Program areas at Lifespan
Employment and enrichment: Lifespan has developed enrichment programs in stanly, union, mecklenburg, iredell, surry, guilford, cherokee and haywood counties that feature community and campus based learning environments. Each creative campus features interactive curriculum that focuses on horticulture, visual arts, performing arts, culinary arts, sensory experiences, health and wellness, leisure and recreation, computer literacy, music appreciation, volunteerism, and compensatory education. Enrichment services also include residential services for which programming includes training and assistance with social skills, personal health and hygiene, recreation and leisure activities and specialized therapies. In addition, Lifespan operates four icf/iid group homes and four innovation group homes in cherokee and mecklenburg counties. Lifespan provides employment services for individuals with disabilities in communities across western and central north carolina. Lifespan is commissioned by the division of vocational rehabilitation services and managed care organizations to secure employment opportunities for those who want to work. Our service footprint for employment services spans 28 counties. Services include evaluating individual's vocational abilities and helping them identify their employment preferences. Job coaches then locate local employment opportunities, work to secure the job for the individual and provide on-the-job training and continuous support to the individual.
Education: Lifespan early learning center serves children with disabilities and children with typical needs who are six weeks through the start of kindergarten. Using a reverse mainstream model of inclusion, the program gives children opportunities to interact with, learn from and develop relationships with each other. There are four schools in alamance and iredell counties. Lifespan provides early intervention services for children birth through three years of age through the children's developmental services agencies in 34 north carolina counties. Services are provided in the home, childcare center, or other natural environment that will correct, reduce or prevent further deterioration of identified deficits in a child's mental or physical health.