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.