At Communicare, teaching our residents interpersonal skills is essential to their experiencing a happy and productive life. Teaching social skills is important for success in school, on the job, with loved ones, and with friends. Specific social skills training combined with methodology of teaching is crucial in treating brain injured individuals and individuals with developmental disabilities who have interpersonal or behavioral problems. Our philosophy is all people can benefit from knowing and exhibiting these skills. Regardless of physical condition, social expectations are that people will behave in appropriate ways when interacting with others. The person who engages in functional, pro-social skills has greater opportunities to experience success with loved ones, family members, friends, employment opportunities, leisure activities, school and living situations.

Functional outcomes from clinical intervention of physical therapy, speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, cognitive therapy, recreational therapy, neurology, neuropsychology, medical management, and case management do not, in and by themselves, emphasize teaching for behavioral change and appropriate social skills. In fact, secondary to behavioral issues such as frustration, agitation, impulsivity, irritability and poor judgment, many are excluded from community based opportunities.

Many individuals with inappropriate behaviors are subjected to more restrictive placement alternatives, such as Baker Act proceedings, psychiatric placements or incarceration.  These restrictive placements create social and/or community isolation and often exclude clinical services. In addition, some individual's medication management provides pharmacological intervention contrary to presenting neuro-cognitive and neuro-behavioral presentation.

Communicare is a community-based assisted living facility/home (AL#9425) offering a less restrictive placement alternative for residents, with 24 hour staff supervision dedicated to the teaching of social skills to maximize the quality of life for program participants.