Green Valley Enterprises Inc Of Beaver Dam

Programs: Employment services program:employment services program at green valley enterprises provides work related training to intellectually and developmentally disabled adult individuals. Services offered are provided through work adjustment training, vocational assessment, situational assessment, work experience, supported and integrated employment, and school to work. The work services program provides vocational training and work experience to help individuals achieve the highest level of independence possible. Work services individualize tasks and activities that teach and reinforce basic life skills necessary in order to work out in the community. Vocational evaluations generally involve situational assessments and on-the-job assessments to determine apititude and abilities with regard to community-based employment opportunites. A vocational profile is then developed to aid the client in determining which occupations best match their abilities. Situational assessments are used to determine individual strengths, limitations, and general enthusiasm for the opportunity to work. Situational assessments take place at a convenient community site. The work experience program provides individuals an opportunity to try out jobs that interest them within the community. This is particularly useful when introducing a new employee to the working world. The program may also serve as an internship for individual's making the transition from school to work. Supported employment provides individuals the opportunity to work in the community with the assistance of an employment specialist. Assistance may be in the form of job coaching, case management, providing assistive technologies, or any other assistance deemed necessary in order to succeed in the work place. Integrated employment requires a specific position to be created for an individual and supports are put in place to allow the employee a successful work experience. The life academy program helps young adults with an iep learn important life skills following high school, among them how to cook, clean, shop, and apply for work. The program also exposes students to a wide variety of area employers through volunteer sites.

special needs activity program:through the use of developmental activities in a social environment, the special needs activity program (snap) provides services involving socialization skill building; independent living skills; community integration skills; fine and gross motor coordination; and adaptive bathing. Snap goals are for every participant to reach their full potential, and to encourage maximum program participation.

birth to 3 program:the birth to three program serves families throughout dodge county wisconsin. 335 families were served. The program is designed to provide a resource for families who are concerned about their child's development. The services offered include special instruction, occupational, speech, and physical therapy. The program more specifically serves children who have a disgnosis likely to result in developmental delay or who have been determined to have a 25% delay in meeting age appropriate developmental milestones. The program is designed to address delays in the areas of cognition, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, speech and language skills, social and emotional skills, and self-help skills. Children who have been provided with early intervention services before the age of three have been found to have reduced problems in later years.

adult day programming is provided to the community at the trosten haus located on the campus of green valley enterprises inc. Staffing for this program is based on the diverse needs and interests of the individuals that take advantage of the adult day programming offered by the organization. A portion of the adult day care staff are "client care specialists". Client care specialists provide toileting, feeding, ambulating, and bathing services. Other staff of the adult day program serve as program activity coordinators. They are responsible for planning and implementing activites specific to the cognitive level and interests of program participants. Activity coordinators work diligently to create and plan a variety of activities, including: maintain your brain exercises, table games, gross motor activities, and an exercise program. Specialty groups meet in the afternoons and include: baking, crafts, science, history hour, travel time, music appreciation, and entertainment from local artists. Current programming has directly led to an increase in activity participation in the adult day program. Participants also take part in activities in the community such as eating out, movies, library, and the art center.