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Our Programs and Services

Georgia

 

Peer Support Day Program (8:30 am – 2 pm daily – Lunch and Snack Served)

Services are designed to help our clients with disabilities increase their functioning by learning the necessary skills to become confident and self-sufficient. This service provides structured activities within a peer support center that promote socialization, recovery, wellness, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, and maintenance of community living skills.

Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program

(8:30 am – 2 pm daily & 3:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Lunch and Snack Served)

An outpatient approach to treatment services for adults eighteen (18) years or older who require structure and support to achieve and sustain recovery, focusing on early recovery skills; including the negative impact of substances, tools for developing support, and relapse prevention skills. Through the use of a multi-disciplinary team, medical, therapeutic and recovery supports are provided in a coordinated approach to access and treat individuals with substance use disorders in scheduled sessions, utilizing the identified components of the service guideline. This service can be delivered during the day and evening hours to enable individuals to maintain residence in their community, continue work or go to school.

    Individual Counseling 

    The program design assists clients in recognizing and resolving
    personal, social, vocational, intrapersonal, and interpersonal concerns. This service helps the client to establish goals/objectives to promote recovery and restoration in the recovery of development. These goals/objectives assist clients in enhancing medication self-management knowledge (e.g., symptom management, behavioral management, relapse
    prevention skills, knowledge of medications and side effects, and motivational/skill development in taking medication as prescribed); more precisely, (1) problem-solving/ cognitive skills, (2) healthy coping processes, and (3) adaptive behavioral skill.

    Medication Management

    This component of service is vitally important. This program offers clients the necessary treatment, information, and skill to develop stable and positive behavioral and medication management regimens for their health needs.

    Case Management

    The concentration of this service is targeted toward effective
    intervention practice. This includes assisting clients with (1) developing natural supports to promote community integration, (2) identifying service needs, (3) referring and linking to community resources identified through the service planning process, (4) coordinating services to maximize service integration and minimize service gaps, and (5) ensuring continued advocacy and adequacy to meet client ongoing and changing needs.