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Causes: Group Homes, Human Services
Mission: Recreational activities for the benefit of each individual.
Programs: Residential homes: las trampas provides licensed residential facilities and services to assist individuals with living in the community of their choice. These residential facilities offer a home to individuals with 24-hour staff support. Currently, las trampas operates four, six-bed homes in contra costa county all of which are designed to support individuals with moderate behavioral concerns. The emphasis is to provide necessary supports to maintain community placement in a home setting. Such supports and training include, but are not limited to self-advocacy, community integration, activities of daily living, behavioral support and teaching socially appropriate replacement skills, and medical services coordinated by board certified registered nurses.
adult development program: the adult development program (adp) is a licensed adult day program for individuals with moderate to profound developmental disabilities. Adp focuses on teaching and coaching individuals in the areas of activities of daily living, self-advocacy, and community integration. Adp also specializes in providing necessary supports for people with behavioral concerns and physical conditions. Such supports include teaching replacement behaviors for behaviors that interfere with the individuals success, assistance with personal hygiene, feeding, toileting, and toileting hygiene, improving communication skills, and other necessary supports. Skills are taught both on-site in actual and simulated settings, and individuals are provided ample opportunities for practicing newly-learned skills in real-life community settings.
independent and supported living: community living is more than an apartment or home in a neighborhood; it is a path toward independence and interdependence. At las trampas, staff are committed to providing the necessary supports and training in the areas of activities of daily living, budgeting, locating resources, staying healthy and safe, and achieving personal goals. As individuals become more adept at making decisions about their lives, a network of relationships and resources develop to protect their futures. Each individual has a personal facilitator who works with the individual and staff to ensure that the five core beliefsa home of ones own, choice and self-direction, developing relationships, community membership and participation, and flexible and tailored services are supported to ensure the individuals success in community living.