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Community Integration: Provides opportunities during the day to increase independence and participate in the community by providing training in work, social/recreational and living skills.

Occupational Therapists will complete agency or home visits to provide evaluation and training in daily living skills to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

OVCS provides life skills training, independent living skills, and personal care aides to individuals with developmental disabilities. They assist their clients in living an independent as possible lifestyle and help them become integrated into the community.

Community Integration: Provides opportunities during the day to increase independence and participate in the community by providing training in work, social/recreational and living skills.

Offers community services such as independent living skills instruction to individuals with an intellectual disability.

Life skills training that will promote independence in daily living and economic self-sufficiency.

Easter Seals Midwest helps individuals with developmental disabilities, including autism and their families address life's challenges and achieve personal goals through workshops and community living support.

Consumer Directed Services (CDS) are those services required by a person with a Disability, other than skilled nursing, which enable him or her to live independently in the community by hiring individuals to perform routine tasks of daily living. Typical tasks include getting dressed and undressed, grooming, bathing, bowel and bladder care, meal preparation, eating, and clean-up and household duties.

Provides independent living skills instruction.

Assists individuals with independent living skills.

Individuals receive training from an Independent Living Specialists including how to arranging living environment, using assistive devices, goal setting, activities to increase independence, cooking, cleaning, and more.

- Special Technology and Adaptive Resources for Students: Provides training in Activities of Daily Living and Technology. - Comprehensive Low Vision Project: Provides visually impaired children evaluations, prescribed devices and training in the use of devices.

Provides independent living skills instruction.

Individuals receive training from an Independent Living Specialist such as arranging living environment, using assistive devices, goal setting, and more.

STEPS (Stabilization, Time, Teaching, Effort, Progress, and Success): Provides independent living skills to clients in socialization, health/wellness, diet and nutrition, advocacy and more.

Community Reintegration Program: Assisting people with any disabilities to transition out of nursing homes and live independently in the community. Training includes tasks of daily living such as grooming, meal preparation, eating, clean-up, household duties and more.

Promotes independent living and works to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and seniors by empowering them to control and direct their lives and thus participate actively and independently in society.

Provides independent living skills training, vocational training, workshops, job finding assistance and transportation for adults with developmental disabilities or mental health concerns.

Day Rehabilitation Program is designed to teach basic life skills, provide basic functional training for motor skills, work/letter/safety signal recognition and exercise, plus leisure activities.

Independent Skills Training: Assistance is give to an individual learning or re-learning any aspect of life activities that could increase their independence and control over life. PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS PROGRAM) - This program provides a personal care attendant. Many individuals have been able to avoid unnecessary stays in residential facilities and some have even left residential facilities for the comfort and independence of their own homes.

Work skills through community volunteerism, community utilization: shopping, library, banking, etc. Communication skills, decision making/personal choices, domestic skill training, self care skills and behavioral control.

Provides independent living skills instruction for people with disabilities.

Community Integration: Provides opportunities during the day to increase independence and participate in the community by providing training in work, social/recreational and living skills.

Independent Living Skills Training: Provides individuals the opportunity to learn the skills and develop the necessary resources to maximize personal independence. Skill training include, but are not limited to, use of community resources, budgeting, transportation skills, cooking skills, self-advocacy, household management, nutrition, organizational skills, communication skills and stress management.

Independent Living Specialist work with individuals in one-on-one or group settings to improve needed skills to live independently. - Institutional- individuals residing in institutions in Central Missouri, who wish to and are able to, can work with an Independent Living Specialist to move into the community - Youth- are supported through transitional teams, transition fairs and independent living skills