Vista FAQs & Facts

Vista offers the following services:

• Residential Transition Program (Discover Program)
• Life Skills and Independent Living Training
• Employment Services and Career Development
• Educational and Recreational Day Programs
• Benefits and Advocacy Counseling
• Social and Cognitive Skill-Building
• Arts Programming
• Aging Support Services

Vista supports a wide range of individual (18+) with disabilities such as:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Learning Disabilities
• Intellectual Disabilities
• ADHD
• Seizure Disorders

Vista’s campuses and programs are located along the Connecticut shoreline, with core locations in Westbrook, Madison, Pawcatuck with community reach throughout southern and central Connecticut.

If you're a community member, organization, or business looking to get involved, we invite you to connect with us. To learn more about the ways to support Vista, please contact Maureen McManus Hackett, Director of Development and Major Gifts at (860) 399-8080, Ext. 235.

Gifts to Vista go to work immediately, offering our students and members an active and productive life that they may not otherwise have. Your support underwrites all programs and services for students and members to find a job, live in their own homes, and socialize with their own circle of friends.

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The Discover Program is a year-round post-secondary transition program that helps young adults build the foundation for independent living. Based on our Westbrook Campus, Discover Program includes a dormitory, off-campus supported experience and curriculum-driven instruction in life skills, career readiness, and community integration.

The core curriculum is individualized for each student and focuses on personal development in four core functional skill areas: Life Skills, Cognitive and Social Development, Community Involvement and Employment Services. This is achieved through a student’s full immersion in our experiential, hands-on learning model in the dormitory, across our campuses and in the community. Vista's educational model combines experiential learning with a counseling-based service delivery plan that fades reinforcements over time.

Vista offers admissions tours Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. We welcome prospective students, families, and professionals to visit our campuses and learn more about our programs. Tours should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance. Plan to spend 2–3 hours with our Admissions team and bring any questions you may have about Vista Life Innovations.