Learn Independent Living Skills to improve Confidence, Safety, and Freedom
Independent Living Skills Assessment
Every journey begins with understanding where you are. Our ILS evaluation identifies strengths, challenges, and specific support needs across all areas of daily living. We take time to listen and observe how a client manages tasks in their current environment and gather information to build an effective training plan.
The result is a written report with recommendations and suggested training goals that reflect the client’s lifestyle, preferences, and objectives.
The assessment includes:
✓ Review of medical and low vision reports to understand functional vision;
✓ Evaluation of lighting, contrast, and environmental layout at home or work;
✓ Identification of tools and strategies already in use;
✓ Screening for sensory and organizational skills;
✓ Evaluation of safety and efficiency in daily routines such as grooming, cooking, and medication management.
Independent Living Skills Training
Following the assessment, our training is fully customized to the client’s needs. Training is practical, flexible, and goal-driven. We meet you in your home, community, or work environment and help you build the skills you need to function independently and confidently.
Throughout training, we emphasize the development of transferable skills that support independence both at home and at work. We also work on building confidence, fostering self-determination, and supporting adjustment to vision loss in a way that is empowering and respectful.
Each training plan is a partnership. We set clear goals and expectations together, and we work at a pace that ensures both safety and progress. Independence is not just about getting things done. It is about living with agency, freedom, and pride.
The training includes:
✓ Cooking and kitchen safety
✓ Organization and labeling techniques
✓ Visual skills such as scanning and eccentric viewing
✓ Use of low vision tools to access print materials
✓ Medication management and talking devices
✓ Basic phone access and use of accessibility features
✓ Personal care, grooming, and wardrobe planning
✓ Household management and budgeting tools
✓ Time management, calendaring, and task tracking
✓ Note-taking and writing strategies
✓ Pre-braille readiness and tactile awareness
✓ Adaptations for hobbies, exercise, and recreation
✓ Problem-solving and practical decision-making
✓ Self-advocacy in public and professional spaces
✓ Communication and interpersonal skills for social and work environments
