AGENCIES REACH OUT TO DISABLED CLIENTS.Byline: Daily News They've been in town for more than a year, helping the developmentally disabled and their families, but officials with the North Los Angeles County Regional Center worry there are several potential clients they have yet to reach. To that end, the regional center and New Horizons, which provides job training and placement for the developmentally disabled, held an open house Friday to spread the word. The Regional Center and New Horizons jointly lease space in the Valencia Industrial Center, at 25031 W. Ave. Stanford, Suite 10. The two nonprofit organizations work together to meet the needs of a growing number of clients in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , said Ruth Gordean, the regional center's consumer service supervisor. Her agency provides lifelong diagnostic case management and referrals for clients while New Horizons, based in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , focuses on free job placement and job training services. Clients are those who suffer from mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. , cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. , autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. and other developmental disabilities. |
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