The Life Skills
Center's LEAD Program serves students ages 5 to 21 with special needs and developmental challenges. The program
provides a highly structured, safe, accepting, and sensory rich environment, that helps students to participate in and derive
benefit from educational programming. The program focuses on "enhancing ability" in every student.
The LEAD program is a non public day program. It is funded through tuition, fund raisers, and grants. Some
scholarships are available. Students attending LEAD may be referred by a parent, school system, or case manager.
The class capacity is currently 12 students. The program is staffed with qualified licensed professionals and highly
qualified paraprofessionals. The classroom has a high staff to student ratio, in which student as access to 1:1 instruction
and assistance as needed. At this time, transportation is provided by parents and caregivers.