DIVERSIFIED INTEGRATED VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Diversity, Integration and Teamwork
Registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization (EIN 88-1507815)
Programs & Services
Explore our vocational programs and activities.
Psychosocial Support
Counseling Services
Being an adult and a member of society means you can live independently and should be capable of taking care of yourself and seeking and maintaining gainful employment. Our counselors work with students in recovery to evaluate their strengths and limitations. However, students in recovery are guarded in making decisions for long-term benefits.
Chaplain Services
Dive Foundation Chaplain provides spiritual or religious education to develop spiritual/interfaith knowledge, devotional habits, musical and artistic expression, and prayer. Support individuals in integrating into community spiritual and religious groups and congregations and advising community spiritual/religious groups and gatherings in ways to include people with disabilities in worship and other activities. Our chaplain evaluates individual spiritual needs and develops means to assist in spiritual expression.
Motivational Interviewing
The willingness of students in recovery clears the path for motivational interviewing. Our counselors establish relationships with students in recovery by building trust. An empathetic approach is a cornerstone of collaborating partnerships. We build solid cohesion to foster collaborative engagements. We demonstrate a willingness to validate the perspectives of students in recovery.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Negative thoughts lead to self-destructive behaviors and beliefs. A belief in one’s mind that could make them drink or misuse drugs. Our therapists teach recovery students to replace negative self-talk with different thoughts. Our primary goal for this program is to restructure negative core beliefs that have been learned over time.
Family Therapy
​Substance use disorder can affect the person struggling with it and their families and loved ones. We cannot deny that addiction harms families and can lead to negative consequences. Importantly, family therapy can be an essential part of our treatment plan. Dive Foundation is committed to improving communication skills and bolstering the family members’ understanding of addiction in supporting their loved ones with coping skills and behaviors.
Contingency Management
We offer incentives as rewards for good behavior and specific goal achievements. For example, our students in recovery (SR) sometimes receive incentives such as new uniforms, extra snacks, and vouchers that are exchanged for tangible goods for desirable behaviors. Conversely, incentives are only allowed when certain targeted behaviors are met.
Adaptive Reconditioning Program (ARP)
The Dive Foundation ARPs support students in their recovery process, helping them achieve success. The Adaptive Reconditioning Programs provide a range of activities that aid in rehabilitation and enhance mental, emotional, and physical health. Every student in the program will engage in adaptive reconditioning activities based on their physical abilities, working towards both short-term and long-term goals outlined in their comprehensive recovery program (CRP).
Self-Help Groups
Students in recovery are trained as group leaders. These leaders take charge of conducting group therapy. The therapeutic group sessions are conducted at different levels of care, including hospital-based inpatient, residential, and outpatient recovery programs. In addition, group therapy can be effective as individual therapy.
Transitional Coordinators
At Dive Foundation, our Transitional Coordinators support Students in Recovery by providing career guidance, educational opportunities, and job skills training. They also connect students with essential resources, like apprenticeship programs with local businesses and community groups, to help ease their transition back into society. A personalized transition plan is created based on each student's unique needs and goals, and in some cases, family members are included in the process.
Vocational Skills Training
Cosmetology
​Our cosmetology program offers a competitive package in hair, nails, and skin care and treatment. In addition, students in recovery will gain practical knowledge in beauty science. We also provide in-depth and practical learning exercises in Esthetics, Nail Technology, and Electrolysis.
Carpentry
Our carpentry program offers varieties of skillful training designs of wooden structures for building (doorframes, walls, and floors). In addition, recovery students are taught to build cabinets, install windows, remodel repairs, inspect and replace damaged frameworks, interior finish, and trim.
Pastry
Our pastry program offers competitive nonlaminated pastry, where solid fat is cut into flour or added as melted or liquid oil into a laminated pie. In addition, some recipes, such as eggs and sugar, contribute to leavening, flavor, and browning. Except for croissants, Danish, and brioche, which use yeast, the most leavening agents for pastries are steam and air.
Masonry
​Our masonry vocational training program requires in-class education and on-site job training. We offer up to 24 months of training in construction basics, building codes, and safety practices. This training entails mixing mortar, stacking bricks, reading blueprints, site safety, construction scaffolds, and cleaning brickwork.
Tailoring
Tailoring today is one of the essential and attractive skills worldwide. At Dive Foundation, we provide hands-on embroidery training with sewing machines, making garments, and performing alterations. Other knowledge includes sewing, fabric knowledge, pattern-cutting, attention to detail, measuring fitting, communication, customer service skills, basic math, fashion knowledge, and business skills.
Sewing
Sports & Recreation
Our sports and recreation programs include adaptive reconditioning as a transformative approach to recreational activities. Sports activities include Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, Gymnastics, Swimming, and Track and Field.