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Life Skills Support
Cross
District Contact:
Career
Development Center Contact:
e-mail: suem@cciu.org
610-383-7400
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 studentÕs 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/equipment
- Individualized
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
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