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Hispanic woman with long, bleached blond hair in a blue shirt reading a  book with two older men in the Life Enrichment program
Two men by Thompson's historic mill: Delicious apple and rose signs are on the silos in the background.
Older man and woman with developmental disabilities on train ride together.

discovering

interests

and finding community

Helping individuals with disabilities explore their interests, build relationships, and experience their community.

Life ENrichment Activities Program 

The Life Enrichment Activities Program (LEAP) is a day activity program for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.Through small group, community-based activities, LEAP participants discover interests, explore community attractions, build relationships, and participate in volunteer opportunities. 

 

Services aim to:

  • Provide the support necessary to build and strengthen relationships between family members, friends, and members of the local community.

  • Find places where an individual’s interest, culture, talent, and gifts can be contributed and shared with others with similar interests.

  • Provide opportunities for people to do things they enjoy as well as new and interesting things that involve the broader community. 

  • Support participation in clubs, association, and organizations as members and in decision-making capacities.

  • Increase the skills necessary to initiate, plan and engage in activities - alone or with others – out in the individual’s community.

 

Skill-building is incorporated into the program's daily activities. We work with individuals on skills like:

  • waiting your place in line,

  • appropriate eye contact,

  • respecting personal space,

  • taking turns in a conversation,

  • recognizing hazards or unsafe situations in the community,

  • using watches, phones, computers, clocks, maps, street signs, calendars, bus schedules, community landmarks, signage & symbols, alarms, etc.

 

Activities are non-employment services that are not duplicative of the services delivered as part of Shangri-La’s CES Program.

Service Area

Marion County

Eligibility  Information

Individuals must be at least 18 years of age, have a diagnosed intellectual or developmental disability, and an established Marion County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) or brokerage case manager who can make a referral for services if applicable.

For more information, contact:

Smiling woman with long, light brown hair in purple Shangri-La shirt.

Melissa

Life Enrichment Activities Program

503-779-9289

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Learn about the LEAP by meeting Shangri-La staff

and LEAPsters in the program.

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