OUR CORE VALUES
Dignity – Every human being deserves to live a dignified, meaningful and fulfilling life. We provide a respectful environment that encourages communication and social development as well as teaching the activities of daily living. In so doing, each resident is able to achieve a level of independence and thus a sense of self-worth.
Inclusion – Our “home” ensures that residents are actively involved in their environment and are able to feel a sense of belonging. By becoming participating members of Orleans our residents can feel a connection to the world beyond the boundaries of our village.
Health and Safety – The environment that we provide, together with the array of services offered by our experienced service provider, ensures that the daily living needs of each resident is met with continuity, respect and care.
Innovation – Through the North East Educational & Developmental Support Center (NEEDS), our service provider, the residents of Cape Cod Village receive the latest and most effective support services and available life skills training. We have designed Cape Cod Village to be a place of possibilities and opportunities, where programming evolves with the needs of our residents and those in the Cape Cod disability community at large.
“A society’s greatness is not to be measured by how well the strongest in its midst can do, but how well it takes care of the weakest in its midst.”
Palmer Parker, Quaker Author & Educator
THE CAPE COD VILLAGE MODEL
Cape Cod Village offers a proactive environment designed to support the needs of adults with autism. Our campus has been designed to enable a person-centered approach, one that emphasizes the strength of individuals rather than their deficits. In its provision of daily care and its development of individualized support plans, our service provider, NEEDS, focuses on meeting each individual’s needs in multiple domains such as connections to family, daily living, vocational interests, health/safety, behavioral/emotional development and social/recreational growth.
Cape Cod Village believes individuals are best served in a setting that promotes a sense of belonging, purpose and connection to one’s community. For adults with autism, a traditional group home does not always provide the least restrictive and most inclusive setting. In fact, these settings have proven to be isolating for some. In contrast, the core values of Cape Cod Village reflect opportunities to integrate those with disabilities into the larger community for a satisfying and productive life.
The mission of Cape Cod Village (CCV) is to meet the ongoing residential and community living needs of adults on the autism spectrum. To that end, CCV purchased a four acre parcel of land in the Village Center of Orleans, Massachusetts to build a community for adults with autism. The project was approved by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and includes housing for 16 individuals with autism and a Community Resource Center. The innovative design of this project ensures the outcome of optimum community integration for all residents based on person-centered planning.
Learn More: Links to Autism Resources
Learn about Orleans, Cape Cod here: www.orleanscapecod.org
Creating dignified and meaningful lives for adults with autism.
