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MENTAL RETARDATION
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(MR/DD)
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The Mental Retardation/Development Disabilities program at the Albany Area Community Service Board offers a broad range of services for persons with severe intellectual functioning and challenged adaptive behaviors. We offer day and supported employment services in Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Calhoun, Miller and Early Counties. We also offer Residential Services and Supports in these counties as well as in Baker and Worth.
The general purpose of the AACSB MR/DD Program is to assist individuals with Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities to achieve their highest level of independent living in their home communities. The program serves persons with a primary diagnosis of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disability.
Our Residential Services and Supports provide an array of residential options for persons with Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities. The program offers individualized options ranging from 24 hour support to independent living arrangements that are designed in cooperation with our customers and other support agencies . Individuals receiving residential services are also linked to a variety of day services, supported employment and/or continuing education programs.
MR/DD Day Services
Mental Retardation Day Services are provided within the Albany Area Community Service Board area by three different Service Centers. Primus Industries in Albany serves Dougherty County. Early-Miller Service Center in Blakely serves Early and Miller counties, plus the Edison and Arlington areas of Calhoun County. T & L Industries in Dawson serves Terrell and Lee counties and the Morgan and Leary areas of Calhoun County. The purpose of the day services programs is to allow individuals with a primary diagnosis of mental retardation or developmental disability to remain in their own homes where possible, while providing necessary training and support services which lead to increased independence.
Services currently provided include supported employment, day habilitation, personal support services, day supports, pre-vocational and vocational services. We work in concert with Support Coordinators outside our agency to assure that services are appropriate to meet individual needs. For additional information about day services for persons with mental retardation or developmental disability, please contact us at the appropriate number below.
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