Children and Family Services

Our HBTS program is family-centered and strength-based, continuing our agency’s tradition of helping people with disabilities live in the least restrictive, most integrated setting possible. Family-centered service delivery views the family as the unit of attention, organizing assistance collaboratively and considering the family’s wishes, strengths, and needs. A licensed clinician designs and oversees the treatment plan with the family. A psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, and physical therapist provide consultation as needed. Parent participation is essential to maximize therapeutic effectiveness. Our program uses a social-emotional-developmental perspective, drawing on SCERTS, Floortime, and RDI therapeutic models. A direct care professional works one-on-one with the child in their home and other community settings, focusing on improving communication, social skills, coping skills, and daily living skills, enhancing the child’s ability to participate in their family and community. UCP currently serves 50 children in this program.

The PASS program is a parent driven program. Parents act as a family supervisor for the direct care worker, which allows families to have greater choice and control over all aspects of service provision. The agency offers a supporting role to promote a child’s ability to reach their full potential in 3 main areas: ability to accomplish essential activities of daily life; ability to make self-preserving decisions; ability to participate in social roles and social settings.

Enhanced Outpatient Services (EOS) is an insurance funded program. UCP currently has a contract with Neighborhood Health Plan. The program provides intense short-term, home-based services to children with cognitive disabilities and behavioral disorders who are either being discharged from a psychiatric hospital or who are at risk of being hospitalized. EOS provides family services which allow children to leave the hospital sooner and stay at home. Services are designed to meet each individual child and family’s needs and may include family and individual counseling, direct 1:1 treatment in the home, and community integration with the primary goal being stabilization and prevention of re-hospitalization.

Social Skills groups allow children with disabilities an opportunity to socialize with peers and gain practice in managing the complex nature of social interactions that most of us take for granted. Groups are designed based on age, interests, and abilities. The groups act as a stepping stone for children with disabilities to be able to actively participate in their own communities.