SCALE Overview & Services
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal." - Pamela Vaull Starr 
The SCALE Program is an experiential transition/vocational program serving students with special needs. These programs are based on the belief that community experience is an effective means of increasing self-esteem, vocational maturity and employment skills. Each person is an individual with unique skills and motivation who has the right and responsibility to develop and use strategies that will enable him or her to achieve a realistic, fulfilling adult lifestyle.
The SCALE Program strives:
- To provide individuals, regardless of disability, with a foundation of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that will enable a successful transition to competitive employment and adult life
- To develop a range of opportunities for integrated employment so that individuals can make choices about where and under what circumstances they will work.
- To enable private sector employment by developing marketable entry-level job skills.
Mission Statement
The SCALE Program is composed of people dedicated to creating, in cooperation with others, innovative and genuine transitional and vocational experiences for individuals with disabilities. These experiences will assist the individual in achieving a fulfilling adult lifestyle and in becoming a contributing, participating member of their community.
SCALE Services
Functional Academics
Functional academics are taught in the areas of life management, career management and personal management.
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Gail O. & Shaun S. in cooking class
Vocational Assessment/Exploration
Students are assessed with standardized evaluation tools to determine vocational interests, aptitudes and abilities. Students are also able to explore vocational paths through short-term situational assessment at applied worksites, job shadowing, volunteer placements, or internships.
Vocational Counseling
Throughout all phases of the SCALE Program, the students take part in group and/or individual counseling sessions to address vocational and personal issues pertaining to job awareness, adjustment and job success.
Job Placement
This service, provided as a component of the SCALE program, involves individualized competitive full-time and part-time job placements and may include job coaching. Job coaching provides the participant with added support that may be necessary to insure job success.
For additional information about the SCALE Program, contact:
Amy Fletcher, Program Director
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