Care You Can Count On
At MARS Group care starts with dignity, safety, and personalized support.
Our homes are thoughtfully designed and professionally staffed to serve adults with developmental disabilities, including those with complex behavioral and/or psychiatric needs.
We rely on a highly trained and motivated team who are equipped with a mix of basic and advanced training.
Trauma-Informed Care
Crisis Prevention & Intervention (CPI)
Verbal De-Escalation (Verbal Judo)
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Coursework
Water Safety & Emergency Response
The Principles That Shape Our Care
Trauma-Informed Care & Person-Centered Planning
Our trauma-informed, person-centered approach shapes how support is delivered every day. Staff are trained to recognize that behavior is meaningful communication and that emotional and physical safety are essential to building trust and stability. Care is guided by collaboration, predictability, and respect for each individual’s autonomy.
Supports are individualized around each person’s strengths, preferences, culture, and goals rather than applied uniformly. By adapting environments, routines, and communication styles, staff work to reduce stress, promote engagement, and support regulation in ways that feel respectful and empowering.
In practice, this approach emphasizes:
Safety and consistency
Choice and collaboration
Respect for dignity and individual needs
This foundation allows individuals to feel understood and supported, creating the conditions for healing, growth, and meaningful participation in daily life.
Functional Behavior Assessment & Support Plans
Support at MARS is grounded in understanding the why behind behavior. When individuals experience distress or challenging moments, our focus is on identifying underlying needs, triggers, and environmental factors rather than responding reactively. This approach ensures support remains respectful, consistent, and rooted in dignity.
Care begins with a Functional Behavior Assessment, which informs individualized Behavior Support Plans. These plans guide staff in proactively supporting the individual through structure, communication strategies, and environmental adjustments, while also outlining clear approaches to de-escalation and crisis response that prioritize the least restrictive interventions.
This approach focuses on:
Identifying triggers and unmet needs
Teaching replacement skills and communication strategies
Supporting regulation through proactive, consistent care
This approach brings clarity and consistency to daily support, helping reduce distress and create safer, more predictable experiences.
Clinical Progress & Data-Informed Care
Progress is supported by ongoing attention to how care functions in daily life. Supports are not treated as static; they are reviewed regularly to ensure they continue to meet each individual’s needs as goals, routines, and circumstances change.
Staff collect simple, meaningful data during everyday support, which is reviewed by a behavioral and clinical team. This information informs updates to Behavior Support Plans and care strategies, ensuring that supports remain effective, appropriate, and responsive over time.
This approach supports:
Ongoing review of progress and patterns
Timely adjustments to supports and plans
Consistent, accountable care
This ongoing review allows care to evolve alongside the individual, reinforcing consistency while supporting long-term stability and independence.