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       About Us : Mission, Vision and Values


Mission Statement

Our mission is to promote independence, self-advocacy, and recovery for our consumers.

Vision Statement

Our vision is to be the premier provider of services to people who are intellectually challenged, developmentally delayed or have behavioral health issues in Southeast Texas. We shall ensure access to professional, respectful, and cost-effective services in a supportive, consumer-centered environment.

Values

  • We value all persons and treat them with dignity and respect.

  • We use available resources to provide services that are responsive to the needs, values, and desires of consumers and other stakeholders.

  • We value and respect families for the important role they play in the effective treatment and delivery of services to consumers.

  • We embrace self-advocacy as a means of independence.

  • We measure the success of services by the outcomes of each consumer.

  • We motivate and empower staff to accomplish the work of the Center with confidence and pride by valuing and respecting them for their contributions in establishing a positive work environment.

  • We recognize and celebrate best practices among our staff and other network providers.

  • We promote the Center within the local community to enhance the organization’s reputation and to encourage support for consumers.

Our Philosophy of Service

Each individual possesses a unique capacity for creative and adaptive behavior; he is able to respond constructively to problems and situations and to discover alternatives.

Habilitative services are designed to reflect the principle that persons receiving lifelong training should direct their own services in accordance with their personal wishes and lifelong goals. This principle is further integrated into daily operations using the Person-Directed Planning model.

An individual’s behavior is logical when interpreted within the context of her own perceived choices, behavioral capacities, life situation, and biophysiological makeup.

An individual is capable of acting in her environment to create new possibilities and choices.

Problems in living do not necessarily reflect the manifestation of dysfunction within an individual; problems may reflect interactions among other persons or possible neurological disease.

The willingness and capacity of an individual for coping represent a lifetime of learning and interaction with others.  Dysfunctional behaviors may be defined as learned behaviors based on life experiences.

Treatment interventions are conceived principally as processes designed to assist in the stabilization of biological imbalances, to promote the individual’s acquisition of more personally rewarding and socially acceptable behavior, to maintain current adaptive behavior, and to minimize regression.

When biochemical imbalances or neurological diseases cause or contribute to the impairment of an individual’s ability to function, medication may be recommended as a part of the treatment program.

Spindletop Center treatment interventions for persons receiving mental health services may involve medication, verbal therapy, physical activity, environmental engineering, habilitative programs and services, or other methods. Treatment may occur in an office, the consumer’s home, or other locations, and may involve the single individual, a group, family members, and other organization representatives. Treatment interventions are planned activities based on the individual’s needs and appropriate Center and community resources that are aimed at assisting the consumer to reach established goals. The assessment of effectiveness of these treatment interventions is measured by a person’s attainment of specific behavioral goals. Periodic review of the individual’s progress toward treatment and life goals assures that the most appropriate and effective service delivery options are used.

Programs and services for persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities are based upon on-going input from individuals and the annual Person-Directed Planning meeting.  For children enrolled in the Early Childhood Intervention program, services are based on input from the Individualized Family Service Planning meeting. Individuals may choose to receive services at the Center or within the community.  As with treatment interventions, periodic review of each individual’s progress toward his or her goals occurs frequently.

 

Last Updated: 11/30/2011


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