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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Through personal commitment, collective talents and innovation, elwyn supports individuals with diverse challenges in shaping distinctive, meaningful lives.
Programs: Supports for living - 497 clients - services to adults with physical and intellectual disabilities such as campus and community living and day support. Each client is served under an individual habilitation plan(ihp) which includes personal goals, activities of daily living and vocational work plan for active treatment.
early childhood - 8,944 clients - children from birth to age five receive specialized instruction, speech, occupational and physical therapy. Serving children in philadelphia and the surrounding counties, each child is screened and evaluated by a multi-disciplinary team to identify possible developmental delays. An individualized education plan(iep) is then created by the respective team therapists and the child's parents/guardians, culminating in service delivery and annual assessments.
behavioral health - 1,876 clients - services for adults and children with emotional difficulties and developmental, physical and sensory disabilities. All clients receive intensive therapeutic and clinical treatments by licensed professionals. Progress notes are maintained with the goal being the return of each client to a safe and healthy residential setting, with active employment, functioning as an active member of society.