Adult Day Training
South West Florida PODS Angels Family Support Group, Inc., Adult Day Training (ADT) center will be located in LaBelle to assist to provide jobs and opportunities to adults with disabilities. Individuals will learn job skills that can prepare them for the responsibilities they would face in an outside workplace. While training on the job, each individual earns a paycheck that provides them with needed income as they reach their full potential. Carefully supervised and thoroughly trained, these employees will participate in activities that match their physical capabilities. While many of our employees will remain at the employment center to work, many others will use this opportunity as a stepping stone to working in the community.
Adult Day Training
SW FL PODS Angels / ADT program in LaBelle will offer meaningful day activities and projects for a variety of people, including individuals from the community and private homes. The different theme-oriented groups focus on improving functionality and skill development of the people served. Each group will allow for individualized attention and have a unique focus and specialized activities.
PROGRAMS:
Social Interaction and Environmental Awareness
Activities will be centered on arts and crafts, adaptive cooking, music exposure and pet therapy. Individuals become aware of choice-making indicators, develop multi-sensory awareness, and their functional living skills, including self-care and personal hygiene.
Receptive Communication
Groups involve interactive games, multimedia visual stimulation and even horticulture therapy. Group members will learn how to explore choice making while also focusing on developing listening and auditory skills.
Expressive Communication and Computer Skills
Groups will focus on methods of communication through projects, stories, computer games and presentations. In addition to enhancing computer skills, group members gain vocabulary development and increased verbalization and communication.
Creative Arts
Through the use of multimedia materials to create art projects, these groups emphasize pre-vocational skills such as following instructions, on-task focus and initiation and completion of projects.
Vocational and Production
Aiming to develop a foundation of vocational skills in service and production areas, the projects include recycling, document shredding, assembly and packaging. These activities help teach task completion and functional money management while emphasizing community integration.
Music Performance Appreciation
Focusing on music exploration through instrument use, song and dance, groups provide a hands-on approach to skill development. The music positively affects behavioral issues, while also reinforcing functional skills and the idea of sharing.
Domestic Skills
Groups help individuals develop domestic skills, such as cooking and housekeeping. This group increases functional activities of daily living skills and provides education on personal hygiene and nutrition.
Physical Management
People need to be able to move around to maintain good health. This group is for individuals who have limited mobility and can’t move independently, as they require assistance to prevent potential problems. People in this group have the opportunity to be repositioned out of their wheelchair during the day. Performing frequent physical management techniques delivers the movements needed to relieve pressure on the body, avoid stress on the skin and reach the healthiest rest environment possible.
On-Site Work Teams
SW FL PODS Angels will offer opportunities to individuals who work best in a group setting. Being part of these on-site teams allows people to work on a variety of projects out in the community while developing social and workplace skills and increasing their financial independence and self-esteem. In addition to the skills needed for grounds keeping and custodial duties, they learn safe work practices and teamwork.
South West Florida PODS Angels Family Support Group, Inc., Adult Day Training (ADT) center will be located in LaBelle to assist to provide jobs and opportunities to adults with disabilities. Individuals will learn job skills that can prepare them for the responsibilities they would face in an outside workplace. While training on the job, each individual earns a paycheck that provides them with needed income as they reach their full potential. Carefully supervised and thoroughly trained, these employees will participate in activities that match their physical capabilities. While many of our employees will remain at the employment center to work, many others will use this opportunity as a stepping stone to working in the community.
Adult Day Training
SW FL PODS Angels / ADT program in LaBelle will offer meaningful day activities and projects for a variety of people, including individuals from the community and private homes. The different theme-oriented groups focus on improving functionality and skill development of the people served. Each group will allow for individualized attention and have a unique focus and specialized activities.
PROGRAMS:
Social Interaction and Environmental Awareness
Activities will be centered on arts and crafts, adaptive cooking, music exposure and pet therapy. Individuals become aware of choice-making indicators, develop multi-sensory awareness, and their functional living skills, including self-care and personal hygiene.
Receptive Communication
Groups involve interactive games, multimedia visual stimulation and even horticulture therapy. Group members will learn how to explore choice making while also focusing on developing listening and auditory skills.
Expressive Communication and Computer Skills
Groups will focus on methods of communication through projects, stories, computer games and presentations. In addition to enhancing computer skills, group members gain vocabulary development and increased verbalization and communication.
Creative Arts
Through the use of multimedia materials to create art projects, these groups emphasize pre-vocational skills such as following instructions, on-task focus and initiation and completion of projects.
Vocational and Production
Aiming to develop a foundation of vocational skills in service and production areas, the projects include recycling, document shredding, assembly and packaging. These activities help teach task completion and functional money management while emphasizing community integration.
Music Performance Appreciation
Focusing on music exploration through instrument use, song and dance, groups provide a hands-on approach to skill development. The music positively affects behavioral issues, while also reinforcing functional skills and the idea of sharing.
Domestic Skills
Groups help individuals develop domestic skills, such as cooking and housekeeping. This group increases functional activities of daily living skills and provides education on personal hygiene and nutrition.
Physical Management
People need to be able to move around to maintain good health. This group is for individuals who have limited mobility and can’t move independently, as they require assistance to prevent potential problems. People in this group have the opportunity to be repositioned out of their wheelchair during the day. Performing frequent physical management techniques delivers the movements needed to relieve pressure on the body, avoid stress on the skin and reach the healthiest rest environment possible.
On-Site Work Teams
SW FL PODS Angels will offer opportunities to individuals who work best in a group setting. Being part of these on-site teams allows people to work on a variety of projects out in the community while developing social and workplace skills and increasing their financial independence and self-esteem. In addition to the skills needed for grounds keeping and custodial duties, they learn safe work practices and teamwork.
