Devereux Pocono Center

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Devereux Pocono - Programs & Services
Devereux Pocono Center is a vibrant special needs community of residential and day training/treatment centers where our many nationwide consumers experience rewarding and dignified lifestyles. Our programs are privately set throughout the Vacation Village of Newfoundland, PA and throughout Pocono/Northeast communities.

Our non-profit mission maintains, revitalizes, and enhances the life potential of persons, age 18 through the life span, with intellectual/developmental disabilities, autism, emotional and behavioral disorders, and geriatric challenges such as Alzheimer's. In short, we ensure your loved one leads a happy, healthy, productive life in the natural community.

Our community is nestled in the natural beauty of the Pocono mountains featuring many nearby shopping and recreational areas, parks, streams, creeks, lakes, meadows, and wildlife.

Maximize independent living skills
Integrate all community resources
Improve quality of life
Develop and maintain social and cultural activities

Devereux Pocono Center is part of the national Devereux Foundation, founded in 1912, that provides treatment and training to individuals in a variety of settings throughout the United States.
We offer you:

Residential Programs Serving Mild to Severe Special Needs
More than 20 Years Serving Families Nationwide
Behavioral Support/Community Living
Comprehensive Life Skills Training
Supervised Living Arrangements
Life Sharing/Host Family Living
Life Enrichment Activities - Social, Recreational, Cultural
Pre-Vocational Assessments & Evaluations

School-to-Community Training Program
Adult Day Services

Day, Overnight, Temporary & In-Home Relief (Respite) Care
Individual and Group Counseling
Social Work Services
Family Support and Counseling
Psychiatric and Psychological Intervention

Medical, Nutritional & Dental Services
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy & Speech Therapy

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One Family Describes our Mission Best

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Attn: Parents of Children & Adolescents
with Asperger Syndrome or Autism
Help Us Help You
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Devereux needs your feedback!
We need your help as we consider new program models
that meet your family’s needs

People With Special Needs Honor Earth Day
Life Sharing Program Helps Adults with Special Needs
Devereux links workers, staff to a sense of fulfillment.
An NBC television affiliate, WBRE-TV (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) visited Devereux Pocono for stories on our consumer-run Golf Tee program and our 25th anniversary.

Special Needs Services Brochure
School To Community Transition Services Brochure
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