Ventures Unlimited Inc

Programs: Individual fitness is an opportunity to work one-on-one with a personal trainer who assesses specific needs and can design funcitonal exercises to improve daily living skills and work-site successes. Group fitness incorporates the fun and support of coworkers and allows implementing a variety of activities, equipment and music to programs such as: strength training, country line or ballroom dancing, aerobics, balance training, and outdoor activities. Healthy lifestyles are also promoted through cooking classes and health- awareness classes. Topics include meal-planning and grocery shopping for healthy foods, preparing healhty meals and snacks, awareness of personal safety and simple first aid at home, and independent living skills training. To achieve a sense of well being, ventures promotes relaxation and stress relief techniques through therapeutic massage theraphy. Away from the work stations, the quiet environment uses dimmed lighting, aromatheraphy lotions, and soft music. During coller weather months, use of a heated table and heated socks along with warmed stones promotes muscle relaxation and increased circulation. Feeling healthy, strong and self-confident promotes self-esteem and supportive interactions with co-workers and family and friends, and facilitates successful supportive employment within the community. Therapy comes in many forms and can be a valuable addition to individual support plans. Theraphy is uniquely structured to address personal issues and stress, as a tool in the development of behavior support plans, or as a means to alleviate pain and discomfort. Ventures unlimited is able to offer or coordinate several areas of therapy as part of the daily offerings as our facilities. The daily living skills program provides services to adults with various developmental disabilities who have adequate motor and adaptive skills to train for life skills in a closely supervised and structured setting. The program is designed to meet the diverse needs of individuals and promote personal growth in maximizing functional ability, independence and exposure to real life activities. The daily living skills program can be customized for the individual to receive specific skills and social training. Areas of support may include a variety of personal care tasks based on the individuals needs such as grooming, mouth care, personal hygiene and dressing. Another segment of living skills program will include grocery shopping, meal preparation, washing dishes, putting away dishes, general cleaning, sweeping, vaccuuming and learning how to do laundry. In the daily living skills program, the primary focus is to particiapte in and build on those meaningful and necessary activities that will allow a personal to reach their personal goals and enjoy greater independence in their life. Annually, or if a major change has occurred, a staffing is held with all concerned parties to review or revise the training plan.