Welcome

Hickory Haven 3 and 4We believe that persons with developmental or other disabilities can achieve optimum degrees of rehabilitation. Our structured residential and community settings along with expert professionals provide on-going individualized evaluations, planning, coordination, and integration of health, school, and work related services. We promote client and staff relationships that create an atmosphere of trust, growth, and increased independence for each individual. Through professional integration of medical, social, and therapeutic programming and the use of the normalization principle, we meet the needs of our clients.

Principles of Care

  1. Normalization:

    Consideration of how any non-disabled person is treated and strive to duplicate that treatment.

  2. Least Restrictive Environment:

    Each individual is placed in an environment that is free of barriers considering their need for health, safety, and amount of supervision needed for each individual.

  3. Freedom from Abuse and Neglect:

    Each individual is monitored to determine if services could be considered emotionally, mentally, or physically harmful.

  4. Reasonable Accommodation:

    Every individual obtains special adaptations due to their disability and needs.

  5. Age Appropriateness:

    The staff considers whether a person of the same age and gender without handicaps would do the same activity.

  6. Active Treatment:

    Each individual has continuous, individualized interventions and social interactions to assist the individual in achieving the most independence and self respect.