Program Overview | Southern Arizona | Yavapai County, Arizona | New Mexico

Intermountain's Core Values

To focus upon the individual strengths of our clients;
To develop innovative strategies in accomplishing our mission;
To promote the maximal quality of life with all programs;
To adapt support services to the individual needs of the client, whatever the form and level of disability;
To promote greater self-control, self-esteem and self-sufficiency on the part of those we serve;
To employ positive teaching techniques, based on empirical learning theory, in the least restrictive environment;
To maintain developmental programs where all staff are mentors/teachers;
To nurture academic, social, leisure, vocational, self-care and community-building skills in each client;
To model positive decision-making skills, community awareness and responsibility, and constructive future planning for each client;
To work in dense staff-to-resident ratios in order to promote consistency in teaching interactions and bonding between the members of the treatment environments;
To operate within a framework of participatory management in which all stakeholders, including the client, participate in developmental aspects of the program;
To work in partnership with teams that include referral agencies, case managers, guardians, direct-care providers, families, community members and Intermountain administrative staff;
To develop and maintain programs which are cost-effective and remain sensitive to the limits in funding available to our referral agencies;
To work with a very high level of commitment and de-emphasize barriers to high-quality care;
To provide a continuum of services including supporting children and families as well as adults in their own living environments.