Connect: Phone: 705-535-2327 Email: info@adaptabilitysupportservices.com

Designed for young adults with intellectual disabilities who have completed high school, this program provides opportunities to learn new things, meet new people, and practice skills in a natural learning environment in our local community.
Monday to Friday Availability
9:00am to 1:00pm
Registration Required
Programs Offered:
Work Readiness
& Job Skills

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Communication with supervisor - taking direction, asking questions, understanding job duties
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Self-advocacy for accommodation
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General cleaning and sanitizing - tables, chairs, walls, equipment, counters, floors (sweeping & mopping)
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Customer communication & management - greeting, manners, directing customers
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Stocking and replenishing items - First in, first out rules, rotating stock, facing shelves
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Appearance, uniform & hygiene expectations
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Support with job training (if applicable) - WHMIS, OHSA, Kitchen Safety, Health & Safety Policies
Nutrition
& Meal Making

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Baking & cooking - ready-made and from-scratch foods
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Meal planning
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Recipe creation, reading, understanding
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Hand hygiene & kitchen safety learning
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Kitchen cleaning & sanitizing procedures - food surface cleaning, floors, fridge, cupboards
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Measurements & weighing
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Mixing, sifting, combining
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Using kitchen equipment - oven, stove, single burner, toaster oven, steamer, food processor, stand mixer, hand mixer, dishwasher
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Using Kitchen supplies - pots, pans, baking sheets, scissors, cutting board, ladles, tongs
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Knife Safety
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Budgeting cost per person and cost per meal
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Nutritional information, specialized diets
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Healthy choices, healthy options, substituting with options
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Proper food storage, labels, First in first out
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Safe temperatures - cooking, storage
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Creating recipe book for use at home
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Washing & sanitizing dishes
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Industrial Kitchen Policies & Procedures
Grocery Shopping

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Comparing recipe to ingredients on hand
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Grocery shopping list creation
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Budgeting & Money
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Branding & alternatives
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Paying for grocery items
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Executive planning for shopping experience
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Gathering items for shopping - grocery cart quarter, grocery bags
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Public transportation to & from store
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Communication & Interaction - with grocery store staff - asking for help, paying for groceries, interacting politely
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Nutritional ingredients & nutritional facts
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Communication with shoppers, manners, expected behaviour
Healthy Living
& Fitness

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Access to various active opportunities
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Personal fitness goals
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Accommodation for our own bodies, encouraging allowing ourselves to be where we are
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Group fitness classes
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Personal safety
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Healthy food choices
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Hydration
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Outside recreational activities
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Weather appropriate activities
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Attending local community recreation facility
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Communication and self-advocacy with fitness trainers and other staff at facilities
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Fitness attire and hygiene
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Expected behaviours with participating in gym and fitness activities
Special Interests
& Hobbies

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Painting - water colours, acrylic, still life, mandala dots, realism, abstract
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Mixed media arts
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Pointillism
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Digital arts - stop motion, movie making
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Sewing, pattern making, mending clothing items
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Knitting, crochet
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Music - listening, types, explore new genres
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Musical instruments - guitar, piano, violin
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Movement - dance, body awareness
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Creative thinking & problem solving
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Building & construction
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Action & reaction - marble run, dominoes, block tumbling
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Star & universe exploration - telescope, constellations, planets, stars
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Books & reading
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Adaptive technology
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Field trips - MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie Public Library
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Games - cards, dice, board games
Public Transportation Practice

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Purchasing bus pass / ticket
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Using City of Barrie Transit App
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Trip planning - planning route & timing
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Dealing with unexpected issues while on City Transit
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Transition to bus stop
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Boarding bus, finding seat, seating options
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Social interaction with bus driver and other bus riders
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Self-advocacy with bus drivers and other patrons
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Budgeting and trip cost
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Counting money & change
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Understanding city maps
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Transition Skills - executive planning skills
Field Trips

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Library - Essa, Downtown, Painswick
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Recreation Centres - East Bayfield, Allandale, Peggy Hill
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MacLaren Art Centre
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Mall
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Bowling
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Barrie Waterfront
The ABILITY to Adapt
& Social Skills

Ingrained in all AdaptABILITY Programs, these skills are naturally occurring, supported and encouraged during each and every program:
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Adapting personal role to people, places, and things
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Reflective practice of holistic self
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Self-advocacy skills
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Ecological systems theory - defining the effect of self on others and others on self
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Behaviour and emotional definition and management
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Communication skills
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Transitioning skills - ability to transition to new people, places
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Community self and Home self
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Independence skills
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Reflection skills - what went well, what is better to skip, personal role in outcomes, how to make own experience match personal goals
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Character building
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Social skills & interaction in natural settings
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Story telling
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Cooperation & teamwork
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APIE (Assess, Plan, Implement, Evaluate) Methodology
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Emotional regulation & coping skills
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Education: reading, writing, math