Why Is It Important To Believe In Change For Individuals With Disabilities In Today's Community
Why it is important to believe in change for individuals with disabilities in today’s community.
(Hader)Developmental Services, Inc. is a nonprofit agency established in 1975 to help children and adults with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities reach their greatest potential at home, work and in the community. DSI provides early intervention services as well as job training and job placement, independent and group living, life skills training, respite care and family support. DSI currently provides service to individuals in 27 South Central Indiana counties. (DSIs Web-Site Article)
Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and dignity. There are several reasons for choosing to work for or use DSI as a service provider for a …show more content…
Weather the situation calls for a job placement or a full time service staff DSI can help individuals with disabilities in many ways. The staffs go through vigorous training before being placed on the job. The training never really ends as doctors and specialists find new and exciting ways to better life for individuals with disabilities, or special needs.
When placed with DSI the individual with needs becomes a client and has their very own staff people, or staff person. Every effort is made to insure the client and family’s needs are met. There are many services that DSI can do that help make lives better, and families happier in life. Weather it is a short period of time or a family has made a decision to have an individual live in a twenty four hour group home DSI can provide the daily life style everyone has. We encourage people with disabilities to have many activities, obtain a job or volunteer, and be a versatile part of the community as anyone else would …show more content…
This ensures the residents of group homes receive the training they need to be as independent as possible. Staff also assists the residents with meal preparation, housework, laundry, good hygiene and recreation activities. Other members of the team include a QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional), registered nurse along with social workers. Along with the doctors the team effort that DSI provides ensures the client gets into the community and has life skills needed to be a functioning part of society, and thrive in their own
(Hader)Developmental Services, Inc. is a nonprofit agency established in 1975 to help children and adults with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities reach their greatest potential at home, work and in the community. DSI provides early intervention services as well as job training and job placement, independent and group living, life skills training, respite care and family support. DSI currently provides service to individuals in 27 South Central Indiana counties. (DSIs Web-Site Article)
Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and dignity. There are several reasons for choosing to work for or use DSI as a service provider for a …show more content…
Weather the situation calls for a job placement or a full time service staff DSI can help individuals with disabilities in many ways. The staffs go through vigorous training before being placed on the job. The training never really ends as doctors and specialists find new and exciting ways to better life for individuals with disabilities, or special needs.
When placed with DSI the individual with needs becomes a client and has their very own staff people, or staff person. Every effort is made to insure the client and family’s needs are met. There are many services that DSI can do that help make lives better, and families happier in life. Weather it is a short period of time or a family has made a decision to have an individual live in a twenty four hour group home DSI can provide the daily life style everyone has. We encourage people with disabilities to have many activities, obtain a job or volunteer, and be a versatile part of the community as anyone else would …show more content…
This ensures the residents of group homes receive the training they need to be as independent as possible. Staff also assists the residents with meal preparation, housework, laundry, good hygiene and recreation activities. Other members of the team include a QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional), registered nurse along with social workers. Along with the doctors the team effort that DSI provides ensures the client gets into the community and has life skills needed to be a functioning part of society, and thrive in their own