BAROCO'S TORRINGTON PROGRAM

Location
     Baroco's Torrington program, is located at 99 Winsted Road in Torrington, Connecticut.  The site is convenient to area shopping, restaurants and local conveniences such as the post office and library. 
     
People served in this program
      The people served in the program  have cognitive and/or physical disabilities and have a wide age range beginning at 21 years.    Most consumers come to us from the surrounding Torrington area and often live with family or in state or privately operated group homes.

Program Hours
Baroco is open to participants Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00am to 3:00pm.  We close for the ten major holidays and four staff development days throughout the year.

Quality Assurance
            One of the things that has set Baroco apart from other providers been our consistent attention to looking at ways to improve our services.  Baroco has developed its own, in-depth, quality assurance tool to ensure that each of our programs is providing the best possible services.   All of our facilities are committed to programmatic improvement and maintaining the respect and dignity of every participant that we serve.  To this end, we are constantly  searching for innovative ways to enhance the services we provide.
            Additionally,  Baroco is evaluated throughout the year by various State auditors.  The auditors have consistently given us excellent evaluations frequently stating that our services are among the best that they have reviewed.   

Services Provided
    The program provides Community Experience Services,  Supported Employment Services, as well as Volunteer Services.   To learn more about each service area click on the underlined link. 

Person Centered Planning 
         Person-Centered Plans are developed in conjunction with the person's home and family.  With input from families and Instructors, either the Program Director or the Assistant Director writes these plans. The plans address needs in the areas of Communication, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Recreation and Leisure, Community Integration and Behavior Management. We also have Consultants who help to identify appropriate goals and objectives and provide staff with the training necessary to carry out the objectives.
     We work to coordinate programs, in the two settings, to ensure that the consumer can generalize his or her skills in both environments. Quarterly progress summaries are shared with the team and changes are made to meet the individual's needs as appropriate. We maintain close relationships with families and guardians through annual program surveys and telephone calls. We also assist many of our consumers in writing letters to those who are involved in their lives. Baroco maintains an open door policy in which visitors are always welcome with no appointment necessary.

Staffing
    The Program is Directed by Katie LaRose who has been running the program for many years.  Additional staffing includes two Assistant Directors, 16 full time & 8 part time Instructors, a part time Job Developer, and a Secretary.   Assistant Directors also serve as substitute Instructors for staff taking a day off. This system works quite well and ensures our staff to client ratio is maintained at a consistently low level. In addition to our regular staff we also have a full compliment of consultants available to us.

Program Contact
For questions or to set up a tour of our Torrington Facility call Katie Adams, Program Director  860-482-5682 Ext 1#  or Kris Northup, Clinical Coordinator Supervisor at 860-307-8004.