Focus for Life Program |
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30-45+ hour program designed to enhance essential life concepts that provide a framework for self-responsibility and personal growth. This is a program for any individual, age 9+ through adulthood, who is struggling with interacting within social norms, being motivated, organized, and regulating emotions or autism. This includes training for a support person to enable concepts to be generalized into family and social life.
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Personalized Tools
During the program the student will learn to demonstrate the following personal tools to aid in FOCUS: Release - a tool that helps to let go of anxiety and emotions that lead to confusion Regulate - a tool to help control energy Maintain - a tool to help the student maintain attention, correct perceptions, combat daydreaming Balance - a tool to improve eye-hand coordination, hand-writing, and visual tracking VME - visual memory exercises developed to identify, activate, and enhance visual memory Exploration of Real World Concepts - specific exercises to build the foundations necessary to develop:
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Flexible Scheduling
This program can be provided intensely over sequential days, or spread out over time, depending on the need and schedule of the individual Client Experience
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"[my son] has made incredible strides since he did this program. He has a significantly improved noise tolerance. He was able to participate in the 4th grade Idaho History Program without covering his ears once during the performance. That was a first for him. In previous years he wasn't able to stand in the bleachers with all the other kids during the singing and not have his ears covered. I think the program has helped him vocalize some of his feelings which in turn has given him the ability to advocate for himself. -- He doesn't seem to spend too much time being overwhelmed these days anymore. -- I do think that the skills that he learned working with Kelley and the her program have given him a boost in participating in his family and social life. Having things taught to him directly rather than having to learn them through observation or over many years, has allowed him to make more rapid strides in his self confidence than he would have without the program."
