FOOD PREPARATION, CLOTHING CARE, PERSONAL CARE, and HOME LIVING - PROVIDES: Gross and fine motor skill development, self and environmental awareness, communication skills, healthy living skills, exercise including range of motion, life safety skills, social skills and friendship development, emotional growth, sensory diet, personal care skills and services as well as guidance and choice in decision making.

SENSORY INTEGRATION - PROVIDES: Personal care services, sensory stimulation including tactile, visual, vestibular, proprioception and auditory activities, gross and fine motor skills development, self and environmental awareness, communication skills including offering opportunities for choices, sensory diet, and improved individualized function with aid of adaptive modalities.

RECREATION, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION and SOCIALIZATION - INCLUDES: Aquatic, recreational, leisure and educational activities, how to access resources in the community, development of new skills in new activities, promotion of decision making by offering choice and guidance, promotion of social skills and friendship development, and physical development through challenging activities. Physical fitness is promoted for stress reduction and healthy life style. Personal care services are provided.

EXTRAORDINARY AMERICANS - PROVIDES: A more relaxed program which can accommodate participants who have health and age-related issues requiring a slower pace. We provide mentally stimulating activities including group discussion on current and past events, reading and discussing non-fiction books together, and playing games which improve our socialization, number and letter skills. We go on community outings and participate in art projects. This program provides training in computer skills, writing skills and social skills.

VOCATIONAL EVALUATION - is a comprehensive, individualized process of accessing skills, interest, and aptitude for vocational training and employment. Tools available for the vocational evaluation include work samples, situational assessments in actual work programs, interest, achievement, and aptitude testing.

WORK SERVICES - This program provides a variety of jobs on our production floor that will develop the necessary work skills for competitive employment. Jobs include shredding, packaging, assembly, collating/mailing, sewing, auto detailing, quality control and janitorial. This program gives participants an opportunity to earn a paycheck while developing work skills that showcase their talents and abilities.

COMMUNITY CONTRACTS - This program provides work experience in the community in a group setting. This experience could include building and lawn maintenance, cleaning and working in our Rest Area Maintenance program.

JOB PLACEMENT - This program provides individualized job development and placement.

JOB COACHING - We provide job coaching as needed by the individual in accordance with his plan.

DVR - We work with the Wisconsin Department of Vocational Rehabilitation providing job experience and job coaching to find and maintain a community job.

OUR PARTNERS:

- Walmart

- Burger King

- City of Rhinelander

- Rouman Cinema

- Rhinelander Ice Arena

- Rhinelander Animal Shelter

- St. Augustine Church

- Stifel Nicolaus

- National Guard

- WI Dept. of Natural Resources

- WI Dept. of Motor Vehicles

- WI Dept. of Transportation

- WI Dept. of Corrections

- Ministry Health

- Wolff's Log Cabin

- Taco John's

- Goodwill

- Doctors Foster and Smith

- TruFlight, Inc.

BIRTH TO THREE - Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs Birth-To-Three Years of Age