Person Centered Supports
Person Centered Supports provides training for individuals in several areas of life skills and functioning. These programs provide specialized training and skill development for individuals at least six (6) hours a day off their residential living areas.
Crepe Myrtle Support Center
Crepe Myrtle Support Center is designed to enhance individual skills in the program curriculum area of socialization/pleasure activities, language refinement/communication, functional academics, sensory integration, domestic and work activity skills, and other ID team priorities. Functional, meaningful and realistic activities are emphasized to help individuals develop new abilities and strengthen existing skills. The department also operates according to federal and state rules, policies and regulations governing Special Education programs in the State of Virginia.
A positive environment, directed toward enhancing individual dignity and a “friend/mentor’ staff to individual relationship, is also a major focus. A large number of individuals display challenging behaviors that require behavior treatment plan implementation and a concentrated effort to decrease inappropriate behaviors.
Crepe Myrtle coordinates campus individual pay-for-work groups in the craft shop, making gift baskets, wreaths and balloon bouquets for SVTC customers and “paid contract work” in training modules for which individuals receive weekly pay. Annual and Holiday social activities are also conducted, and individuals travel off campus for community outings.
Extra curricula participation activities include(s); Massage Therapy, Movie Theatre Room, Resource Center Room, The Kitchen and Bike Riding.
Recreational Services
Recreational Services facilitates the development, maintenance, and expression of an appropriate leisure lifestyle for individuals with special needs. Recreational programs and activities are planned and adapted to allow each individuals to participate to his/her fullest capacity. Emphasis is placed on social as well as physical activities. Individuals take trips and visits to surrounding communities and special off campus events to include: the State Fair, local and professional ball games, camps, festivals and shows. Additionally, there are many campus-wide events scheduled such as holiday activities, dances, cultural programs, hay rides sport. Individuals compete in many local, area and State Special Olympics, as well as the annual Virginia Autumn Games event. SVTC designated recreational areas include the campus softball field, the First Lady Pavilion on the north campus, the park at Fort Whitworth, the fitness trail at Building #78, and the Demers Pavilion that was contributed by the Knights of Virginia Assistance for the Retarded. Recreation Services coordinates the CommonHealth wellness program that is afforded to all State employees and their families.
New Horizon Support Services
The New Horizons Support Center is located in building #82 here on the campus of Southside Virginia Training Center. We provide a range of services to individuals. Our services represent quality habilitative and pre-vocational supports with an emphasis on community integrations through supported employment.
Our primary goals are to help people attain increased independence, provide options and choices in their lives and support their choices. We are attempting to use work as a way to encourage individuals into the community. This community connection is very important to the overall success of our program services.
We have four (4) areas in the building and each one caters to a different group of individuals with very different needs. Our range of services runs from severe physical and medical support to vocational training and supported employment.
Along with the activities and supports that we provide in building #82, we also oversee work program services throughout the campus. This includes sheltered work activities in the three support centers, 23 residential cottages and one residential unit. We also support on and off campus work and supported employment worksites enclaves.
New Horizons Support Center also provides barbers and beauty services in all three supports centers and one residential unit. We employ 4 full-time beauticians and a part-time barber; with a goal of providing hair care service to all residents of the facility at least monthly.
Trinity Support Center
Trinity Support Center is located in Bld#121 and provides supports to individuals who reside in Unit 3, cottages 12-23 who have emotional, cognitive, physical, and social needs. Trinity Support center believes it is imperative to support the whole individual (emotionally, cognitively, physically and socially) to achieve their life vision. Trinity Support Center has three areas, each of which focuses specifically on each individual’s desires, needs, and identified priorities as outlined by the individuals, family, and their interdisciplinary team to help support individuals to achieve their own life vision. Supports can range from money management skills, supported employment acquisition, learning leisure/recreation skills, and experiencing a variety of community involvement activities. Trinity has developed the “Trinity Trust Bank” which offers individuals a simulated banking experience to support them in their money management skills. Trinity Support Center offers a division of the beauty & barber located in Trinity Area 3, where individuals enjoy having their hair cut and styled to their preference. Trinity also has developed “Trinity Gardens” which offers individuals with a variety of gardening experiences such as planting flowers, watering plants, and coming soon peaceful water fountains for individuals to spend time relaxing if they choose.
Pathways Support Center
Pathways Support Center is located in Bld#125 and provides supports to individuals who reside in Unit1 and who often need more intensive physical and medical supports as well as supports needed in the emotional, cognitive, and social domains. Pathways support center has two areas: Pathways Area 1 who supports individuals who reside in living Area A & B of unit 1 and Pathways Area 2 who support individuals who reside in living areas C & D of unit 1. Each center area focuses specifically on each individual’s desires, needs, and identified priorities as outlined by the individuals, family, and their interdisciplinary team to help support individuals to achieve their life vision. Pathways support center staff work very closely with unit 1 staff to provide the most person centered supports possible to the individuals of unit 1. Supports provided in Pathways support center range from support in physical management needs, nutritional needs, money management needs, recreational/leisure needs, sensory needs, social needs, and community involvement/integration skills. Some community involvement activities include shopping at local stores for preferred items, experiencing the local public transportation system, trips to local beauty parlors, and experiencing local fairs and festivals just to name a few. Individuals in Pathways support center also enjoy the service of having a beauty & barber division located in Bld #125 where they often enjoy having their hair cut, styled, and the socialization of their peers.
