Our Purpose
Our Students
Our Students
PARADIGM™ is a private, nonsectarian program providing adult day services. PARADIGM™ treats all persons with the same dignity, respect, and equal opportunity. For PARADIGM™, the person is the focus of the program.
Our Students
Our Students
Our Students
PARADIGM™ is an innovative program for persons with special needs. PARADIGM™ serves persons 18 years of age and over requiring guidance in fundamental life processes. The cornerstone of PARADIGM™ is comprised of cognitive, vocational, and social programming.
Our Team
Our Students
Our Team
PARADIGM™ staff members are caring, skilled program coordinators and aides available to assist in the person's progression. PARADIGM™ employs staff who are bilingual and deaf interpreters. In addition, volunteers and interns contribute to the program.
PARADIGM™ Programs
Day Program
Independent Living Skills
Independent Living Skills
PARADIGM™ Day Program is individual programming designed to provide cognitive stimulation as well as to enhance the person's physical condition and group interaction.
Independent Living Skills
Independent Living Skills
Independent Living Skills
PARADIGM™ Independent Living Skills Program (PILS) assists persons in improving their independent living by enhancing their functional skills sets in self-advocacy, employability, self-care, and community immersion.
Virtual Academy
Independent Living Skills
Virtual Academy
The newest addition to PARADIGM’S™ programming is the PARADIGM™ Virtual Academy (PVA). PVA was launched in 2020 in response to the pandemic in order to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the individuals it serves and their families.
PARADIGM™ DAY PROGRAM
Day Program Sample Areas of Focus
· Communication Skills
· Community Immersion
· Intergenerational Programs
· Functional Academics
· Functional Reading
· Horticulture/Gardening
· Hygiene
· Independent Living Skills
· Food Preparation
· Mobility Training
· Money Management
· Music and Art Therapy
· Nutrition
· Pet Therapy
· Computer and Video Technology
· Recreation and Physical Fitness
· Pre-vocational Skills
· Professional Entertainment
· Safety and First Aid
· Self-advocacy
· Social Skills
· Theatre
COMMUNITY IMMERSION
PARADIGM™ assists persons in learning to be mobile with in the community and in using local services. All trips are related to the curriculum and are purposeful.
PRE-VOCATIONAL SKILLS
Pre-vocational skills include, but are not limited to, the following: computer, office, clerical, child care, housekeeping, cooking, hospitality, and janitorial.
PARADIGM™ provides support services for several local businesses.
WORK AND CAREER CURRICULUM
PARADIGM™ career curriculum may include, but is not limited to, the following: resume writing, budgeting, mobility training, social relations, and work ethics.
PARADIGM™ work program includes job readiness, job development, job placement and on-the-job support.
PARADIGM™ INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM (PILS)
PILS Programming Sample Areas of Focus
· Cooking
· Cleaning
· Menu planning and preparation
· Money management and purchasing
· Personal health and hygiene
· Self-advocacy
· Independent community recreation and participation
· Home and community safety
· Community resource awareness and use (fire, safety, emergency, medical and dental)
· Other supports necessary for the person in maintaining self-sustaining, independent living situations in the community
PARADIGM™ VIRTUAL ACADEMY
(831) 233-2777
The PARADIGM™ Virtual Academy program is inclusive of all of the elements of the state-approved Alternative Services Delivery Model, including delivery of services via U.S. mail and electronic modalities (phone, email, texting, and videoconferencing).
