Peer Counseling and Independent Living Skills Training, Sensory

Clinch Independent Living Services offers peer counselors to assist individuals with sensory disabilities to develop and achieve independence and self-reliance. Participants develop a plan to achieve maximum independence and set goals toward that independence.  Through counseling, sharing of experiences in coping with the effects of disability, participants learn about the needs and resources to achieve their goal. Peer counseling can be on an individual basis, as well as group support. Also provides encouragement and information about community resources, sharing insights and perspectives from personal experience.

Individual and group training is provided in several categories including personal assistant management, building self-esteem, money management, navigating one's environment, and self-advocacy. All programs are designed to meet individual needs. The Center provides services to persons with disabilities residing in Planning District 2, including Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell counties.

Tazewell County Branch office can be reached at 276-988-0503 (Voice), 276-988-1883 (TTY)