Adult Day Program Services (ADP)
A licensed adult day program in Lafayette, CA that serves participants five days a week, for 6 hours a day. Our DISCOVER model empowers participants with the autonomy to choose their own classes, such as Art, Health & Wellness, Life Skills, Adventurers, Advocacy/Volunteers & Occupations, Explorers, and Music & Movement, much like a junior college, Educational learning takes place in both classroom and community settings, offering participants real-world opportunities to use their learned skills.
D.I.S.C.O.V.E.R. Program
Our innovative DISCOVER model:
- Supports participants to discover their hopes and DREAMS though person-centered planning.
- Encourages INDEPENDENCE by teaching participants to be self-reliant in ways that are meaningful to them.
- Develops and nurtures participants’ strengths and SKILLS, including both honing current skills and learning new ones.
- Brings participants into the COMMUNITY, supporting them to explore resources and connections that may be helpful in accomplishing their goals.
- Provides volunteer and occupational-vocational OPPORTUNITIES.
- Encourages participants to discover their VOICE, primarily through the arts, to support them in better expressing their wants and needs.
- Empowers participants to lead healthier lives by finding what works for them, through our EXERCISE AND DIET.
- Recognizes that no one is completely independent, so we focus on creating and building RELATIONSHIPS for companionship and support to help participants achieve their goals.
Facility
As one of Las Trampas’ most important contributions to the community, it was a priority to renovate the aging and outdated buildings that house our day program. Today, thanks to widespread and generous support from the Contra Costa community, our new facility incorporates state-of-the art accessibility features and world class technology specific to the growing needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
These features include push-button and automatic doorways, changing rooms for adult hygiene, elevators, ADA-compliant ramps, and more. Full-spectrum lighting replicates natural lighting, which reduces adverse visual stimuli for individuals with autism. Additionally, our innovative consensual quiet spaces are separate from classrooms, with walls acoustically designed to minimize auditory distraction for people on the autism spectrum with sensory sensitivities.
This modern new building, combined with our person-centered educational programming, breaks down barriers to access and independence for our participants, allowing them to experience social, vocational, and recreational fulfillment on their own terms.
Las Trampas Creates
Our beautiful art room is a favorite among our participants. Participants learn new art techniques and create masterpieces that are displayed in the main lobby of our building. Art classes help foster experimentation and creative expression.
Las Trampas Exercises
Our dance and exercise room is designed to provide individuals with opportunities for movement and is accessible to people with profound physical disabilities. Classes may include: music and movement, yoga, Zumba, wheelchair and in-seat exercise, and mindfulness.
Las Trampas Cooks
Our ADA-compliant teaching kitchen allows participants to develop cooking skills to support them to live independently one day. Our kitchen includes low counters and an oven at a lower height with French doors for easy wheelchair access, an induction stovetop to avoid burns, and both residential and commercial dishwashers to prepare participants to do dishes in their own home and in a work setting. In their classes, participants learn how to use kitchen equipment, choose a menu, shop for ingredients, and prepare a meal.
Las Trampas Grows
Participants learn the value of cultivating plants, including fruits and vegetables. They learn to purchase seeds, plant them in our garden, and tend to them as they grow. We then use the fruits and vegetables in our teaching kitchen to encourage healthy eating.
Las Trampas Adventures
We focus heavily on community-based programming, which supports adults with IDD to integrate into their community, practice social interaction, and connect with others. Examples of community-based programming include trips to museums, parks, libraries, fitness facilities, sporting events, and more. Our staff support participants to take public transportation by securing and using BART passes. By supporting adults with IDD to connect with their peers and the Contra Costa community, Las Trampas supports our day program participants in maximizing their potential, increasing their confidence in social settings, and finding a sense of belonging.
Las Trampas Pays
Some participants in our day program participate in paid-work opportunities to hone their employment skills. This includes on-site janitorial/maintenance work, as well as off-site contract work in janitorial/maintenance and yard maintenance areas with local companies and agencies, including clean-up of Walnut Creek Parks. If you manage or own a company that may require these services, the people we serve are more than happy to help you.
For more information or a quote on the work you need done, contact Director of Adult Day Program Services, Jason Parks at: jparks@lastrampas.org
Las Trampas Volunteers
Our volunteer group, with the support of staff, have been working on several projects. They have participated in community cleanups, completed a blanket project for the Trevor Eagle Foundation, and have begun an advocacy group reaching out to state legislators.
Specialized Services
Adult Day Program provides specialized services to meet the needs of the individuals served by the program. These services include, but are not limited to: assistance with eating (including G-tube), assistance with medication administration, health monitoring, and assistance with personal care needs.