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>> My name is Sara Gisbane, and I am a
social worker with Waukesha Human Services.

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So, it's working with kids all throughout
Waukesha County and their families.

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And what we do is we provide services
to get them off of the waiver list,

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and the waiver list is for
kids who have special needs.

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They may have some form of
developmental disorder

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or a mental health or developmental disability.

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And so, they want to stay in
their houses with their families.

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So, if they need a ramp we could
find funding to get them a ramp.

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If they need transportation services, we
can help them get transportation services.

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So what I do is I really kind of
find the resources for that family

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but that all begins with a screen.

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So first we screen the family and the
child and determine if they're eligible,

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and now we determine what level they're eligible
at and then we just go forward from there.

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Sometimes I can go -- a family might
want to meet at 8:00 a.m. Right now,

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it's summer so they have more
flexibility because a lot of kids are

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out of school right now so they
can meet anytime during the day.

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During the school hours you're working
later hours because families might want

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to meet more like five or 6:00 at night.

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So it all just depends on what the family's
flexibility and I go with what they need.

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They might need just therapy, in-home therapy;
and so, we would also make sure that they are

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on the right insurance, that
they have Medicaid approval,

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and we make sure that that
stays the entire time.

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So, some families fall off.

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Some people come back on.

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We make sure those kids don't
fall off of the Medicaid approval.

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[Inaudible] transportation is a big one.

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So getting kids -- so some parents don't even
have a vehicle or they work two or three jobs.

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It's really expensive to have a
child with special needs; and so,

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we -- a lot of times transportation.

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In-home therapy.

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A lot of times with a kid with
special needs, it's hard to get them

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out of their house, out of their comfort zone.

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So it's good to bring that stuff to them.

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Just recently we had a child who was really
just having a hard time sleeping in their bed.

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We got them a tent.

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It was as simple as getting them
a tent to sleep in their bed.

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So, we purchased a tent for them.

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The child was really excited and helped pick it
out, and they've been sleeping great ever since.

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