Day Program
Our Approach
We set high standards for equipping adults who have developmental disabilities to learn, grow, lead, and serve. We encourage our participants to aim high at:
- Understanding more about our community
- Developing new skills
- Trying new things
- Becoming the best they can be
- Accepting responsibility
- Working as a team
- Helping those in need
- Putting others ahead of self
Our holistic approach to learning includes:
- Socializing
- Studying topics of interest
- Exercising and playing games
- Expressing ourselves through music and art
- Making decisions
- Solving problems
- Practicing leadership skills
- Enhancing practical living skills
- Serving our community through hands-on projects
Specialized Curriculum
We utilize the N2Y special education curriculum which allows us to improve teacher satisfaction and participant outcomes.
Why N2Y curriculum?
We share N2Y’s belief that “everyone can learn, and every participant has the right to reach their full potential.” N2Y provides us with a structured environment that promotes lifelong learning and continuing education. N2Y is the nation’s #1 solution for special education and the first—and only—comprehensive solution. The complete special education solution prepares participants for the ultimate test: succeeding in life.
N2Y empowers achievement and enriches participants’ lives with differentiated, standards-based academic and life skills lessons, integrated behavior management and intervention, engaging educational games, relevant symbol communication tools, enriching current events content, and a powerful, collaborative system for personalized learning.
Curriculum Highlights
- Award-winning instructional resources
- Research-based differentiated instruction delivered with a scaffolding approach
- The nation’s leading special education solution
- Personalizes every participant’s journey toward meaningful independence
- Addresses the needs of the whole participant
Program Details
Able to Serve provides a Day Program for adults with disabilities, Monday through Friday from 9:00am – 3:00pm. Our Day Program requires no minimum of skill development for entry into the program, however certain criteria do apply:
- Our program is designed for individuals 18+.
- Individuals need to be independent in the restroom & group environment, unless accompanied by a 1:1 caregiver.
- Factors of ineligibility may include, but are not limited to, exceptional medical care, significant 1:1 assistance needs, significant physical aggression, self-injurious behavior, and criminal history.
Please review our Parent/Guardian Handbook for further details about our Day Program including policies and financial information.
Program Cost
Our program focuses on individualized educational instruction, social experiences, and community service projects. Thanks to generous donors like you, families are only responsible for 40%, and donations generate the remaining 60% of the overall program cost.
For Program Fee’s, we do not accept direct government payments, such as the Innovations Waiver; however, program fees are private pay, and families may explore support through external scholarships or funding sources.
Included in our program fee:
- Participation in the program
- Transportation for trips
- Staffing, facility, and insurance
- Lifelong Learning
- Admission fees and other field trip costs
- Cookouts
- Special events
Testimonials
Meet Delancy "Lil D"
– Kay, Delancy’s Cousin
Meet Cassidy
“Cassidy has needed more than we could provide at home in terms of social skills and independence. This program gives her a sense of pride—not in an arrogant way, but in knowing she can serve, discover her strengths, and grow them in collaboration with the program & us. Finding and developing those gifts is a blessing from God, and He can use them in incredible ways.”
– Derek and Jessica, Cassidy’s Parents
Day Program Registration Process
How it Works:
STEP 1: Submit an Inquiry
- If you are interested in becoming part of the Able to Serve family you can submit an inquiry using the contact form below or by calling the Able to Serve office. While we value the work of agencies and caseworkers who assist families with program placements, these inquiries must be completed by the parent or legal guardian of the potential participant.
STEP 2: Take a Parent/Guardian Tour
- When space and resources are available to ensure the success of your son or daughter, you will be contacted to set up a parent/guardian tour. During the tour, you will receive a packet with more information about the program and program fees. Please note that this initial tour is for Parent/Guardian’s only. It is a chance for you to learn more about the program and ensure it is a good fit for your family. We look forward to meeting your son, daughter, or family member in the potential participant visit that will be scheduled after the initial tour.
STEP 3: Complete a pre-application questionnaire
- Following your tour, you will be contacted by one of the Able to Serve staff members to complete a pre-application questionnaire online. This questionnaire allows us to learn more about the needs of your son, daughter, or family member and determine if the program can accommodate those needs.
STEP 4: Come for Visits
- On each visit day, the potential participant will spend the entire day at Able to Serve.
- To ensure the success of your son or daughter, we ask that at least one parent or legal guardian be present for this entire first visit and on the second visit, the potential participant will visit on their own.
- Your son, daughter, or family member will have the opportunity to meet other participants, staff, and volunteers.
- He or she may be assigned to one group or to multiple groups throughout the day.
- Please arrive by 8:45 a.m. and make plans to stay until 3:00 p.m.
- Please bring lunch to enjoy at Able to Serve. Microwaves are available for food preparation.
- Prior to the second visit, you will be asked to complete our Participant Registration Form, required for all participants to attend our program.
STEP 5: Complete the Registration Process
- Following the first and second visit, you will meet with our staff to discuss next steps. If Able to Serve is a good fit for your son, daughter, or family member, you will be asked to complete any further forms and set a start date.
Contact us to learn more
If you are interested in enrolling your loved one in our day program, please contact us to set up a tour to learn more.
