Developmental Disability Services
Children Services
Our Children’s center is located in the heart of St. Anthony at 49 West 1st North. Surrounded by many business which are visited frequently by our staff, participants, and families. These businesses include Family Dollar, Targhee Lanes, Broulims, and many others.
Excellence In Everyone is always willing to help anyone channel through the new Children’s redesign program. Whether or not your child currently receives Medicaid to assist with medical needs, Lori Olsen can help you walk through the processes necessary to help your child access the following services. Please click the below button for the Children’s Services page through the Department of Health and Welfare.
Behavioral Intervention
This service uses personalized programming to assist with behavior modification, skill building for independence in everyday living, and family training. As our Professionals learn what techniques and methods work best with your child, they teach you as family members, how to use these methods for continued success. Using evidence based practices to optimize outcomes, our professional staff works intimately with your family to help each child in their own unique style of learning. Consistency is vital to the success of any therapy service!!
Community Based Supports
These services are designed to help every child participate in community activities with typical peers. Support staff assists and encourage each child to utilize skills and strengths they already have to increase their social opportunities. Some activities we currently assist with are swim lessons, classes a Tavaci School of Performing Arts, piano lessons, karate class, Scouts, and church services just to name a few. The possibilities are endless on what activities a support staff can help your child with, lets be creative!!
Interdisciplinary Training
The Professional Intervention staff meet with your child’s other providers to observe how these professionals work with your child, receive instruction directly correlated with each objective, and learn techniques to be implemented into intervention services. By meeting with Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists quarterly, we are best able to optimize all services for your child.
Adult Services
Developmental Therapy
Skill development services are provided in the community or in the center based on individual needs. Developmental therapy addresses needs in the following areas: Self Care, Receptive and Expressive Language, Learning Gross and Fine Motor Development, Self-Direction, Capacity for Independent Living, and Economic Self-Sufficiency.
Adult Day Health (We Call it VIP)
It is supervised and structured day program for individuals to receive a variety of social, recreational, and health activities. We provide a variety of different activities. We work on short term activities and long term projects to help our participants learn new hobbies, skills, interests, etc.
Below is the link to the Adult Developmental Disability program page for Idaho Medicaid.