Community Based Training - Introduction

The goal of Ingraham’s Community Based Training (CBT) program is to prepare students with disabilities for life after high school. We hope to give students a wide range of real-world experiences, vocational instruction, and social skills training. Each day we gently but persistently push our students towards independence, and we ultimately hope that every student in our department will leave Ingraham with an elevated sense of self-worth and an ability to determine their own future through self-advocacy.

There are seven classrooms under the umbrella of the CBT program: two moderate/severe, two dyspraxic, two generic, and one autism spectrum (all of these classrooms are designated as low incidence). Depending on their needs, students in our department typically spend a portion of the day working on vocational and life skills, and many also take a variety of both academic and elective classes, which could include American government, creative writing, swimming, choir, or even a class about the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Students in the CBT program who take these courses move from classroom to classroom much like any high school student would but within the CBT program. Additionally, some students seamlessly move from special education to regular education classes several times during the day.