OPTIONS: Part 4 of 5
In addition to providing academic core classes, the Options Program also provides instruction for a student's job readiness, speech and language processing and social skills.
Employment Strategies, Job Social Skills, Interviewing Basics and Career Explorations are classes that are designed to teach students the critical vocational behaviors necessary for employment success.
Students enrolled in Speech and Language may work on developing compensatory strategies for succeeding in college level classes. Some examples of targeted skills include vocabulary building, comprehension of college text, study skills and/or breaking down the language of assignments, texts or tests. Students who are pursuing a Certificate of Completion may also work on developing strategies necessary for the work environment. Some areas of focus may be listening, auditory comprehension, expressing oneself, and sequencing tasks or ideas.
Group work (pragmatic language) has been shown to be most effective in increasing the understanding and use of social communications.
Our speech and language pathologists may also recommend computer programs designed to increase a student's skill in a particular deficit area.
The OPTIONS Program at Brehm is a comprehensive transitional program for students with complex learning disabilities who have graduated from high school, earned their GEDs, or who have chosen to defer graduation in order to participate in this empowering Program. The OPTIONS Program focuses on the academic, employment and social skills required for success by emphasizing independent living, self-advocacy skills, and learning how to learn. As students (most 18 to 25 years of age) transition through three phases of the OPTIONS Program, they develop academically, socially and emotionally — acquiring the crucial tools necessary for independent life.
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