Residential Services
Residential Living Units
Included in this division are three residential living units consisting of four dormitory style buildings and 14 cottages suited to the individuals needs of the respective individuals. Each living area has living/activity areas, dining areas and bedrooms accommodating one to four individuals with space for personal items.
Physical Habilitation Services-Unit I
The Physical Habilitation Services unit provides services to clientele with more intensive and continuous medical and nursing needs. The majority of the clients are severely and profoundly developmentally disabled, and multi-handicapped. Emphasis is placed on individualizing service delivery to meet each individual's functioning level and physical handicap, and its relationship to the individual's preferences and choices. Programming ranges from building prerequisite behaviors necessary for the development and acquisition of personal care skills to progressive levels of cognitive development. Health care services range from health promotion (i.e. alleviating symptoms of disease) to health prevention (i.e. alleviating possible causes of disease.)
Social Skills Services-Unit II
The Social Skills Services Unit serves two populations. The first is composed of individuals whose severe challenging behaviors require assignments to a more secure environment. Most are over 21 years of age, ambulatory, and have no serious medical problems or sensory impairments. Male and female individuals make up this population. Training is emphasized in the reduction of maladaptive behavior and the increase in socially appropriate behaviors.
The second population consists of male and female geriatric individuals who are divided into those with severe, chronic medical problems and those who are still physically active. Training emphasis for the population ranges from vocational skills development, to social skill development, to developing skills for independent living, and community awareness activities.
Education Developmental Services-Unit III
The Unit III Cottages serve the severely/profoundly developmentally and physically disabled , and its mission is to prepare individuals for community living emphasizing individually, self- determination and choices for those living there. This is accomplished through the provision of supports addressing vocational, domestic, academic and socialization skills; and activities of daily living, leisure and recreational skills training. Each individual is involved in a person-centered program designed by his/her treatment team with the individual's involvement. On and off campus recreational and leisure activities occur during the evening and weekend periods.
Community/Social Services
The office of community/social services serves as the liaison between the client, family and community. This office, utilizing state and federal regulations and policies as its guidelines, is responsible for: 1) providing administrative direction and in-service training to the facility social workers in an effort to insure the delivery of continuous quality social work services to the consumers of the facility; 2) coordinating transitional process of discharging clients living in the facility back intro the community through collaboration with the community service boards and he Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Office of Mental Retardation Services; and 3) overseeing the referral process for requests for services from community services boards and other state facilities for clients in an outpatient basis of through emergency, respite or judicial certification (time limited) admission.