How does Building Full Lives use Emergent Learning? Emergent learning is an essential component of the Building Full Lives program at Connections. Emergent learning is a flexible approach that relies on the participants interests and the circumstances of the day to dictate the learning content. It means staff may come with a loose plan in…
The Building Full Lives program has a couple of people who have expressed an interest in nature. Each person shares an interest in learning more about nature and experiencing how learning about nature may evolve into something else, such a another new experience or even possibly a volunteer opportunity. To get started, they went to…
Lily joined the Building Full Lives program with an open mind about the things she would like to do and explore. She is self aware, in that she knows she wants to work on budgeting as it relates to shopping and prioritizing her wants and needs. However, she is also very open to seeing what…
Often times, it is easier to describe Building Full Lives supports according to what it is not. Building Full Lives is not: A replacement for competitive community based employment Activities just to fill time Activities that individual are plugged in to Random activities to just keep people busy Simply just fun and recreational activities Large…
Principles of the Building Full Lives Supports at Connections The following principles are essential in the Building Full Lives model of supports. Staff members must be trained on these values and shift their mindset from system based thinking to individualized, outcome based supports. In the Building Full Lives model, staff work side by side with…
