Home and Community Based Services

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    Community Self-Advocacy Training And Supports Community Self-Advocacy Training And Supports Services

  • 2

    Day Habilitation Day Habilitation Services

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    Caregiver/Family Supports And Services Caregiver/ Family Supports and Services

  • 4

    Respite Respite Services

Community Self-Advocacy Training And Supports Services

  • Family, caregivers, and collateral contacts learn techniques and information not generally available
  • Prevent problems in community settings as well as when the child/youth is experiencing difficulty
  • Improves the child/youth’s ability to gain from the community experience and enables the child/youth’s environment to respond appropriately to the child/youth’s disability and/or healthcare issues.

Day Habilitation Services

  • Assistance with self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills including communication, and travel.
  • Foster the acquisition of skills, appropriate behavior, greater independence, community inclusion, relationship building, self-advocacy, and informed choice.

Caregiver/ Family Supports and Services

  • Enables the child/ youth to interact with family/caregivers and children/youth to offer educational, advocacy, and support resources to develop family/caregivers’ ability to independently access community services and activities.
  • Maintain and encourage the caregivers’/families’ self-sufficiency in caring for the child/youth in the home and community.
  • Address needs and educate family on issues of relevance to the caregiver/family unit as the child/youth is supported in the home and community.

Respite Services

  • Provides short-term assistance provided to children/youth because of the absence of or need for relief of the child/youth or the child/youth’s family caregiver.
  • Respite workers supervise the child/youth and engage the child/youth in activities that support his/her and/or primary caregiver/family’s constructive interests and abilities.

Services

  • Community Self-Advocacy Training And Supports

    Community Self-Advocacy Training And Supports Services

    • Family, caregivers, and collateral contacts learn techniques and information not generally available
    • Prevent problems in community settings as well as when the child/youth is experiencing difficulty
    • Improves the child/youth’s ability to gain from the community experience and enables the child/youth’s environment to respond appropriately to the child/youth’s disability and/or healthcare issues.
  • Day Habilitation

    Day Habilitation Services

    • Assistance with self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills including communication, and travel.
    • Foster the acquisition of skills, appropriate behavior, greater independence, community inclusion, relationship building, self-advocacy, and informed choice.
  • Caregiver/Family Supports And Services

    Caregiver/ Family Supports and Services

    • Enables the child/ youth to interact with family/caregivers and children/youth to offer educational, advocacy, and support resources to develop family/caregivers’ ability to independently access community services and activities.
    • Maintain and encourage the caregivers’/families’ self-sufficiency in caring for the child/youth in the home and community.
    • Address needs and educate family on issues of relevance to the caregiver/family unit as the child/youth is supported in the home and community.
  • Respite

    Respite Services

    • Provides short-term assistance provided to children/youth because of the absence of or need for relief of the child/youth or the child/youth’s family caregiver.
    • Respite workers supervise the child/youth and engage the child/youth in activities that support his/her and/or primary caregiver/family’s constructive interests and abilities.

“Love it”

There was no need to look at other agencies. I chose Braverhood and I had no issues. I’m the kind of person that if there’s issues, there’s no reason why I would stay with you. But from Day One I’d never had a problem … I’ve recommended several friends who have self-direction and they all went with Braverhood and they never changed. They love it.

Sherry Algredo

Braverhood Mom, New York City

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