The Academy In Flight Success Academy for Independent Living
I-SAIL or In Flight's Success Academy for Independent Living is In Flight's unique sequence of training programs designed for young adults in their 20s and 30s with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is geared towards those who have aged out of school and are ready to transition to independent living.
The Academy provides an additional support layer to skills learned in residential as well as within its subset programs Pre-Vocation (Pre-Voc) and Supported Employment (SEMP), with an additional focus on job retention.
According to the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, the top barriers of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities striving to live independently are personal safety (94.7%) and lack of household skills (94.7%).
The Academy's curriculum addresses these barriers to living independently as well as financial sustainability by inserting additional supports, such as:
Our I-SAIL Academy is one of a kind. We offer an additional support layer to skills learned within a residential program, at home, and within I-SAIL's other subset programs.
Learn more about our I-SAIL Academy on May 7th, 11am to 2pm at our Red Hook I-SAIL.
Amazing Turn Out and Success At ISAIL Open House
Our recent ISAIL Open House and Pop-Up Shop at our Red Hook location on May 7th was a remarkable success, thanks to the overwhelming support of our community and partners.…