CCS - Carbondale, IL

To make a referral call 800-203-5394.

The Center for Comprehensive Services (CCS) in Carbondale was established in 1977 as the first dedicated after-hospital rehabilitation program in the country for persons with acquired brain injury.  (Link for Informational PDF File)

LOCATION AND SETTING:

Located in Carbondale, Illinois, across from the campus of Southern Illinois University, our facilities provide a unique opportunity for collaborative research efforts and, for some participants, reintegration into post-secondary education.

PROGRAMS:

CCS-Carbondale provides individualized outcome-driven post-acute rehabilitation services for persons with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions. While services are provided in the most independent setting possible, the nature and intensity of programming can be adjusted within the environments to accommodate each participant’s changing needs.

Tucker House - NeuroRehabilitation Program

SERVICES:

Our continuum of community-based care for persons with acquired brain injuries includes:

  • Physical Therapy
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Medication Management
  • Neuropsychological Consultation
  • Medical Consulting
  • Case Management
  • Life Skills Therapy
  • Individualized Counseling
  • Structured Day Rehab
  • Community Reintegration
  • Vocational/Productive Activities
  • Leisure
  • Nursing
  • 24-Hour Emergency on Call Support
  • 24-Hour Nursing

LICENSURE AND ACCREDITATION:

Residential programs for adults are licensed through the Illinois Department of Public Health, Alternative Health Care Delivery Act – Community-Based Residential Center and Assisted Living, Shared Housing.

The Adolescent Integration Program residences are licensed as a Child Welfare Agency, through the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

CCS-Carbondale has been recognized for its dedication to quality programming with a 3-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for the following programs:

  • Brain Injury Residential Rehabilitation Programs (Children and Adolescents, and Adults)
  • Brain Injury Long-Term Residential Services (Adults)
  • Brain Injury Home and Community-Based Rehabilitation Programs (Adults)
  • Brain Injury Outpatient Rehabilitation Programs (Children and Adolescents, and Adults)
  • Brain Injury Vocational Services

FUNDERS:

  • Illinois Medicaid
  • Kansas Medicaid
  • Kentucky Medicaid
  • Indiana Medicaid
  • Iowa Medicaid
  • Tennessee Medicaid, TN Care
  • No Fault Insurance Coverage
  • Accident and Health Insurance
  • Private Pay
  • Workers Compensation
  • Veterans Administration

PROGRAM DETAILS:

NeuroRehabilitation

NeuroRehabilitation programs use active rehabilitation to maximize neurological recoveries. Individualized functional goals are designed to help persons with acquired brain and spinal cord injury return home, to their communities, and to work or school. Each program plan is distinct with specific goals relating to medical, physical, cognitive, and emotional areas of concern. A comprehensive evaluation is facilitated across therapeutic disciplines prior to the establishment of functional outcome goals. Our functional therapy approach combines opportunities for therapeutic follow-through, skill acquisition, and practice in real-life settings with family training and comprehensive discharge planning. 

The NeuroRehabilitation program also provides Outpatient services, Day Treatment services, and Functional Evaluation services as well as specialized services for persons with mild traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. 

Services may be provided in intensive environments, small group congregate or apartment settings with varying degrees of support and outpatient or day treatment settings.

NeuroBehavioral

NeuroBehavioral rehabilitation refers to the organized delivery of assistance to persons with acquired brain injury.  The focus is on teaching behavioral alternatives to various unwanted or dangerous behaviors.  This model is intended to enhance participant involvement in daily routines and aspects of the community, which are selected by that individual and to enable him or her to do so in a more autonomous fashion. The approach is based upon the tenets of Personal Intervention which prioritizes the use of positive reinforcement or educative interventions that support desired behavior, rather than the delivery of artificial consequences for undesired behavior.

The NeuroBehavioral Program has developed a specialized substance abuse tract for individuals with substance abuse issues in conjunction with an acquired brain injury. In order to address complex cognitive, behavioral, and emotional issues as well as substance abuse, the program provides practical self-management strategies to teach alternative behaviors and life-styles. Because relapse is likely in the course of treatment, strategies are taught in community-based settings that approximate the person’s eventual living environment.

Shawnee House - NeuroBehavioral Program

 

The CCS Personal Intervention service delivery model used in our NeuroBehavioral Program focuses on teaching behavioral alternatives to unwanted or dangerous behaviors. Our interventions are based on positive reinforcement or appropriate levels of staff support that encourages desired behavior. By employing proactive teaching approaches to facilitate behavior change, Personal Intervention increases opportunities for lasting, positive outcomes.  The Personal Intervention Ultra-High Risk Protocol uses the basic tenets of this model in a staff secured residential setting to reduce the potential for psychiatric placements or hospitalization for participants who require intervals of increased behavioral support.

The Neurobehavioral programs utilize a continuum of living environments, ranging from intensive and secure congregate group settings to semi-independent apartment settings.

Adolescent Integration Program

Adolescents and children who have a brain injury may experience a wide range of physical, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and social challenges. These challenges interact with the typical adolescent growth and developmental milestones to result in unique rehabilitation needs. The Adolescent Integration Program recognizes these unique challenges and combines an array of contemporary cognitive, medical, and behavioral rehabilitation strategies within a transdisciplinary model and weaves in typical child and adolescent developmental experiences. Whether the barriers to successful re-entry are physical limitations, cognitive difficulties, or serious unwanted behaviors, our staff and students strive together to meet the challenges they face every day. The residential, on-site school, and community daily living experiences are structured to look and feel natural to the children, adolescents, and their parents. We live, learn, study, and play together in an environment designed specifically to achieve successful rehabilitation in a least restrictive manner. When a participant has achieved academic success in our program, we work directly with the family and local school system to ensure successful re-entry into their home, social, and academic setting. Summer rehabilitation enrichment, substance programming and vocational preparation are also available.

Services may be provided in intensive residential, small group congregate, host home, outpatient, or day treatment settings.

Supported Living Programs & Ongoing Support

The Supported Living Programs are designed to help persons with acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disorders live a full and productive life. Individualized support services are provided in home-like community settings. Programs are designed to enable each participant to preserve the goals reached in earlier stages of rehabilitation and to sustain their preferred quality of life. Opportunities for continued skill building are fostered through involvement in the life of the community and the integration of social, productive and recreational endeavors into each participant’s daily life. Our flexible, interconnected system of therapeutic options, living environments and community resources are as diverse as the persons we serve. By sharing resources with the CCS NeuroRehabilitation and NeuroBehavioral programs, we are able to serve individuals with varying medical, behavioral and socially complex needs. Our continuum of vocational/productive activity services include: competitive employment, supported employment, enclaves, volunteer opportunities, sheltered employment, recreational/educational endeavors and pre-vocational training.

Services may be provided in various living environments, including small group congregate homes, supervised apartments, in an individuals home with varying degrees of support, or in a day program setting.

Respite Services

Individualized respite options can be put in place when persons are in need of a temporary increase in medical or behavioral support or to provide periodic respite to caregivers. Support is provided by skilled care providers in areas including medical management, behavioral therapy, living skills, recreation, and work activities in a safe and home-like environment. Supported vacations are also available.

Services may be provided in intensive residential or small group congregate living settings.

CONTACT:

CCS - Carbondale, 306 West Mill Street, Carbondale, Illinois 62901.

800-203-5394 or email:  abiinfo@thementornetwork.com