Our student and family connections will go beyond 22 and the relationships you build now are contributing and building your future community. The value of this investment cannot be stressed enough. Think Community! 

We talk about our community, we talk about our tribe, but where and when does it really exist? Everyone has different resources and if you want to keep your child connected, there are many opportunities and many resources. 

On September 22, you have the opportunity to observe and experience everything we speak about regarding community. Our annual reunion dance attracts hundreds of LABBB graduates as far back as the late 80's. Why do the they come every year? The graduates obviously feel connected to our community. We also keep in touch with many parents who tell us how their son or daughter looks forward to this reunion every year. LABBB graduates who live together in group homes all come to this event together. Our students are social beings who crave connections. It is what feeds their spirit and has the most influence on their future happiness. 

When we speak of transition, independence, building lifelong social connections, meaningful work, the opportunities to talk with our graduates at the reunion and learn about what they are doing in their lives is the highlight. This is not a conceptual discussion that we are having at an IEP meeting, this is reality, these are the real outcomes. What communities are they living in? Where are they working? What do they do for social/recreation? These are the most important questions to ask. Our reunion dance is just one more connection they have in their lives. 

From age 3-22, we give our students as much training as we possibly can to be prepared for life after LABBB. When you talk with a student at the LABBB reunion and they tell you that they are living on their own, they have a job, and they still keep in touch with their friends, this is the ultimate goal, this is the outcome we hope for. 

Unfortunately, this is not always what you hear from many of our students, so our work is never done, our community needs to grow to get more students connected. We need to continue to find was expand these connections. 

You will see and notice the work LABBB is doing to grow our community. We believe in LABBB for Life and we want to be a resource for you long after graduation. We have some new and exciting ideas and initiatives we are exploring to keep the LABBB community connected. We are building this resource for you and your child, come and participate and get connected.

To a successful 2017-2018 school year!