Monmouth Regional High School

Independence Academy

Overview

Independence Academy is the transition program at MRHS! We provide adult students age 18+ with personalized opportunities to:

increase independence in daily living skills
develop workplace and employability skills
participate in volunteer and work experiences
transition from traditional schooling to a preparatory life skills program
becoming contributing and valued members of society

Community Based Instruction (CBI)

CBI provides students with hands-on learning in natural environments. Students visit a variety of places in the community daily to work on individualized goals. CBI is crucial for generalization of functional and daily living skills. CBI provides intensive and age-appropriate instruction in:

functional literacy
money math
social and interpersonal communication
recreation and leisure
community safety
personal management
transportation training
career exploration

Work Based Learning (WBL)

WBL consists of unpaid work experiences at local businesses to provide real world employment experiences for students. Students participate in a variety of WBL experiences to develop their employability skills in natural settings. Students complete tasks at their worksites weekly and are monitored by a transition coach, a worksite mentor, and the WBL coordinator. Each student has an individualized training plan to ensure success.

WBL teaches work-readiness skills through:

job sampling
career exploration
development of work preferences
on-the-job training
providing meaningful and authentic work tasks at real businesses