May Institute

Programs: May centers for adult services offer a wide range of community-based services for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities in massachusetts and florida. These services include residential group homes and supported living apartments, as well as day programming, vocational training, and supported employment. Dedicated, experienced staff are committed to providing respectful, effective, and supportive services within community settings. The centers include the following services:may institute provides community-based residential services in more than 120 residential group homes and supported living apartments to adults with disabilities. Staff provide assistance with daily routines, community integration, and behavioral therapies. Services are customized to meet each individual's unique needs. Support ranges from intensive 24-hour supervision to drop-in case management. In florida, we provide specialized residentatial and day programming for adolescents and adults with significant behavioral needs. Many individuals with developmental disabilities require specialized support to achieve community inclusion. Our day habilitation programs provide individualized support to adults with developmental disabilities. These programs combine medical monitoring, including nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, with daily living skills training and active community involvement. Valued community work is critical to overall quality of life for an adult with developmental disabilities. Our employment training and supported employment programs provide comprehensive services, ranging from center-based work skills training to community-based job coaching and support.

may institute is one of the largest providers in the commonwealth of massachusetts of private special education schools specifically serving children, adolescents, and young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities, as well as with brain injury. Our three may centers for child development schools in massachusetts serve students with autism spectrum disorders (asd) and other developmental disabilities. These chapter 766-approved private schools are nationally recognized as leaders in the "best practice" education for children with developmental disabilities. Our students are surrounded by caring, highly trained professionals seeking to improve the quality of life of the students in their care. Our may center for education and neurorehabilitation school in massachusetts serves students with acquired brain injury or neurological disease. This center is one of only a handful of pediatric programs in the u. S. That focus on both education and rehabilitation. All our may centers offer full-day, year-round education. Students receive highly individualized behavioral, academic, and vocational programming. Teachers, therapists, and consultants work with students,combining best practices from the fields of applied behavior analysis (aba) and special education. About half of the students who attended our schools also received residential services through community-based group homes. These services focus on helping children and adolescents strengthen and generalize independent living skills, and are designed in accordance with each child's individualized educational plan. Our highly skilled staff provide 24-hour support and supervision to ensure that each child's unique needs are met.

may counseling centers offer outpatient evaluation, counseling, and therapy to children and adults through three mental health clinics in massachusetts. Our highly trained, multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, nurses, and interns provides specialized clinical care. They treat key emotional and behavioral concerns including anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, women's issues, and learning difficulties. The professionals at our centers strive to provide the most effective treatment, utilizing clinically proven, goal-oriented interventions and ongoing support. Our services include: comprehensive diagnostic evaluations; individual, couples, and family therapy; specialized program service accomplishments: groups (psycho-educational, therapeutic, and skills training); education evaluations and management; psychological and neuropsychological testing; separation and divorce counseling; and dialectical behavior therapy. May consultation centers in new england, the mid-atlantic, and the southeast offer home, school, and agency consultation for children and adolescents with a broad range of special needs. The centers include the following services:through our home-based consultation and early intervention programs, we help families develop effective strategies to support their children's development in the home and community. These services are designed to help children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and a broad range of special needs to improve their skills in a variety of areas. Our early intervention programs specifically serve children from birth through age 3. For public schools seeking to enhance services for students with learning, cognitive, and behavioral challenges, we offer on-site school consultation and professional development training. Our school consultation services are based on the most contemporary "best practice" approaches to assessment, education, and treatment. We carefully tailor our services to the specific needs and concerns of each individual, classroom, school, or district, developing highly individualized recommendations and plans for students. We also provide educators with professional development training and consultation services. As the northeast regional partner to the national technical assistance center on pbis (positive behavioral interventions and supports), established by the u. S. Department ofeducation, we offer technical assistance and consultation to implement school-wide pbis strategies across school systems. These services promote student achievement by improving the school's behavioral climate.