At Vanguard Landing, each resident is encouraged to reach their personal dreams and goals. The programs at Vanguard Landing are designed to incorporate the residents’ individual interests while helping facilitate growth in areas of need. Upon application approval, each resident will participate in a variety of assessments and inventories, including strengths, interests and career inventories that will help shape and drive how the resident experiences life at Vanguard Landing. These assessments serve as the foundation for the V.I.P, or Vanguard Individual Plan. The resident’s involvement is critical to the development of the goals within the VIP.

In addition, staff and family members will collaborate to design appropriate and challenging goals that are unique to the individual’s interests and strengths. The V.I.P will focus on the individual’s skill sets and will help each resident reach his or her full potential. Goals will concentrate on areas such as behavior/work improvements, social skills, academic skills, and recreational/fitness goals. Each individual plan will be tracked by staff members in order to ensure progress is being made in each area and also to determine if goals need to be adjusted or if there are challenges that prevent goals from being reached.

Vanguard Landing is committed to ensuring that each individual resident has the highest quality of life both on and off the campus. Whether that’s helping shape critical job skills to be successful within the work place or encouraging effective social skills with other residents and members of the community, residents will be continuously supported and encouraged to reach their maximum potential. Life at Vanguard Landing allows residents to experience the life that they deserve in a variety of ways such as residential, recreational, employment, and educational while continuously improving skills in each area.

Vanguard Landing does not provide licensed educational, vocational, or pre-vocational services at this time. Residents may choose to access community-based services and employment opportunities that align with their individual plans and goals.

There are many opportunities for residents and day program participants: