Causes: Christianity, Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Group Homes, Human Services, Religion, Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Mission: The Baddour Center is dedicated to providing a model residential community for adults with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities in an environment that promotes maximum growth mentally, spiritually, physically, socially, emotionally and vocationally.

Programs: Residential services: 1.Residential services is responsible for ensuring that quality programs, services and opportunities are offered to individuals with intellectual disabilites for the purpose of promoting maximum independence in the least restrictive environment possible. The staff works closely with the residents and their families as well as the other program divisions to ensure the most appropriate supports and services are in place to assist residents in maintaining a well balanced and healthy lifestyle. 2.The center is committed to supporting the rights of individuals with intellectual disabilities and empowers residents to make decisions and choices which will lead to personal satisfaction and quality of life. 3.The baddour center's residential community consists of 14 group homes and 4 apartment units. Regardless of the living arrangement, many teaching opportunities are available to assist residents in achieving independent living skills. 4.The health and physical well-being of each resident is assessed and maintained through the provision of services in an on-site health clinic. 5.Case management is provided for all residents and is the process used to track individual resident progress across all program areas. 6.A person-centered approach to planning with each resident is utilized to ensure individual goals and dreams for the future are identified and addressed. 7.The education and research division is designed to improve the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities by advancing the knowledge and understanding of their specific characteristics and needs. 8.Education and research programs include individual and group counseling to assist identified residents with personal growth and educational classess and individualized programming offered to enhance the social and behavioural skills of residents. Further, continuing education opportunities were provided to staff memebers to enhance job specific skills as it relates to serving residents and university student practitum experiences were offered to encourage emerging professional to specialize in working with our population.

vocational services 1.The vocational services division provides residents and day clients work opportunities in hand-packing, display assembly, custom fulfillment, greenhouse/nursery work, grounds maintenance and garden center retail/customer services. Through these jobs, the residents gain both skills and condfidence and earn a paycheck. 2.Each resident receives the individualized resources and training necessary to learn new job skills, develop job keeping skills, meet challenges and be productive. 3.The vocational division offers horticultural therapy to residents who wish to participate. In this program, gardening serves as a medium through which residents learn life skills such as nurturing, natural consequences and team work. The program is provided through alternative vocational services (avs). 4.The vocational division offers both the newest and youngest residents job training through the shape program. Shape is provided through avs in a therapeutic environment that focuses primarily on development of work skills and behaviors. 5.Reach is another avs program designed for seniors who are neither ready nor willing to cease employment. Reach focues on skill maintenance in a slower paced environment. 6.Vocare provides skills assessment, career interest inventories and job exploration to residnets already actively engaged in the work program. Vocare strategies are person-centered and include specialized testing, situational assessments, job try outs, on-the-job training, work adjustment sessions and one-on-one career counseling. 7.The vocational division works closely with the center's other divisions to ensure residents' work experiences balance with other center offerings.

community life 1.The community life division plays a key role in residents' lives and is made of five major departments. Since the baddour center was founded on christian principles and continues to be affiliated with the united methodist church, a part-time chaplain is employed to implement and coordinated opportunities for worship and study. Residents participate in spiritual growth programs, chapel and other activities in the spiritual growth department. A weekly prayer list is also published. 2.The physical fitness department creates a personal exercise program for each resident, including cardiovascular and strength-building exercises. This department also offers intramural and special olympics. 3.The recreation department provides residents opportunities to participate in a variety of on- and off-campus leisure activities. The goals of this program are to help the residents develop appropriate social skills and to provide activities that are fun and entertaining. 4.The performing and createive arts (pca) department offers classes in art, music, mime/lyrical dance (hearts in motion - him), pupperty, drama, literature, voice and a variety of other arts and crafts venues. 5.Last but certainly not least, the miracles, the baddour center's nationally recognized resident choir and the miracles encore, a small group ensemble, makes up the final area of community life. Their ministry is to glorify god, demonstrate the abilities of persons with intellectual disabilities and tell the story of the baddour center. Residents auditiion to be one of the 25 to 28 members who attend mandatory practices weekly.