Suffolk County Legislator William Lindsay Tours Updated Facility for Mental Health Program

August 20, 2015 | News

Recently, Skills Unlimited, an affiliate of Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) hosted a Suffolk County Legislator William Lindsay to their newly updated Mental Health SUCCESS PROS facility. The Program is a recovery-oriented psychiatric rehabilitation program for adults over the age of 18.

 

L to R David Barhome, Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), Legislator William Lindsay, Donarae, program participant, SUCCESS PROS, Skills Unlimited and Ruth Parkin, PROS Program Director, Skills Unlimited, Inc.

The SUCCESS Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) program is a resource designed to help individuals living with mental illness regain the skills and abilities needed to move forward on their life goals. SUCCESS PROS embraces the recovery model of mental health and realizes each individual has their own set of unique strengths, abilities and needs. At the SUCCESS program, the team focuses on personalized recovery; each individual creates their own plan for realizing their life goal. Individuals can engage in a variety of activities and groups based on their interests and need. Goals of employment, furthering their education and living more independent lives are constant themes within the program.

About Skills Unlimited, Inc.

Skills Unlimited, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization which offers a full range of rehabilitation services to person with disabilities. Skills Unlimited became incorporated in 1954 and opened its doors to the Long Island community in 1955. Our basic goals have remained the same and that is to offer persons with disabilities the opportunity to explore and develop their full vocational potential. For more information please visit www.skillsunlimited.org.

 

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