Services

We serve the developmentally disabled, exclusively. No Ordinary Moments is a private, for profit corporation that contracts with a variety of regional centers in southern California to provide services to the developmentally disabled. No Ordinary Moments can also provide staff to schools, hospitals, after-school programs, social service agencies and can be hired privately to serve families. As of 8/1/2010, we employ 226 Personal Attendants and serve more than 130 consumers throughout Orange County.

No Ordinary Moments consists of two divisions: A Supported Living agency, and a Mobile Intervention Unit, more commonly referred to as the Crisis Team.

Supported Living:

Our expertise is serving those that have failed in other placements. We serve those who have legal restrictions, severe behavioral challenges, psychiatric issues, medical concerns, and any combination thereof. We are prepared to staff our consumers 24 hours a day if necessary and we employ an RN, an LVN and 2 Psychiatric Technicians for nursing issues. We provide excellent care and our staff is regularly supervised by our team of Program Coordinators.

Mobile Intervention (Crisis) Team:

Our Crisis Team primarily serves the Regional Center of Orange County but it has also served several other regional centers, as well as a variety of school districts, social service agencies and private hospitals. If necessary, we are able to contract directly with a family in need. A “crisis” is whatever the referring agency or family considers to be urgent. We are prepared to respond to an emergency within one hour of being called and can establish staffing to whatever degree is required within two hours. We provide supervision for as short a time period as an hour and we have provided on-going crisis intervention for some of our cases for several years. We provide 1:1 supervision for children and adults. We have staffed many of our crisis cases at 2:1 and even 3:1 ratios. We serve any type of disability and any level of functioning. We work in the home of a child, an adult’s home, in schools, at aftercare programs or in hospitals. We are able to secure psychiatric appointments, obtain medications, dispense medication and monitor these medications for those who come to us in need of such services. While a consumer is in our care we ensure that all medical and dental needs are met. No Ordinary Moments has transported consumers all over the country, from program to program or from one living setting to another. In the past 15 years we have enabled several hundred families to keep their developmentally disabled child at home while maintaining a safe environment for everyone involved. We have also provided invaluable assistance to several hundred adults who were in need of intense, short term supervision. As of 8/1/2010 the "crisis team" is providing services to 57 developmentally disabled children and adults in every area of Orange County. 

All of our Personal Attendants (both programs) are initially interviewed by one of our administrators, has his/her references checked and is required to undergo Live Scan, a Department of Justice fingerprint check for criminal backgrounds. CPR and First Aid training is required for all staff and Pro-ACT is offered to those who will be working in an environment that might include violence. There also is a monthly training session for all staff.