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Coaching For Independent Living Skills In Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities At Friends Life Community, Ashley G. Raby
Coaching For Independent Living Skills In Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities At Friends Life Community, Ashley G. Raby
OTD Capstone Projects
Friends Life Community is an organization that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Nashville, TN. They provide a day program, drama therapy, social clubs, career coaching, and life coaching. The life coaching program is an individualized service provided to clients who are striving to become more independent in life skills. This project focused on creating resources and assessments to aid in the coaching process. Resources were created in the following categories: activities, cleaning, hygiene and routines, nutrition and exercise, and budgeting.
Assessment Of Independent Living Skills For Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: The Brightstone Experience, Amy Mack
OTD Capstone Projects
Mission: ”To provide a comprehensive work, social
support, and residential community for adults with
special needs, expanding their potential and helping
them develop mentally, physically, socially, emotionally,
and spiritually.
- Vision: “Our vision is to provide whole life care,
meeting the needs of job, home, recreation and social,
physical, and health in a God-centered, caring
environment.”
- Background: BrightStone recently purchased 138 acres of land in Williamson County, which will be used to
provide job training, life skills classes, therapeutic
activities, and community living opportunities for adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).