Parc Inc

Programs: Residential services:parc maintains four residences for both adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in st. Petersburg, florida. Between the four residences, parc has 94 people living full-time in the program with a range of age and abilities. The residents' well-being is parc's primary concern as they live, work and enjoy life in pinellas county. Additionally, parc offers supported living services to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities live on their own in the community. The residential staff at parc believes that parc residents do not live in a parc facility, we work in their home.

life long learning (adult day training):adults at parc look forward to their choice of enjoyable and purposeful activities. Close to 300 adults take part in parc's life skills development program on a daily basis. At parc, individuals choose what programs they want to take part in. Components of the lifelong learning program include: inspired artist studios @ parc, culinary teaching kitchen @ parc, adult technology achievement center, financial literacy/healthy living/recreation, parc in bloom, and parc center industries. Programs are designed to increase self-sufficiency, confidence in personal decision making and to work with staff designing their programs and classes to meet their interest and needs.

children's services at the discovery learning center:the discovery learning center is the only child care provider in pinellas county offering early intervention services to children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those diagnosed with and/or "at-risk" for developmental delays, behavior concerns and autism. To ensure that every child enters kindergarten ready to learn, achieve academic success and develop strong life skills, parc's programs develop and implement individualized early intervention plans that meet each child's learning needs. The discovery learning center supports hundreds of children and families a year with early intervention and education programs, family respite services, and an array of therapies.

other program services:community employment services - parc provides employment services programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our programs offer a wide range of pre-employment and employment programming through day and community programming that allows individuals to gain independence. Individuals learn employability skills, socialization, daily living, and self-advocacy skills in safe, supervised environments. Components of parc's employment services include: supported employment, project search, and culinary arts teaching kitchen @ parc. Parc's vocational rehabilitation is an excellent opportunity for both employers and job seekers. With on the job training the trainee participates in receiving hands-on training in an integrated work setting provided by the supervisor at the job and parc's job coach. The average length is 90 days. Training length is based on employer needs, and difficulty of job. The trainee is paid minimum wage by parc. Worker's compensation and unemployment insurance is covered by parc for the trainee as well as parc's employment consultant. Employers are not required to offer a job at the completion of an on the job training. However, if the employer is pleased with the trainee they may certainly offer a position. If the individual is hired by the employer, the job coach continues to train the trainee for the specified amount of time. Other employment and vocational services include: job preparation, discovery, job placement, training on the job, and financial literacy. Behavior services - the autism behavioral center at parc provides applied behavior analysis (aba) as medically prescribed therapy to children and adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The facility includes a multi-sensory environment, private therapy room and family observation areas. Goals are determined through the weekly sessions provided concurrent with parent training. The program will address these issues: functional communication, skill deficits, activities of daily living (including hygiene, dressing, feeding) food aversion, social skill development, enrich school readiness with age appropriate academics. The autism behavioral centers services are appropriate for individuals of all ages who engage in behavior that: restricts social contact and participation in integrated settings, endangers the individual, family or others, interferes with an individual's development skills, especially critical for children who are preparing for school readiness, disrupts important family, school and community routines. When an adult or child is referred to the autism behavioral center, the behavior analyst works with the family, school system, and other professionals as necessary to: identify specific areas of concern and develop goals for the individual and family, determine the circumstances affecting the individual's behavior and the purpose it is serving, perform a functional language assessment identifying deficits and specific barriers, create a treatment plan: teaching specific skills, enhancing functional communication and reducing problem behaviors across clinical and natural settings, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions across settings, making revisions when necessary. Transportation - on a daily basis, parc's fleet of 42 vehicles provides critical doorstep-to-doorstep service to and from our programs. In addition, we also transport individuals to a variety of medical appointments, employment programs, community trips, and a variety of other outside activities. Parc's transportation staff makes close to 8,000 trips monthly, logging more than 300,000 miles every year. Parc is proud to be a designated transportation provider approved by both the mpo of pinellas county and the dot of the state of florida. Transportation is a key service available to both children and adults participating in parc programs. The service is one of the most comprehensive transportation programs offered by human service agencies in south pinellas county. Sponsor a vehicle: this "door to door" transportation allows individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to receive critical services at parc and enjoy their choice of more than 40 programs. Energy and fuel cost are devastating, especially during challenging economic times. Parc is committed to provide transportation for the individuals that depend on our services. For more information about sponsoring a vehicle, please refer to the parc website www. Parc-fl. Org.