These skills are essential in providing students the opportunity to be active during times when they are not in school or working. The L.I.F.E. program provides additional services that are integrated into the classroom setting as needed from the speech and language therapist, the physical therapist, and the orientation and mobility instructors. Everyone participates in physical education twice a week, along with other subjects that may include art, horticulture, music, computer, foods, and typing. Each class is staffed by a teacher and one or two aides. Community All L.I.F.E. students are involved in community-based instruction which is designed to build the skills students will need in order to live and work successfully as adults in the world at large.
Students learn how to shop for groceries and personal items and how to bank.
They take part in community activities such as bowling and eating in restaurants. And they learn to use various facilities available to them, such as the public library and public recreation programs. The Overbrook staff focuses on providing students of all ability levels with on-site opportunities to develop skills. These activities are essential for growing and communicating outside of Overbrook, and they also help reinforce through practical application the skills the students have learned in school, such as using money, communicating with others, employing reading and braille skills, using appropriate behavior, and developing residual vision and hearing. Students under the age of 16 years participate in the pre-vocational training program.