What makes us special?

•Stepping Stone serves as a model to other organizations in the

region   for how to reach people with developmental disabilities.

•Stepping Stone provides services to people who desperately need

our help but have not yet received funding from state or federal

sources.

•Stepping Stone provides services to children who have been turned

away from other institutions.

•Stepping Stone receives referrals from physicians all around our

region.

•Stepping Stone is succeeding in raising awareness in our region for

people with developmental disabilities.

•In 45 years of operation, Stepping Stone has always operated with

a balanced budget.

•Stepping Stone transitions a large number of children to traditional

public school classrooms that otherwise would not if their needs

hadn’t been met.

•Stepping Stone has a commitment to careful planning for how to

continue to meet the fast growing needs or our region.

Stepping Stone was organized in 1972 and began

with two staff members providing services to six

individuals.  Today, Stepping Stone is no longer

just a school; It has become a comprehensive

service provider to people with developmental

disabilities and their families. Our program

provides a model for other organizations in the

state, on how to reach and serve people.  Stepping

Stone is the parent organization for five programs: 

Therapeutic Preschool, Adult Development

Center/Jobs Plus, Cedar Ridge, Personal Care, and

a Medicaid Waiver program.   The therapeutic

preschool is the only full-time one of it’s kind in

Crawford County.  We offer educational training,

speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical

therapy, behavior management; as well as, family

case management and training.

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