Adaptive Skills Training (AST)

What We Do

Provide exceptional support and services in a nurturing residential setting.

Who We Do It For

Adults with disabilities seeking a supportive and respectful community.

What You Get

Enhanced independence, community integration, and a dignified lifestyle.

AMFC helps people with developmental disabilities improve their daily living skills. AST uses teaching methods and natural settings to help people build on their strengths and address specific skill deficits.

AMFC Supports

  • practical, social, and conceptual skills that help people function in their daily lives.
  • They include skills like walking, eating, holding a conversation and shopping.
  • Adaptive skills are also known as adaptive behaviors.

AMFC Highlights Specific Concepts of AST That Includes:

  • Communication: The ability to understand and use verbal and nonverbal language
  • Cooperation: The ability to work with others
  • Problem-solving: The ability to find solutions to problems
  • Self-control: The ability to control one’s impulses • Empathy: The ability to understand and relate to others
  • Hygiene: The ability to care for one’s personal hygiene
  • Cooking: The ability to prepare healthy meals