Life Skills Coaching
The life skills coaching at New Perspectives is offered to give our clients opportunities to build their self-reliance. Every coach and mentor teaches, models, supports, and encourages our clients to build and practice new life skills.
Life Skills Coaching Services
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Apartment Living
New Perspectives is not contained to one building--we believe in being a part of the community around us! Each of our clients is set up to live in a nearby apartment, either through our contracts or independently. We have our clients start with the end goal in mind.
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Transportation
Being part of a community means learning how to navigate the city's transportation services. Our mentors at New Perspectives assist clients in learning to navigate the bus and train systems in Utah, as well as practicing time management when needing to walk somewhere. All New Perspectives buildings, including the Kreative Space, are within a 15 min walking distance.
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Hygiene
Clients at New Perspectives work with the Lead Wellness Coach to practice hygiene skills. Students may attend classes or clubs to learn about hygiene and beauty practices. All staff are trained to work with students on maintaining good hygiene, or returning home to refresh hygiene, and are aware it can be a sensitive topic. Hygiene is addressed as a skill to learn, just as other skills are presented.
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Grocery Shopping
Clients work with the Lead Wellness Coach to create a nutritional and healthy plan for meals and groceries. Mentors assist clients in their grocery shopping, first by getting to stores through public transportation, and then by completing the shopping. Mentor help is also available for organization of new groceries in the apartment.
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Cooking
Clients work with the Lead Wellness Coach to make a nutritional and healthy meal plan that includes meals that the client can make for themselves. The options for meals will expand as clients learn to cook in classes, clubs, and with mentors. Mentors also assist on weekends with meal prepping, so food is available every day of the week.
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Money Management
New Perspectives provides both group finance classes and 1:1 sessions with a financial mentor. Clients will learn about money management, paying bills, budgeting, maintaining an apartment, and having saving. As clients grasp the base skills of financial management, they will move onto more advanced topics.
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Cleaning & Basic Maintenance
As part of living in an apartment, clients will be taught how to clean consistently to maintain an apartment. Weekly cleaning checks are required. Clients are also taught how to handle basic maintenance for an apartment, so they can continue to work on their self-reliance skills.
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Relationships
New Perspectives provides a Relationships class for students looking to build skills beyond their daily interactions. The class covers consent in both friendships and romantic relationships, discusses how to be safe online, and provides examples of what healthy dating looks like. Topics for the class shift according to student need.
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Residential Mentors
Clients living in the Apartments contracted by New Perspectives have the opportunity to live with a residential mentor. These mentors live with one or more clients as a roommate to provide an example of what a healthy, self-reliant young adult life can look like. They are able to provide support with things like cooking, cleaning, and more.
Meet the Life Skills Team
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Jason Webb
Program Director
Jason’s background is in therapeutic recreation and life coaching. Joining soon after the founding of New Perspectives, he has played an important role in the development of the life skills and recreation areas of the program. He works with neurodivergent individuals because he loves seeing their growth as they go on the unknown adventure that is life with them.
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Jess Baird
Lead Life Coach & Activities Coordinator
Jess has worked in the mental health field as a coach since 2016. She works with neurodivergent individuals because she feels as though there is a lot to be learned from them and her work is always very interesting.
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Allyson Loshin
Lead Life Coach & Benefits Coordinator
While previously having experience in communication & marketing, Allyson found her passion in supporting neurodivergent individuals. She incorporates what she has learned along the way as a Lead Life Coach and a member of the Vocational team. She feels inspired seeing the growth of others and helping them along the way.
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Alexa Ellis
Lead Wellness Coach & Yoga Instructor
Alexa has a Bachelor in Recreation and experience in recreation therapy. She is a Meditation/Yoga instructor with training in TRE (Tension, Stress and Trauma Release). At New Perspectives, her focus is on wellness and she specializes in assisting students in somatic processing, body movement and nutrition. Through her work, she is able to teach, learn, and grow with her students.
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Jesse Gibbons
Academic & Financial Coach
Jesse not only teaches the Financial Literacy courses at New Perspectives, but works 1:1 with students on their money management. Jesse is also the academic tutor for students at New Perspectives completing high school classes or studying for their GED.
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Jeff Carlson, MBA
Financial & Life Coach
Jeff has a BS in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Psychology and a Masters in Business. He also has a degree in construction management with 15 years experience. Prior to New Perspectives, he has worked in mental health, assisted in drug court, ran an after-school skills group with 2nd and 3rd graders, and was the facilitator of a parenting class with DCFS. Jeff has a unique gift of holding space with our population whether teaching life skills, having them assist with construction projects or simply sitting with them.
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Kyndra Burke
Mentor & Life Coach
Kyndra is a residential mentor at New Perspectives, meaning she has a private bedroom in an apartment with several students. She supports the students as both an example and a guide as they practice life skills—for example: cooking, grocery shopping, using public transport, and more.
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Tanaya Heninger
Mentor
Tanaya’s role as mentor is to provide students will support as they practice life skills. She is passionate about working with neurodiverse individuals because they offer valuable insight into the human experience. She feels through her interactions with them, she has gained significant knowledge on how to navigate her own life.
What do the apartments look like?
It depends on what you want!
New Perspectives has contracts for apartments at two complexes less than two miles away from Utah Valley University Campus. The main office for New Perspectives is house between these two complexes, less than half a mile away.
Clients who choose to live at these locations will have a private bedroom in a shared apartment with a few other New Perspectives clients.
Clients are also welcome to live elsewhere! It is suggested you search for housing nearby, since all New Perspectives buildings, including the employment center, are within one mile, with a typical max of 15 minutes walking time between locations.
Are there rules for the apartments?
New Perspectives abides by all housing contract rules of the apartment complexes, and expects the clients to abide by those rules as well.
Clients are expected to keep their rooms and common areas clean, not only to abide by any apartment rules, but also out of consideration for roommates, and as part of life skills practice.
Clients are also expected to follow any and all rules included when joining the New Perspectives Program. For more details, contact us using the form below.
Get a Consultation
info@npya.net
(801) 360-7211
1111 S 1350 W Ste F30
Orem, Utah 84058
Office Hours
Monday–Friday
8:00 am–5:00 pm (MDT)