#Day Program

[turtley-ausome]

I GOT MY CLEAR KEYGUARD FOR MY BIG IPAD TODAY EEEEEEE I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!!

Day program today was not great. I spent almost whole day sitting in staff’s office becase i was so overwhelmed by noise! They had me try diffrent noise canceling headphones then my normal ones, they were big and black but they did work a bit better i think so.

[shepandem]

have you ever gone to a day program and do you recommend them

Yes! I've been to two. They didn't work for me personally, because they were very understimulating from an activities perspective, and overstimulating from a sensory perspective.

At my first day program, we mostly hung out in a dirty basement playing uno or colouring in torn colouring books with broken crayons and dried out markers. I have a college degree.

At the second one, we had group outings, but they were always to Walmart or a basically abandoned mall.

Because everyone was grouped together, we had people with very high needs mixed with those with lower needs. Sometimes they would scream or invade our personal space, and that really wound me up, and I'd have meltdowns.

I also need 1:1 support for group outings, because I get easily overwhelmed and agitated by an environment's sensory experiences, and if something interesting catches my eye, I'll get distracted and wander off from the group without realising. The day programs didn't have enough staff to provide me with a 1:1, so I struggled.

Because I'm "twice exceptional" meaning I'm academically gifted while also having extreme difficulty with day to day functioning in normal life, there was never anyone else like me in the groups; they all had some degree of intellectual disability, while also not needing as much support with sensory things or in the community. That made it hard to make friends.

Every day program is different, and if you think one might be a good fit, there's no harm in trying it.

These days I get a service called supported community connector (SCC) instead, which is a single staff member who works with just me to do community activities. I also attend a small group that does community outings, and get 1:1 support within the group. That works much better for me!

[shyaringan]

naruto on main for a moment bc i miss my beautiful orange son (and the others are there. i guess)

[appldino]

Stobotnik whiteboard doodles

[geospiral]

Unwanted feelings

[spkyart]

Hello folks guess what I am reading

[lilybug-02]

Fear both ways.

Bug Fact: Approximately 1-3% of all known insects and arachnids are actually harmful to humans, our plants, and our animals.

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[audible301]

Ay can we talk about Bad Universe Evan and Jammer still ending up in the same place? Like even in a world where nobody went to Gowpenny and Evan grew up normal they end up at Purdue together.

Best friends finding each other in every universe

[jannecapelleart]

when your roommate is also your ex boss but also your ex employee but also your master but also your best friend but also your mortal enemy but also your mild pain in the butt but also your crush but a-

[thewisestdino]

[academicfever]

42/100 days of productivity!

Beautiful morning my loves … let’s make today even better

Log:15.1.25

🎧my sea_iu

#pc setup

#journal+ mental health check

#class 2P

#outline Chp 2

#matlab session

#textbook session 2P

#take a walk

[turtley-ausome]

What do you do at your adult day program 2x a week?

We play bingo, play games in the gym, do cut and paste activities, coloring, morning meeting, learning stuff like what’s healthy and what s safe or unsafe or about emotions, and we dance and do cooking class and have free time to talk to peers or play with toys or color or stuff, all kinds of things! Some times it is gets boring thogh.

[vickierubin]

Finding the Right Fit, From Inclusion and Beyond:  A New Day Program for Jessica

After All That Inclusion in School - Adult Life and A New Day Program for Jessica, we embrace hope as Jessica starts a new chapter. #Disability #inclusion #rare chromosome #transition #day program #education #special needs #parenting #1q43-44

Finding the Right Fit, From Inclusion and Beyond:  A New Day Program for Jessica after 20 Years. This is our daughter Jessica’s story and the narrative for many adults who require assistance with all daily living skills and have a severe intellectual disability. Finding the Right Fit I find it bewildering how we seem to lose the dedicated funding and energy invested in including individuals…

[colorful-horses]

charlie

[mendokayalways]

something something about riz gukgak imagining all his friends going to college together and something something about evan kelmp thinking all his friends would live in a treehouse together and something something about how lonely it feels to live in a world where wanting platonic love and friendships to be lifelong partnerships is seen as childish fantasy

[adastra-sf]

Happy Moon Landing Day!

On July 20, 1969 - 55 years ago today! - humans first stepped foot on another world.