Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Illumination Institute is a strong believer of equity and the idea that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. Therefore, we want to empower children with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their family with the tools necessary to advance themselves despite adversities.

Family navigation and mentoring:

At Illumination, we acknowledged the multifaceted challenges and underutilization of services that plagued children with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families. Therefore, we created the family navigation and mentoring program to help families decipher and overcome barriers which hinder their progress in education, economic, and individual growth via workshops, mentoring, and training. Furthermore, we’re working with parents to create a manual to help parents navigate the developmental disabilities systems i.e. CalOptima, Schools, Regional Center, and social security.