Community Coaching

What Community Coaching Looks Like

Every coaching session is personalized. The staff member stays by the individual's side, offering gentle reminders, modeling skills, and helping them work through challenges step by step.

Coaching May Include

• Practicing safety skills like crossing streets or recognizing landmarks
• Building communication skills using speech, gestures, or devices
• Learning how to handle money or complete small purchases
• Navigating public spaces such as stores, parks, and community centers
• Managing anxiety or sensory overload with grounding strategies
• Encouraging calmer responses during difficult moments
• Working on relationship building and appropriate social behavior
• Learning routines for transportation, schedules, or community activities

Everything we do supports the goals written in the Individual Support Plan. Skills grow naturally through patient practice in real environments.

Why Community Coaching Matters

Community Coaching is often the right choice when a person needs more help than a group setting can provide. It gives individuals time to build trust with a consistent coach who understands their needs and helps them work through challenges without rushing them.

• Building confidence
• Increasing independence
• Improving problem solving
• Reducing anxiety during outings
• Strengthening communication
• Creating safer habits
• Learning how to stay calm when routines change

Families tell us their loved one becomes more comfortable in the community and more willing to try new things after spending time with a steady, supportive coach.

Our Coaches

Our Community Coaches are trained to support adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, communication differences, and behavioral needs. They understand how to read body language, prevent crises, and create routines that feel predictable and safe.

Each staff member carries:

• Emergency information
• A phone
• First aid supplies
• Knowledge of the individual's personal needs and triggers

Safety is always the top priority.

Who Can Benefit From Community Coaching

This service is for adults who:

• Have the CL or FIS Waiver
• Need one-on-one help to participate safely in the community
• Have behavior, communication, or mobility concerns that limit independence
• Become overwhelmed in group settings
• Need support with routines or transitions
• Need extra time and patience to learn new skills

Community Coaching can support individuals who need a behavior support plan created by a BCBA or other clinician. This allows the coach to follow a clinical plan with consistency and care.

Hours and Scheduling

• Community Coaching is offered Monday through Friday.
• Sessions are scheduled based on the individual's ISP, goals, and needs.
• Evening or weekend support may be available when written into the ISP.
• Transportation is always supervised.
• The coach stays with the individual for the entire session.

Growing With Gentle Guidance

Community Coaching allows adults to develop independence without fear. It gives them someone steady to rely on as they learn how to move through the world at their own pace.

Families often notice positive changes. More calm. More confidence. More willingness to try. More belief in themselves.

If your loved one needs one-on-one support to feel safe and successful in the community, we are here to walk with them.