Skills for Today. Confidence for Tomorrow.
Individualized skills and socialization is designed to help people develop, maintain, and strengthen skills while building relationships and participating more fully in community life.
At United Hands, activities are connected to the individual’s person-directed goals—not simply placed on a calendar. We use interests, strengths, communication style, mobility, sensory needs, health considerations, and preferred pace to shape meaningful experiences.
Three Ways ISS May Be Delivered
On-Site ISS
Structured learning, socialization, wellness, recreation, life-skills practice, and employment readiness at an appropriately licensed center.
Off-Site ISS
Community-based experiences that build confidence, safety, relationships, navigation, contribution, recreation, and real-world skills.
In-Home ISS
Individualized skill development in the person’s home when authorized and appropriate for the person’s goals and circumstances.
Skills That Matter in Everyday Life
- Communication, self-advocacy, and personal decision-making
- Personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, and other self-care routines
- Cooking, meal preparation, household tasks, and home safety
- Money use, shopping, budgeting, and understanding value
- Friendship, social boundaries, teamwork, and conflict resolution
- Community safety, navigation, transportation awareness, and accessing resources
- Health, fitness, nutrition, emotional regulation, and wellness routines
- Technology, basic education, creative expression, and lifelong learning
- Volunteer service, employment readiness, workplace behavior, and job interests
- Recreation, leisure choice, cultural interests, and community events
A Day With Purpose—and Room for Joy.
Participants may enjoy small-group learning, music, art, games, movement, cooking, community outings, volunteering, practical education, and social experiences. Personal assistance is provided as authorized, and activities are adapted so people with different mobility, communication, sensory, and support needs can participate meaningfully.
Practical Support for the Day.
Nutritious meals and snacks may be available during center-based programming. Transportation may be available when authorized under the individual’s program plan or when separately arranged. Dietary needs, route availability, wheelchair accessibility, and required support are reviewed before services begin.
How We Define Progress.
Progress may look like speaking up for a preference, completing more of a daily routine, making a new
friend, using a community resource, preparing part of a meal, handling money more confidently, trying a
job task, or participating with less assistance. The outcome must be meaningful to the individual—not
merely convenient for the program.
