Program areas at The Edinburg Center
Developmental disabilities and brain injury residential and respite services - The agency provides a wide range of residential options for individuals with developmental disabilities or brain injury. Each program provides individualized service planning, training in activities of daily living, coordination of routine medical/dental care and other services, medication management services, transportation and community recreation. Services are provided at different levels of staff supervision based on an individual's needs.
Outreach clinical and support services - The agency provides an array of services which include supportive counseling, medication management, skill building, case coordination, family support and advocacy. These services are provided by The agency's intensive community support, program for assertive community treatment (pact) and The developmental disabilities clinical team.
Adult community clinical services (accs) - The agency provides a person-centered and comprehensive service delivery model, built upon The values of recovery and resiliency. Services are provided in short-term residential programs or through outreach in community settings, such as an individual's home, place of work or physician's office. Specific services may include assistance with: finding and maintaining safe and affordable housing, medication monitoring and training, health and wellness education and support, developing wellness recovery action plans (wrap), finding employment, identifying and accessing community resources and education and supporting families.
Day and vocational services - The agency runs both a comprehensive adult day treatment program called opportunities and a clubhouse program, The charles webster potter place clubhouse (potter place). Opportunities is a psychiatric day treatment program offering group therapy, skills training and education/resources and wellness programs. Potter place provides pre-vocational, vocational, educational and social experiences for its members. Many members are employed in various community employment settings in transitional employment, supported employment and independent employment placements. Clinical services - The agency operates a clinic in bedford that provides diagnostic evaluations, treatment planning, medication management services and outpatient counseling services for persons with mental health conditions and/or developmental disabilities. In-home behavioral services and applied behavioral analysis services offer valuable support to children and youth with challenging behaviors that get in The way of everyday life. Services are provided by a behavioral health provider, such as a therapist, who is skilled in understanding and treating difficult behaviors in children and youth. The provider works closely with The child and family to create a specific behavior plan to improve The child's functioning. The provider also works as a team with a behavior management monitor. The monitor works with The child and family to implement The child's behavior plan. In-home behavioral services can be provided any place where The child is located, including home, school, childcare centers and other community settings.