Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion | LITTLE CITY - Community Day Services
Provides individuals with disabilities with programs that will help them gain independence. Services include: - Life skills classes - Employment preparation - Creative expression - Training/assistance with personal care - Referrals to healthcare, financial, legal, and residential services The Life Skills program is designed to enhance: - Self-advocacy - Communication - Independence Participants are engaged in activities such as: - Cooking - music - Community planning - Physical fitness - And rights, responsibilities and relationships. Employee Development Services (EDS) provides a transitional training program. EDS helps develop - Basic interpersonal skills - Attitudes - Work behaviors EDS prepares individuals for the Employment First Program. Horticulture program helps develop skills in gardening and landscaping: - General horticulture skills - The life cycle of plants care - Maintenance of indoor plants and outdoor gardening. Offers work in a team environment to maintain a garden and engage in social interaction with volunteers. Instructional classes, participants have full involvement in the: - Planning - Planting - Care of two fields in which they grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Center For The Arts provides new possibilities for communication and expression. The center cultivates an individual’s unique talent and creates a sense of empowerment and accomplishment. mmunication and expression. The center cultivates an individual’s unique talent and creates a sense of empowerment and accomplishment.
Date of Last Formal Update
11/09/2023
Data provided by
Lake County 211
Location
1610 W. Colonial Parkway, Palatine, IL 60067
Voice
Website
Hours
Service Hours Monday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Tuesday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Wednesday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Thursday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Friday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Application process
Call for an intake packet and updates about capacity
Eligibility
Must be a Lake County resident who is 22 years or older with a disability
Languages
None
Agency info
LITTLE CITY
Provides resources for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities