- Advocacy
- Assistive Technology
- Community Integration
- Deaf IL Expansion
- Education Enhancement
- Housing
- IL Skills
- Loan Bank
- Nursing Home Transition
- Peer Support and Outreach
- Outreach Program
Education Enhancement Program
Contact the Deaf Independent Living Expansion Program:
Mary Phillips
Life Skills Trainer
Email:
mphillips@uilc.org
Phone: 801-466-5565 ext.213
Kathy Self
Life Skills Trainer
Email:
kself@uilc.org
Phone: 801-466-5565 ext.219
Assists students with disabilities ages 14 to 22 gain independent living skills for successful transition from high school to community participation. Some topics this program teaches are:
- life skills
- money and time management
- dating
- shopping
- how to look for and maintain a job
- community safety
- completing forms for jobs
- general hygiene
- riding the bus, trax, and reading bus schedules
These skills are taught on location in high school classrooms, post-high school classrooms, and day programs.
