CIP’s Life Skills Team helps to teach and model key skills and competencies for students to practice and generalize within their own households. CIP students receive individually tailored independent living services within their residence based on their unique needs. Several structured weekly social activities are planned each week offering fun recreational and leisure opportunities within the community. Our students live year-round in a furnished apartment setting and each student has their own bedroom and shares common areas with at least one roommate.
Young adults enrolled in CIP’s Full-Year Transition Program reside in fully-furnished apartments conveniently located very close to CIP’s Center and to one another. Our students have one to four roommates depending on their location and housing arrangements. Each student has their own bedroom and a shared bathroom, kitchen, and living room.
As part of the year-round independent living experience, our young adults learn apartment upkeep skills in order to maintain their own living environment. Students learn and apply executive functioning and social skills and strategies as they work collaboratively with their CIP student apartment-mates. Organizational tools such as checklists and visual management techniques are often utilized as CIP students learn to generalize the routines needed to maintain their living space and live more independently.
An active social life is an important component of CIP’s Life Skills Program. Numerous unique recreational activities and other social events are planned and led in the surrounding community each weekend. Each Center offers a student lounge; a place to drop in during unstructured time to socialize connect with others. CIP’s active social schedule helps foster social connections, teach travel skills, learn financial budgeting, and build self-confidence.
CIP provides valuable instruction and help students learn to cook successfully for themselves and friends in their own apartments. Group cooking modules, menu planning, and grocery shopping are also provided as a part of CIP’s Life Skills program. A weekly potluck takes place where everyone is invited to bring a favorite dish.
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