Services for Individuals
Through a wide range of diverse programs,
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to make their own decisions
about how they will live their lives, and are assisted in exploring options.
Some of our programs include:
Intake and Independent Living Planning: Staff
or peer counselors can meet and visit with individuals or family members
to inform them of available programs, services, opportunities and resources.
Independent Living Skills Training
and Classes: Brings together individuals seeking to increase their knowledge,
skills, or abilities in order to live more independently.
Support Groups: Brings
together persons with disabilities to collectively share experiences,
knowledge and skills.
AgrAbility Program: Part
of a national program focused on promoting independence for members
of the agricultural community who have disabilities.
Service Coordination: Helps
support, integrate and coordinate the services a consumer is receiving
from a variety of agencies.
Peer Counseling: A service
which matches the consumer to another person who has a similar disability
for purposes of sharing experiences, knowledge or skills. |
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Information and Referral: Information
and referrals concerning services and resources which are available on
a local, state and federal level.
Self Advocacy: A service which
supports and enhances the consumer's ability to be assertive when faced
with obstacles in pursuit of independent living goals.
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PERKIE Travels: Daily
transportation from Carbon and Emery Counties for cancer patients
in need of radiation treatments at Utah Valley Medical Center in
Provo.
Interpreter Referral: Service
matches consumer with qualified interpreter to facilitate effective
communication.
Older Blind Program: Education
in adaptive techniques and devices, peer support groups, peer counseling,
orientation and mobility training, information on resources and
benefits available to the blind, and social/recreation activities. |
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