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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 SKILLS FOR LIFE Learn 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: Jane Hannafin, MS, OTR/L, RYT Clinical Director: Brooke Howard, MS, OTR/L 200 Ivy Street | Brookline, MA 02446 | 617-879-0305 [email protected] | ivystreetschool.org/skillsforlife Please call 617-879-0305 for a free 30 minute consultation for more information Skills For Life is a program of the Ivy Street School, a day and residential school helping students and their families overcome the challenges of autism spectrum disorder, behavioral health diagnoses, and brain injury. The Ivy Street School is a program of MAB Community Services, which has been creating opportunities for people with disabilities since 1903.

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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

[email protected]|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.