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About Shriver Services
Shriver is a leader in the Commonwealth in providing unique, cutting-edge medical services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities throughout the Commonwealth. We provide these services through contracts with the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS).
Our services are provided exclusively for individuals who are under the service of DDS and are provided only by referral from DDS.
Medical Safeguarding
In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services, Shriver Clinical Services has been the pioneer of the groundbreaking Medical Safeguarding Program. The Medical Safeguarding program deploys medical providers throughout the Southeastern region of the Commonwealth to advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities who are in DDS’ service population to ensure they are receiving proper medical attention and treatment so they can continue living long and prosperous lives.
Vision Services
Shriver Clinical Services is the founder of the Center for Adaptive Eyecare Southeastern Massachusetts, which provides eyecare for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
We also employ Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists And Assistants to help those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, also living with vision loss, to learn critically needed skills to enhance their lives as they move and make their way in the world.
Shriver is also a proud sponsor of the following initiatives:
Focus on Vision Impairment and Blindness Conference.
The “Let’s Walk Together” instructional video that demonstrates the proper use of the Human Guide technique to assist those with vision loss.
Family Support
Mayra Machicote serves as the Director of Family Support for the Medically Complex Program at Shriver Clinical Services, leading initiative-driven care coordination for high-acuity individuals and families throughout Central Massachusetts.
- Lived Experience: As Mother of four children, including two who were medically fragile, providing a deeply empathetic, first-hand understanding of parental care challenges.
- Professional Foundation: Extensive field experience working directly within the Early Intervention program, specializing in early developmental, parent support, and localized care models. Her prior experience as a parent advocate in the UMass PICU allowed her to support families navigating complex medical systems during critical care experiences. As a bilingual professional fluent in Spanish, Mayra effectively bridges communication gaps and ensures equitable access to services for Spanish-speaking families.
- Core Mission: Delivering comprehensive wrap-around support in true partnership with families.
- Unified Network Advocacy: Actively collaborates across regional systems, including DDS, state agencies, physicians, schools, medical providers, and local Central MA communities.
Mayra’s collaborative approach blends personal empathy with multi-agency navigation, ensuring local family structures have the tools and clinical continuity they need to remain stable and safe at home.
Wrentham Developmental Center
For over 30 years, SCSC has had the honor of being the medical service provider for the residents of the Wrentham Developmental Center, located in Wrentham, MA. Through respect, dedication, and collaboration with allied health professionals, every individual served receives patient-centered care with the goal to optimize health through prevention, detection, and management of health problems. Our highly skilled team consists of nurse practitioners, physicians, and specialists who provide medical services specifically tailored to the critical needs of WDC’s residents.
Templeton Community Services
For over 30 years, SCS has had the honor of being a medical service provider for Templeton Community Services located in Baldwinville, MA. Shriver’s TCS Team consists of physicians, physician assistants, psychiatric consultants and a dietician, all of whom provide medical services specifically tailored to the critical needs of TCS residents.
Shriver Psychiatric Services
SCS provides cutting-edge specialized psychiatric services to individuals with developmental disabilities in the Commonwealth’s Southeast Region. They do so through a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and Integrated Psychiatric Consulting, PC. Shriver Psych does not take walk-ins. Shriver Psych Services are only available via a referral from the Department of Developmental Services.
Shriver Habilitative Services
Shriver Clinical Services has a long history of providing quality habilitative services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in the community. Shriver Employs Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, COTAs, and Respiratory Therapists who provide these services in the Community. Over the past two decades SCSC therapists and therapy assistance been also been able to meet the changing needs of aging segment of the population by providing habilitative services to maintain functional skills and maximize independence. Along with meeting the need for increased and varied services, SCSC therapists have established working relationships with area providers of durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, shower and both chairs, walkers, beds and communication devices, so that individuals can obtain the equipment they need.
Social Role Valorization
Shriver Clinical Services is a proud steward of the Social Role Valorization Implementation Project (SRVIP). SRVIP is a human service training, evaluation and consultation effort aimed at addressing the social devaluation of impaired and other vulnerable people in contemporary society. Social Role Valorization (SRV), as articulated by Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, is our theoretical base.
SRVIP has offered workshops from one half day to five full days in duration to thousands of human service workers, families, and advocates across the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the workshops, SRVIP has expanded their education program to include offering retreats for human service agencies, and advocacy groups, and maintaingin a library on human service issues where people are welcome to come study. SRVIP is also involved in evaluating and designing both formal paid services as well as unpaid helping forms for people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities..
These efforts have ranged from consultation with human service agencies and funders to “kitchen table” planning sessions in people’s homes.
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