RHA HOWELL SERVICES - OVERVIEW

RHA Howell provides services from infancy onward to North Carolina residents with mild, moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities. These services include school programs for children whose conditions warrant at home schooling, services for children who are ventilator dependent, vocational rehabilitation for adults, Ticket-to-Work programs, and supported employment, Café CAPabilties, CAPabilties Greenhouse, CAPabilties Pottery. We also provide residential care in the community with appropriate supports based on individual needs.

• Services for children include, but aren’t limited to: Tar River Center and Anson Children’s Center
• Services for adults include, but aren’t limited to: Vocational rehabilitation, Magnolia Place residential/day program, Ticket-to-Work, supported employment, Café CAPabilities.
• Residential services provided for adults and children

ABOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

• Intellectual Disability (formerly referred to as Mental Retardation) is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating, taking care of him or herself, and social skills.
• Children with intellectual Disabilities may take longer to learn to speak, walk, and take care of their personal needs such as dressing or eating more slowly than a typical child.
• They are likely to have trouble learning in school. They will learn, but it will take them longer. There may be some things they cannot learn. The American Association on Intellectual Disabilities defines an intellectual disability as the following:

Intellectual Disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. This disability originates before age 18.

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ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Developmental disability is a severe, chronic disability that begins any time from birth through age 21 and is expected to last for a lifetime. Developmental disabilities may be cognitive, physical, or a combination of both. While not always visible, these disabilities can result in serious limitations in every day activities of life, including self-care, communication, learning, mobility, or being able to work or live independently. Such disabilities are almost sure to result in a lifetime of dependence on publicly funded services, unless families receive sufficient support, children receive appropriate education, and adults receive appropriate services that enable them to live and work in their local communities. Approximately 4 million Americans have developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities can occur in any family, no matter what their ethnic, economic, religious or political background.

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