Developmental Disability Services in Ohio
Whitehouse Ohio Works (WOW), LLC, is an agency certified throughout the State of Ohio. We provide residential services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. We are committed to sustaining excellent services to our clients, families, DSPs, guardians, and courts.
Our Certifications
Direct Care Staff Are Trained in the Following:
Hands-on skills training prepares staff to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies. As well as common scenarios needed for care such as: bleeding, burns, and shock.
A program that helps develop a culture by supplying emotional, psychological, and physical safety for all Individuals in stressful situations. While teaching DSPs physical restraints as a last resort.
Making our Individuals feel like an equal part in planning and developing their services. We include Individuals in all meetings that pertain to their plans, well-being, or changes in those plans.
A 2-day/14-hour course by a DODD-certified RN. Our staff is certified to perform a variety of healthcare-related tasks for our developmentally disabled Individuals. This includes passing medications, taking vitals, and performing a variety of treatments.
We review monthly DODD-issued alerts to prevent or reduce the risk of harm to Individuals.
An approach to treat all human blood and bodily fluids as if they were known to be infectious. Our DSPs learn proper hand washing, use of PPE equipment, proper disposal of equipment, and proper cleanup of spills.
DSPs, Individuals, and guardians are given a copy of Ohio’s Individual Rights to sign off on once they have read over and agreed upon. There is additional training required and directed by one of our executive board members every year.
Random Q&As are completed, Individual funds are reconciled twice monthly through ledgers and statements, cash belonging to Individuals is kept in a safe at each home, and all documentation is done daily. DSPs are trained on all elements of documentation.
Practice examples of how to write a UIR/MUI, teach what constitutes an MUI/UIR 4-hour notification, who to notify, when to notify, and how to fill out all areas of the report as required by DODD.
Professional sex offender treatment and access to the sex offender manual. Training on grooming, triggers, aggression, re-registering, and different categories for sex offender tiers.
DSPs are trained in the home on each Individual plan. All professionals sign off that they understand and will comply with the plan. Updated plans are taken to the home for staff re-training as needed, which are specific to each individual.
All drivers are required to abide by all Ohio driving laws. A driver’s license with 4 or fewer points is a requirement, a safety video is shown to drivers of modified vehicles with lifts, and a checklist is completed on-site before getting behind the wheel.