware of, and they present recommendations for screening and management based on current knowledge that practitioners can apply.

Volume 8 of the Southern Network of Specialized Care’s Research Digest.

A project of the Hamilton Service Delivery Network in partnership with The Good Shepherd, The Southern Network of Specialized Care and the Hamilton YWCA

SNSC Spring 2014 Newsletter

A year of transformation, transition and targets, take a moment to read about what the Southern Network has been up to this past year. Enjoy the read!

The Southern Network of Specialized Care is gearing up for our annual Research Forum this coming September 21st, 2015.

The Southern Network of Specialized Care is gearing up for our annual Research Forum this coming September 21st, 2015.