NSTM
supports community living and assists persons with development disabilities
in achieving their potential, as an alternative to more restrictive
living and working placements. However, we also recognize that persons
with developmental disabilities can exhibit complex behavior problems
which may be overwhelming to them and to those with whom they interact
on a daily basis. With this in mind, our program seeks to help families
and staff manage those problem behaviors, as well as to teach adaptive
behaviors to the person so that he or she can benefit from community
living.
NSTM
is concerned with improving the quality of life; therefore, we teach
strategies that will enhance the ability of family, staff, and consumer
to experience positive interactions with each other. NSTM
believes in the importance of the natural environment becoming
a therapeutic one in which family and staff are skilled managers and
teachers. The program focuses on the strengths and resources of all
concerned (parents, teachers, staff, social workers, medical professionals,
and the person with the disability), to create a network of supports
that will strengthen the ability of the family, staff, and person
to meet future challenges.
