Day Based Services - Progressive Directions, Inc.

Center Based Program:

• Staffing ratios - Based on the need of the individual
• Developmental Services - Training in developing and maintaining life skills
• Vocational Services - Training in self-help, socialization, work ethics and adaptive skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment
• Employment opportunities with in-house subcontract work activities

Community Based Program:

• Supported Employment Services - Provide ongoing support to those individuals in competitive work settings
• Provide services in obtaining such employment opportunities
• Follow Along Services - Provide support to those individuals employed in either a group setting or an individual basis
• Employment Opportunities - Contracts provide employment for individuals served through lawn maintenance services at Fort Campbell and in Nashville, also through janitorial services at Fort Campbell and locally.

Who do we Serve?

• Adults age 22 or older
• Adults with a diagnosis of mental retardation as defined by the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with an IQ less than 69
• Approval by Department of Mental Retardation

Special Needs that Qualify an Adult:

• Intellectual Disabilities
• Autism
• Cerebral Palsy
• Brain Trauma

What Services are Offered?

• Daily Living Skills Training
• Socialization Skills
• Self-help Skills
• Community Integration Skills Training
• Residential Care services provided from 24 hour care to limited care as appropriate and required