Advance Life Skills Training

This service is provided by a professional such as: New Jersey Certified Teacher, Certified Teacher of the Handicapped and/or Experienced Tutor.

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This service takes place in the office, home, school, and /or workplace as needed. Life skills training is intertwined with cognitive skills development and compensatory strategy development and implementation of these as cognitive deficits greatly impact ADLs and higher levels of independence. This class is open to all adults, including adults with developmental disabilities.

 

The focus of treatment goes beyond ADLs and includes: executive functions, advanced problem solving, activities of daily living/functional skills, household management, organization, bill writing, budgeting systems, grocery shopping and meal preparation, assistance with managing mail, job searches, time management skills, initiation and follow through of responsibilities and tasks that work towards goals of increasing independence.