Life Skills Support
This
Life Skills Support program provides a continuum of services for students,
ages five
through 21, whose social/behavioral skills
are developmentally delayed. At the lower elementary level, programs
focus on self-help and readiness skills; the upper elementary level focuses
on the acquisition of academic skills; the middle school level focuses on
pre-vocational and practical work skills; and the high school level focuses
on community-based vocational programming, independent living and recreational/leisure
skills.
The primary goal of
this program is to develop each student's cognitive, social, motor, behavioral
and vocational potential to increase independent functioning.
Program Features:
• Program
supervision and management
• Individual
assessment and educational planning
• Interdisciplinary
educational model
• Functional
school/community experiences
• Available
sensory materials/equipmentIndividualized
instructional computer applications
• Behavior
management systems
• Special
Olympics support (optional)
• Transitional
programming at the secondary level
• Staff
development/training
• Preparation
for independent living
Instruction is provided in the following areas:
• Planned
courses - functional academics
• Daily
living skills
• Social
and behavioral skills
• Pre-vocational/vocational/community-based
experiences
• Inclusionary
programming
Health and support services provided in the basic program
include:
• Psychological
assessment
• Consultative
and transition services (not inclusive of vocational exploration/assessment
and job coaching)
Related services not included in the basic program
cost but available at an additional cost include:
• Speech
and language therapy
• Occupational
and physical therapy
For more information on the CDC life skills support program, please contact Susan Mateka, Ed.D., 610-383-7400.
For more information on the cross district life skills support program, please contact Katie Corry, 484-237-5570.
