United Cerebral Palsy Of Rhode Island Inc

Programs: The support living program provides in-home and community-based services to people living on their own or in small group situations. Supports and services vary dependent upon the needs of the individual and their living situation. These supports range from personal care to assisting people in building relationships within their community. Assistance with medical needs, medication administration and finances is also available. The frequency of supports is based upon the needs of the person and the assigned funding level. Support hours range from 10 hours per week to 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Supports range from personal care to community events and activities. Ucpri sponsors and supports individuals living in two hud financed apartments complexes, one in cranston and one in johnston. Other people live in a variety of settings in the greater providence area. The family support program provides a wide range of in-home and community based supports. The types of supports are dependent upon the persons needs and the family desires. Family with elderly parents or care givers may no longer be able to provide personal care. Staff provide supports that allow the person to continue to reside in the family home. Supports can also include community integration and vocational assistance. Day supports are provided in both one on one and small group formats. Again, the number of support hours available to the person is based upon funding, shared hours and the persons needs. Programming includes, but is not limited to, daily living skills, basic adult education, community integration and socialization skills. People continue to share their day supports in small groups. These groups provide people the opportunity to explore their local communities, and socialize with others. They also bring a wide range of educational opportunities to people. This includes current affairs, exercise programs, music programs, and guest speakers.

currently children and family services (cfs) offers the following services: 1) home based therapeutic services (hbts), 2) personal assistance and support services (pass), 3) enhanced outpatient services (eos), 4) outpatient therapy, 5) social skills groups, 6) administration of community inclusion fundsour hbts program is family-centered and our treatment philosophy is strength-based. The program continues the tradition of this agency of helping people with disabilities live in the least restrictive, most integrated setting possible. Family-centered service delivery sees the family as the unit of attention and organizes assistance in a collaborative fashion, taking into account the individual familys wishes, strengths, and needs. A licensed clinician designs the treatment plan with the family and oversees the implementation of the plan in the home. A psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, and physical therapist provide consultation as needed. Parent participation is essential to maximize therapeutic effectiveness. Our program utilizes a social-emotional-developmental perspective and draws on the following therapeutic models: scerts, floortime, social thinking, and rdi. A direct care professional works 1:1 with the child in their home and other community settings. Services focus on helping children with disabilities improve communication, social skills, coping skills, and daily living skills. They enhance a childs ability to participate in their family and community. Ucp currently serves about 40 children in this program. The pass program is a parent driven program. Parents act as a family supervisor for the direct care worker, which allows families to have greater choice and control over all aspects of service provision. The agency offers a supporting role to promote a childs ability to reach their full potential in 3 main areas: ability to accomplish essential activities of daily life; ability to make self-preserving decisions; ability to participate in social roles and social settings. The agency provides a clinician to help the parents develop their plan and provide consultation to parents regarding how to implement goals. Ucp currently serves 100 children in this program. Enhanced outpatient services (eos) is an insurance funded program. Ucp currently has a contract with neighborhood health plan and united behavioral health community. The program provides intense short-term, homebased services to children with developmental disabilities and behavioral disorders who are either being discharged from a psychiatric hospital or who are at risk of being hospitalized. Eos provides family services which allow children to leave the hospital sooner and stay at home. Services are designed to meet each individual child and familys needs and may include family and individual counseling, direct 1:1 treatment in the home, and community integration with the primary goal being stabilization and prevention of re-hospitalization. We range from 15-20 cases at a time in this program. Our outpatient therapy office provides psychotherapy to children with special needs. Many outpatient therapists lack the necessary skills and an understanding of the developmental disability community to be able to provide a child with a disability with effective outpatient therapy services. Outpatient therapy is a valuable service for children stepping down from more intensive services such as eos or as an adjunct to less therapeutic services such as pass. Ucp provides outpatient services primarily at the main office. We range from 10-20 cases at any time in this program. Social skills groups allow children with disabilities to have an opportunity to socialize with peers and gain practice in managing the complex nature of social interactions that most of us take for granted. Groups are designed based on age, interests, and abilities. The groups act as a stepping stone for children with disabilities to be able to actively participate in their own communities. We develop social skills groups based on need and numbers.

ucpri offers an adaptive arts program in different formats and localities. The first is community based and is offered at the main office. Individuals already supported by ucpri and people from the community participate in adaptive art classes in three different classes. The second format occurs in the slater hospital system at both the zambarano and cranston campuses. In both formats, different mediums of artist expression are explored and people have the opportunity to sell their work at different sales and shows throughout the year. Artists benefit from increased self-esteem by creating and selling their work. The benefits of an expression in a hospital setting are well documented and are seen in the patients in the slater hospital program. In addition ucpri coordinates music and pet therapies at the local hospitals. The benefits of both therapies are well documented.