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REACH Communication Services
From speech and language assessments and therapy to assistive technologies, coaching, and training, we offer a range of services to help people communicate more effectively.
Communication enables us to connect with others and develop important relationships. To help people with disabilities or communication challenges discover and learn the most efficient means of communication for them, we use strategies that increase the person’s use of speech, body language, and technology.
REACH Communication Services FAQs
What is AAC?
Augmentative and Alternate Communication is a term used to describe means other than speaking to communicate. This can involve use of low-tech communication systems such as sign language, written words, or picture symbols, or high-tech systems that include the use of speech generated devices, and computer-based systems.
What payments do you accept?
We are paid through Regional Centers, private payment from the client, and/or Medicare.
What are Regional Centers?
The Regional Centers are private, nonprofit organizations that contract with the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to fund and administer services to people with developmental disabilities. The Regional Center links each consumer with a service coordinator, who provides case management for the consumer and assists the person in finding and arranging services.
What is the difference between ILS and SLS?
Independent Living Services (ILS) are typically used by adults who have some self-help skills but need help with some tasks. A person who uses ILS typically spends a great deal of time on his/her own without support.
SLS services are typically for a person with a developmental disability (“consumer”) who is 18 years of age or older, is a client of a Regional Center, and expresses, either directly or through an advocate, the desire to live in his/her own home.