• ​In the first, students range in age from 14 to 22 years. The goal is to assist students in reaching their potential for independence.
• ​In the second (Functional Life Skills transition), students range in age from 18 to 22 years. The main emphasis of the class is vocational experience. These students gain the skills they need to be successful out of school when they graduate. 
  

Although the two classes are separate, they do many combined activities.

Program Focus

To facilitate students' transition from school to the community, the Functional Life Skills program focuses on the following areas:

1. ​​Functional academics (e.g., reading, writing, numeration, computation, problem-solving, consumerism)
   
2. Communication (e.g., listening, speaking, social communication)
   
3. Social skills (e.g., manners, relationships, affective development, sexuality)
4. Personal management (e.g., self-care, home economics, housekeeping, clothing care, mobility, safety, community access
5. Leisure skills (e.g., behaviour related to individual and group leisure activities
   
6. Vocational skills (e.g., physical, work behaviours and experience).