Skill Building
The Skill Building Program provides an array of services to
adults with significant barriers to employment and
functioning independently in their community.
The program emphasizes vocational training, community
integration and personal independence. Services are designed
to assist individuals with developing and strengthening
their independent functioning in daily living,
communication, socialization, work skills and productivity.
Using a person-centered approach, a participant’s individual
plan may include classroom training/activities, volunteer
opportunities, community-based experiences, paid work in a
variety of settings and supported community employment.
Services are designed to assist persons with functional
limitations that may include: limited work experience or job
skills, inability to read or write, limited skills necessary
for effective social interaction and communication, poor
coping skills, and difficulty attending to task. The Skill
Building Program also serves persons who have a visual,
hearing, physical and/or mobility disability.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Participants must:
• Be a resident of Wayne County and no longer receiving
services from the school system
• Be at least eighteen years of age with a Developmental
Disability
• Possess basic verbal, manual or assisted communication
skills
• Demonstrate the ability to independently perform basic
self-care skills (with or without a personal care attendant)
• Display behavior that does not require continual or
repeated periods of separation from others, physical
intervention, or one-on-one supervision
Funded by Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health
Agency (DWCCMHA) and the Michigan Department of Career
Development-Rehabilitation Services.
|
