Ms. Sarah Louer, MSW, LCSW, LICSW is the Director of Clinical Services for Mountain Lake Services – Essex County Chapter, NYSARC, Inc. located in the Adirondack Region of New York State. During her 23-year tenure she has developed several community-based programs for individuals with Intellectual and other Developmental Disabilities. She received her advanced degree in Social Work from the University of Vermont which is a strengths-based program with a focus on human rights. Sarah was able to predict the changing service system within New York States abrupt deinstitutionalization and developed a residential treatment program for men with Intellectual Disabilities who have sexually offended. This program has been in successful operation for nearly 11 years, is community based and operates from a strength based, narrative treatment approach. Additionally, she has a private therapy practice in Vermont. Her career and professional efforts have always focused on social justice, universal human rights and innovative service development. Sarah has presented at the MASOC conference, the National AAIDD conference, and in several New York conferences on working with Individual’s with Intellectual Disabilities and sexual behavior problems. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the New York Alliance and Chairs their Complex Needs Committee in Albany, NY.
Sarah Louer, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
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