Our Day Program

Arizona Developmental Service’s is a small, intimate program that provides training on various life skills with each member so that they can become adults with abilities. We go on multiple community outings a week; each outing is with the intent of community engagement and/or life skill education.  

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Every Tuesday & Thursday members and staff coaches prepare, using recipes, and share a home cooked meal with everyone.  Our members participate in various volunteer programs such as The AZ Humane Society, St. Mary’s Food Bank, and The Academy Theatre. Members work on various skill building and education activities daily such as: Health & Wellness, STEM, and Current Events. We love our family-like our positive environment and look forward to sharing it with more members!

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Vision

ADS is recognized as having a variety of quality programs that have increased the participants’ emotional well-being, community integration, and financial independence.

 

Mission

Arizona Developmental Services (ADS) is a day treatment and training program designed to help young adults with disabilities to become adults with abilities.

 

Core Values

We believe that individuals with disabilities should have the option to live their lives like individuals without disabilities. Learning life skills will empower individuals with disabilities to be a bigger part of their community. The ADS team prides ourselves in our values as a company. They are

Teamwork, Honesty, Passion, Accountability and all while providing a Fun

Continuous Learning Environment for our members.

 

Culinary Training

Our culinary training program provides education to our members on food safety, kitchen safety and proper food preparation in a homestyle kitchen. This program was developed to give our members the tools to gain necessary culinary skills needed for independent living and/or employment!

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On Tuesdays and Thursdays our members participate in a cooking class where they get to cook yummy and exciting new dishes for lunch, all while learning important food and kitchen safety skills. Members then put those new learned skills to the test and cook a homestyle meal  at lunch to share with members and the ADS team.

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Group Supported Employment (GSE)

Group Supported Employment or GSE on hold until further notice.

 

Life skills Training

Our Life Skills training program utilizes a person-centered approach to assist each member in gaining the necessary life skills to become more independent in their daily lives. We work with members and their teams to come up with goals that are achievable for them! Staff provide positive encouragement and redirection when needed, creating an environment where members can learn and grow according to their goals and abilities.

 

Movement Program

Our movement program focuses on a variety of different types of movement such as adaptive sports, strength training, Zumba, yoga, dance, hiking, and many more activities! All activities are adapted to everyone’s ability level.  We hope to partner with more fitness/movement professionals in the future to provide a variety of different options for our members to explore, so they can be their healthiest selves!

 

Music Therapy Program

Our Music Therapy program is designed through staff led instructions by using instruments, with approved music videos once week.

 

Social and Recreation Programs

Our Social and Recreation program focuses on community integration, social skill building and career/hobby exploration. All members that are a part of our Day Program are encouraged to participate in this program to expand their interests. Members suggest activities they are interested in for the upcoming month and we schedule at least 3 community activities every week. We encourage our members to try new things to promote potential career and hobby exploration-come explore Arizona with us!