Out and About:
Connecting with Your Community
Out and About is a semi-structured, skill development within community settings program that incorporates individual and small-group support and guidance and incidental teaching.
Registration for each event is capped at a number that permits the individualized attention that is required to facilitate fun and learning.
Our program has two lead facilitators, one of whom is highly experienced in leading community-based outings and facilitating natural environment skill development.
Out and About is a drop-off model with support and skill-development provided by the two facilitators and trained high school peer mentors. Parents are permitted to observe for the first few minutes to ensure they feel comfortable but are then requested to enjoy themselves elsewhere while their son/daughter is participating.
Through a brief screening phone call before the event, we learn from parents what their child's strengths and weaknesses are in the kind of setting during which the event is being held. We ask about two primary goals that they would like their child to work on, and the facilitators and peers are made aware of the goals so they can target these areas during the outing.
As we are a brand new program, we hope to begin to foster positive relationships with community sites and granting agencies in order to defray the costs for parents. I expect that with our prior track record and feedback from families when we have hosted community outings in our previous positions that we will be successful with this over time.
Please contact us at any time with questions you might have at [email protected] or at (631) 923-0923.
Registration for each event is capped at a number that permits the individualized attention that is required to facilitate fun and learning.
Our program has two lead facilitators, one of whom is highly experienced in leading community-based outings and facilitating natural environment skill development.
Out and About is a drop-off model with support and skill-development provided by the two facilitators and trained high school peer mentors. Parents are permitted to observe for the first few minutes to ensure they feel comfortable but are then requested to enjoy themselves elsewhere while their son/daughter is participating.
Through a brief screening phone call before the event, we learn from parents what their child's strengths and weaknesses are in the kind of setting during which the event is being held. We ask about two primary goals that they would like their child to work on, and the facilitators and peers are made aware of the goals so they can target these areas during the outing.
As we are a brand new program, we hope to begin to foster positive relationships with community sites and granting agencies in order to defray the costs for parents. I expect that with our prior track record and feedback from families when we have hosted community outings in our previous positions that we will be successful with this over time.
Please contact us at any time with questions you might have at [email protected] or at (631) 923-0923.