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•Skills for Life is an individualized home and

community-based life skill development service

for young adults ages 16-26

•Programming is directed and designed by

licensed Occupational Therapists

•Transition needs are identified and prioritized

through use of evidence-based tools

•Skills are developed in the client’s natural setting

including at home and in the community

•Services complement and work in collaboration

with any existing services

SKILLSFOR LIFELearn what matters, where it matters

•Skills for Life addresses the following areas:

• Social participation

• Self-advocacy

• Employment

• Budgeting & money management

• Continuing education

• Personal hygiene

• Community participation and mobility

• Grocery shopping & cooking

• Household management

• Medication management

• Executive functioning

Program Director:JaneHannafin,MS,OTR/L,RYT

Clinical Director:BrookeHoward,MS,OTR/L

200IvyStreet|Brookline,MA02446|617-879-0305

skillsforlife@ivystreetschool.org|ivystreetschool.org/skillsforlife

Please call 617-879-0305 for a free 30 minute consultation for more information

SkillsForLifeisaprogramoftheIvyStreetSchool,adayandresidentialschoolhelpingstudentsandtheirfamilies

overcomethechallengesofautismspectrumdisorder,behavioralhealthdiagnoses,andbraininjury.TheIvyStreetSchool

isaprogramofMABCommunityServices,whichhasbeencreatingopportunitiesforpeoplewithdisabilitiessince1903.