The STRIVE Program of PSL Services is designed to address the many issues faced by young tweens, teens and adults (ages 11-24) with developmental disabilities. Areas that we focus on include: improving fundamental academic skills, developing leadership potential, improving economic opportunities through continuing education, enhancing or upgrading work skills, integrating literary and social skill
s into occupational/vocational opportunities, fostering career opportunities through education and training, and promoting peer support for parents and siblings of this young population. The general long range goals for STRIVE as a whole include:
-To enable young adults to become a part of their community
-To offer a wide array of resources to young adults and parents
-To provide a safe place for young adults with disabilities
-To provide a social setting for transitional tweens, teens and young adults
-To build and foster peer support through a social atmosphere
-To provide a sense of ownership
-To provide an intro to computer technology for people with disabilities
-To educate and provide opportunities for high school aged mentors to learn from persons with disabilities
-To begin literacy programs for persons with disabilities
-To offer a resource library of post-secondary educational opportunities
-To begin a job training and placement program
-To assist parents in working with the established system
-To have active student mentors working with this population
-To do preventive work in the areas of smoking, drug, & alcohol abuse
-To provide valuable life skills
