Adult Training
 The
Adult Training Program serves 107 individuals with disabilities.
Various opportunities based on the desires and abilities of each individual
are provided. Social and recreational activities, paid work, volunteer
experiences, communication and mobility training, and physical and
occupational therapies are among the experiences offered. There are
eight
individual components as well as other areas, which include a workshop, kitchen, classrooms, small
activity areas, changing rooms, and physical therapy rooms.
Program participants enjoy many
community activities such as Aquabilities, Reading Phillies,
Great
Adventure, Sight and Sound Theatre, Blue Marsh, Philadelphia Zoo,
Knoebel’s
Grove, Strasburg Railroad, Hopewell Furnace, and many more.
In addition to enjoying community
activities, many program participants also enjoy community volunteering.
Volunteer sites include Wood-To-Wonderful, Opportunity House,
Humane
Society, Meals-On-Wheels, American Cancer Society,
Adopt-A-Highway, Adopt-A-Spot, and the Animal Rescue League.
The Department of Public Welfare and
the Department of Aging license this program.
For more information on this program,
please contact
Stacia Layser, Director of Development. |
