Community Involvement Program:

THE NEXT LEVEL Centre prides itself on encouraging participants to be active in our community. Recreation, leisure and volunteering experiences are explored within the community with the intention that the skills learned by this exposure to the community will transfer outside the program setting of THE NEXT LEVEL.

Through THE NEXT LEVEL participants are involved and exposed to the community in the following ways:

• Memberships at the YMCA

• Attendance at the Snoezelen Room

• Grocery Stores

• Movies

• Local Theatre Productions

• Public Library

• Tim Horton’s/McDonald’s

• Shopping Centers

• Local Museums and Farms

• Restaurants

• Home Depot

• Other not-for-profit organizations

Community Activities Within the Learning Centre:

• Music Experiences

• Therapy Dog Program (St John’s Ambulance)

• Yoga

• Fitness

Respite Services:

Respite services helps families develop a respite care plan. Respite care can happen in two ways: in your home or out of your home. When respite care is provided in your home, a caregiver comes into your house to care for your child. This can give you time to do other things such as spending time with a sibling, house cleaning, banking, and shopping. Respite care outside your home means that your child is cared for temporarily in another setting such as a residence, group home, or camp.