Work Activity Center

The Work Activities Center provides a variety of school and community-based work/volunteer experiences for students 16 years of age and over. These experiences occur during the school day with transportation and job coaching services provided. Each work site offers different tasks and caters to a varied skill level in which students are placed accordingly. The job coaches focus on: student independence, responding appropriately in social situations with both peers and employees, time management, and remaining on task. Students’ work assignments are usually one to two days a week for several hours. Students’ work assignments are usually one to two days a week for several hours.

We are currently in partnership with the following businesses:

- Applebees in the dining room and kitchen (food prep)

- Clare Rose

- Long Island Community Hospital

- Marshalls

- McDonalds

- Patchogue-Medford Library

- Recycling at Stop & Shop

- Smile Farms

- St. Charles Hospital

- Stony Brook Athletic Center

- Stop & Shop

- Tall Tree Florist

- That Meetball Place

- Tropical Smoothie.

At Brookhaven Learning Center (BLC):

- BLC library

- BLC office clerical work

- Sorting plastic and paper recycle