Our Programs

Support for Every Stage of Growth

Every person develops along a different path. Our programs help the Footprints team consider what may be most meaningful as strengths, needs, relationships, responsibilities, and goals change over time.

First Steps, Leaps & Bounds, and Journey provide a thoughtful framework for supporting growth through different stages of life. Rather than following a fixed curriculum, we individualize every program around each person’s strengths, needs, goals, and family priorities.

Growing with each person

Age ranges are general guides, not rigid categories. Recommendations are shaped by assessment, direct observation, family priorities, ongoing data, authorized services, and the settings where everyday life happens.

First Steps

Approximately 18 months–5 years

Warm, play-based foundational support focused on communication, connection, learning readiness, participation, daily routines, and early independence.

Leaps and Bounds

Approximately 6–11 years

Support for growing confidence and participation at home, at school, in friendships, in the community, and across self-care and daily living routines.

Journey

Approximately 12–21 years

Individualized support for self-advocacy, relationships, safety, daily living, community participation, meaningful responsibilities, and greater independence.

Individualized across every program

Small steps. Meaningful possibilities.

A person’s age does not define their potential or the support they need. Together with families, we build on strengths and choose goals that make a difference in everyday life.

Connect & express

Functional communication
Social connection and participation

Play & discover

Play and learning readiness
Flexibility and navigating change

Feel & find balance

Coping and self-regulation
Toileting and sleep routines

Build everyday confidence

Daily living and self-care
Safety and community skills

Grow with support

Self-advocacy and independence
Caregiver education and coaching

How we choose the right path

Our clinicians consider the whole person, including strengths, communication, developmental needs, family priorities, culture, routines, environment, and current responsibilities.

Assessment tools may help guide decisions, but no single score or age range defines a person. Goals evolve as progress, priorities, and circumstances change.

Adults over age 21 may also be served when services are clinically appropriate, authorized, and available.

Let’s find the next step together

Our intake team can help you understand our services, current availability, and the next steps for exploring insurance or funding.

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