In our area, the speech therapy, behavioral therapy, and the physical therapy are all done by therapists not nurses. The individual therapists have specific degrees for their speciality. Your friend's child should have an early intervention case manager, that person should be a nurse or social worker. This is the type of work I do. As a RN case manager, I am support for the family. I kind of coordinate all of the therapy and make sure the child is receiving it and mom is happy with the services.

to the Development Disabilities website and view their curriculum. I am a current member and as such am entitled to get many certificates and CEU's offline. In the State of Maine you only need your nursing degree to be eligible to work with DD clients. We do med management and case management. or work in ICF MR facilties or for home service agencies. Not a lot of programs in school give Developmental disabilities classes. The DDNA conference this year is at Foxwoods in CT. You can go even if you are not a member. They offer seminars on everything important to a developmentally disabled person's care.