The Cerebral Palsy Association Of Chester County

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Community Social Services (CSS)

What is the Community Social Services Program?

The CSS program is a set of related services for individuals with disabilities in the community and their families. The services offered within CSS, are centered in providing information, social work services, and general support that empower individuals with disabilities to live full lives in the community.

Specifically, the program includes:

information and referral
social work services
counseling
client assistance grants
Parent support group
Mealtimes: a feeding program for children with special needs and their families
Assistive technology information and consultation
Computer technology program

The Agency is a regional lending library for P.I.A.T (Pennsylvania Institute for Assistive Technology).

What does the program include?

Information and Referral : information on disability issues and referrals to county agencies and services
ADA Counseling: providing information on the Americans with Disabilities Act
Advocacy: providing assistance to disabled people, their family and/or friends with the agencies bureaucracies
Community Education: providing speakers for interested groups and organizations
Computer Telecommunications Project: providing computers, free of charge, to clients so they can access e-mail and the Internet.
Client Assistance grants: once a year the agency takes requests for certain disability items from Chester County residents with physical disabilities

What is the Parent's Support Group?

When a family has a child with special needs, there are often many questions to be answered. Many parents also are interested in meeting families who have children involved in our program who share similar lives. The support group meets monthly at our Exton office and provides parents a chance to share experiences and get answers to all of the questions you may have about raising a child with special needs.

What is Mealtimes?

Mealtimes is a monthly feeding program for children with special needs. The goal of the program is to support families of children with physical disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy in having successful mealtime experiences by providing strategies to improve their child’s feeding skills. Some feeding skills that are worked on include: increasing volume and texture of foods; oral motor development; increasing cup drinking and other self-feeding skills; and improving mealtime behaviors. A Speech Pathologist and an Occupational Therapist provide the most recent techniques and services on a monthly basis to children and families who enrolled in the group.

For more information about the Parent Support Group or Mealtimes contact:
Jennifer Eshenbaugh (610)524-5850, jeshenbaugh@ccdisability.org

What are the costs?

Most programs are provided free of charge. Some of the services are provided on a sliding fee scale. The agency is a Medical Assistance Provider. Community Social Service programs are funded in part from United Way support, grants and private donations.