We offer a comprehensive
range of habilitation services for individuals diagnosed
with mental disabilities. American Home Companion,
Inc.'s habilitation services provide patients with a
mixture of community based experiences to develop
pre-vocational, socialization, and communication skills.
The primary focus of our
habilitation services is to empower our clients to be
more independent within their community through skill
development. Our services enable clients to become more
independent by supporting and assisting them with
problem solving and decision making. Our Qualified
Intellectual Disability Professionals (QIDP's) and
Personal Trainers work hard every day in assisting our
clients to meet or exceed the goals established in their
habilitation plans.
Our training and habilitation
services include, but are not limited to, instruction
and assistance in the following areas:
We work closely with the
State of Nevada's Aging and Disability's Rural Regional
and Sierra Regional Centers to provide services and
reach out to state benefit recipients. Click
here
for eligibility and more information about this
program. Ultimately, the
program aims to teach personalized independence and
socialization skills while maintaining appropriateness
in all life activities.
Our staff works with clients
to develop useful and valuable skills that encourage
independence and a sense of self-worth. The necessary
steps needed to develop these skills are incorporated
into a plan developed jointly by the client, his/her
family members, AHC's staff, and collaterals such as
therapists and educators. The plan takes into
consideration several main factors:
Positive behavior support is an
approach to addressing challenging behaviors that
focuses on changing the physical and interpersonal
environment and a person's skill deficits so that he/she
is able to get his/her needs met without having to
resort to challenging behaviors. American Home
Companion, Inc. believes that positive behavior support
is based on respect, dignity, and personal choice. This
support helps develop effective ways of meeting a
client's needs to reduce challenging behaviors. We also
believe in implementing the least restrictive form of
intervention while working with our clients to develop
productive and positive means of expression and
alternatives to negative behaviors.
A supportive environment helps out
clients meet his/her needs through positive expression,
instead of resorting to challenging behaviors to get the
environment to respond. In a supportive environment, our
Personal Instructors proactively plan to meet a person's
needs through:
American Home Companion, Inc. has
partnerships with many local organizations that have
special participation and activities in a group type
setting for the mentally challenged, such as Special
Olympics, bowling leagues, track practice, and a variety
of other events.
We constantly look for
opportunities in the community and forward invitations
to our clients from several local organizations such as
Northern Nevada for Independent Living to activities
aimed at promoting diversity. There are also many
individual activities in the community where the
handicapped are welcomed and encouraged to participate.
American Home Companion, Inc. actively contacts
and encourages all organizations involved to help the
agency participate with clients.
American Home Companion, Inc. implements a
wide range of rigorous supervision, guidance, training, and
field visits by Qualified Intellectual Disability Professionals
(QIDP's) during regular visits to client's homes and community
activities in order to assess the effectiveness of our Personal
Instructors. Our staff is always kind and professional. New
applicants are thoroughly screened and undergo rigorous State
and Federal background checks to ensure we are only hiring
responsible, trustworthy personnel.
Personal instructors are trained to perform
a wide variety of routine tasks and activities in support of the
full range of facilitative services provided to consumers. The
tasks and activities performed depend upon the specific
abilities of the individuals being served and the nature of the
setting where the work is performed. These tasks involve
encouraging, guiding and training individuals in developing
daily living skills and habits, taking care of their personal
needs, assuring community integration, ensuring the health and
safety of individuals, and maintaining the service environment.
All personal instructors are well versed and trained in
performing the tasks listed above and receive performance
evaluations throughout their employment with American Home
Companion, Inc.