Ability Advancement Program

Our social skills and adaptive living skill classes focuses on building relationships, social skills, adaptive skills, and real-life functional skills that children, teens, and adults can use in the natural environment.

Some skills we focus on are:

• Conversational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Social etiquette
• Interviewing skill
• Safety skills (e.g., CPR, choking rescue, first-aid, how to respond in an emergency, etc.)
• Self-management skills
• Setting a long-term goal and achieving the goal
• Team building exercises
• Working/collaborating with peers
• Principles and ethics
• Community safety
• Problem solving
• Health and Safety
• Self-care
• Occupational skills (writing a resume, preparing for an interview, how to follow up after an interview, etc.)
• Leadership skills (how to lead small teams or large teams)
• Building your resume and/or volunteering to help the community at animal shelters, non-profit organizations, city events, etc.

Note: Students can be CPR certified if they attend at least 3 classes which will be scheduled ahead of time. There is part one, two, and three of the CPR classes. ($10 additional fee is required and must be paid for prior to the final class). Students can still participate in the class and gain the knowledge but will not be issued a CPR card/certification unless the $10 is paid.

Fees: Are $100 per month which include Four 1.5-hour classes at our learning center in Upland, CA at: 846 W. Foothill Blvd. Suite A.

Drop off: Caregivers are allowed to drop off the students and pick them up prior to the end of the class session.