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Devereux Pocono

Located throughout northeast Pennsylvania, Devereux Pocono is dedicated to empowering individuals to discover their innate strengths, talents and potential to live meaningful and productive lives.

Our goal is to promote well-being and personal growth by increasing skills, providing quality care and enhancing quality of life. We achieve these goals through positive, non-restrictive approaches; individualized services based on strengths, needs, personal and cultural interests; and effective and accountable practices based on leading therapeutic methods. Individuals and their family members are actively involved in treatment planning and the decision-making process. Our therapeutic environment facilitates treatment by teaching skills in natural, routine environments and providing structure and consistency on a daily basis.

Devereux Pocono at-a-glance:

• Ages: Two through life span
• Services: Intensive behavioral health services, community residential services, life sharing, respite care, community-integrated employment and pre-employment services, and school-to-work transition.
• Diagnoses: Intellectual/development disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and dual mental health/developmental disabilities diagnoses.  

Children’s Services

Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) 

Devereux Pocono’s Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) program supports children and adolescents, up to age 21, who meet medical necessity requirements resulting from a mental health diagnosis those with social, emotional or behavioral differences. IBHS provides opportunities for individuals to receive treatment within their natural families, schools and community settings. Services include a behavioral specialist consultant, mobile therapy and therapeutic staff support.

Adult Services

Community Residential Services

Our Community Residential Services provide a natural environment with participation and integration into the community. Individual treatment support plans are developed and can include the development of: daily living skills, use of community resources, social/cultural activities, home management (e.g., meal preparation, laundry skills, money management), medication education, promoting literacy, functional communication, skill acquisition, medical/psychiatric/psychological services, counseling, and behavioral-based training. Behavioral-based programs focus on teaching skills and socially adaptive behaviors.

24-hour-a-day staffing is provided in all residential programs and includes a residential manager, program specialist and direct support professionals. Additionally, 24-hour-a-day clinical support is available.

Life Sharing

Devereux Pocono’s life share program provides adults with emotional, behavioral and cognitive differences the opportunity to live in a natural family setting – or stay with their own family – while receiving services and support to improve their overall quality of life and achieve greater independence.

A family specialist will support each life share family in helping the individual achieve their goals. Skill building and schedules are customized to meet the unique needs of each individual. Components to increase independence may include: daily living skills; home and money management; medication administration; safety; activities; communication and community resources.

Our life share families are licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ Office of Developmental Programs.

Learn how you can make a difference by becoming a life share family.

Respite Services

Based on the quality programming of our residential services, respite care provides adults with a temporary living situation in a safe, caring and stimulating environment. Respite care provides families or other caregivers with the emotional and physical relief they may need at times due to the responsibilities they assume in caring for a loved one, or due to conflict with other family or business obligations. Respite care services are offered on a planned or emergency basis and can be offered daily, overnight, weekly or monthly, as needed.

Community-integrated Employment

Pre-Employment Training

At Devereux Pocono, our instructional training programs are designed to help individuals learn and develop pre-employment skills, increase self-awareness and self-confidence, provide opportunities for recreation, community integration and socialization, and assist individuals to achieve their highest level of independence through personal growth. Communication with family members is an integral part of programming and is maintained through daily communication updates for family members to increase individual success and promote the continuity of care.

Supported Employment

Our Supported Employment services are provided to prepare and maintain an individual’s ability to be employed within the community. Program goals are customized for each individual and include: pre-employment preparation, work readiness, skill acquisition, career counseling, job seeking resources, interview skills, money management and behavior support.

School-to-Work Transition

This School-to-Work Transition program is designed for high school students who have graduated or who are preparing to graduate. Devereux Pocono, in partnership with the student’s school system, develops a transition plan as part of the IEP process. These plans may include skill development and hands-on training/experience in a pre-employment experience. Students can attend daily or weekly as desired.

Non-discrimination in Transportation Services

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Devereux policy: Non-discrimination in transportation services funded by federal grant programs

Language assistance: If you speak a language other than English, free language assistance services are available to you. View the Notices of Availability for interpreter/translation services for the top 15 non-English languages in Pennsylvania.