KRS 164.9813: Functions of center.

The center shall provide:

(1) A staff that has expertise in autism and autistic -like behavior and in sensory

impairments;

(2) Individual and direct family assistance in the home, community, and school. A

center's assistance should not supplant other responsibilities of state and local

agencies, and each school district is responsible for providing an appropriate

education program for clients of a center who are school age;

(3) Technical assistance and consultation services, including specific intervention and

assistance for a client of the center, the client's family, and the school district, and

any other services that are appropriate;

(4) Professional training programs that include developing, providing, and evaluating

preservice and in -service training in state -of-the-art practices fo r personnel who

work with the populations served by the centers and their families; and

(5) Public education programs to increase awareness of the public about autism,

autistic-related disabilities of communication and behavior, dual sensory

impairments, and sensory impairments with other handicapping conditions.