Skills Development Center

Cooking Program: Work with ID and DD adults to learn how to safely work in a kitchen environment to prepare nutritious and healthy meals. We teach food nutrition, healthy eating, food and kitchen safety, food prep, portion control and appropriate eating skills and table manners. We stress and practice basic kitchen and food skills and safety. We work once a week with 12 to 15 clients in a three hour class. The main expense is the weekly food, which is often donated by the staff.

Facilitated Recreation Center: A safe and monitored place where adults with ID and DD can meet, play games, participate in Arts and Crafts while building peer relationships. We work of fostering appropriate social and peer behaviors and relationships as well as building independent life skills and self esteem in a positive environment. We host 8 to 18 clients daily from Monday to Friday 12:30 to 5:30 pm. Expenses are minimal for this program and are often donated.

Community Work Program: Work with ID and DD adults in a local community thrift store twice a week. We work on appropriate work and social skills as well as independent life skills. Each work session is three hours, twice a week and we work with 8 to 10 clients weekly. There are no expenses associated with this program.