... Everyone entering our building is accepted for who they are & has unlimited possibilities

Outside the Box implements Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a theoretical foundation for empowering people with ID/DD toward unique personal success.

This theory of motivation has five characterizations of human needs that dictate an individual's behavior.

Physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs

• Call to schedule a tour. Tours offered Mondays & Thursdays 
• Before the tour please bring someone close to you, such as a team member that understands your history and needs
• Arrive at 1pm, tour the facility, ask questions, enjoy the tour!
• Like what you see & want to be a part of OTB?  Email Ashlee Massie to begin the Intake Process
• Once through the Intake Process, we will schedule a time for you to shadow with a few groups as part of our peer matching process 
• Please note, there is a possibility that we may need to place you on a waiting list

Associate Director

Ashlee Massie

• Arrival & Social Time
• Check In 
• Go over Schedule & Expectations
• News
• Curriculum
• Lunch
• Chores & Clean Up
• Movement Activity
• Electives (Art, Cooking, Music)
• Electives (Games, Reading, Puzzles, Choir Practice)
• Check Outs & Shout Outs

One of the best days of the week is "Outing Day!"  Our Direct Support Professionals (DSP) or lovingly called Group Leaders creatively work to find just the right "Outing" to fit the need of their specific group. Museums, a favorite restaurant, the Fair, the movies, a sporting event, the list goes on.  

Did you know that you can donate specifically to Group Outings via the Ronald H Moore Group Outing Fund? It helps our Participants to be able to be included without spending their own money

OTB's service dog that helps break barriers as well as benefits our Participants as they undergo various challenges they may encounter during the day.

Jolly greets Participants upon arrival as well as helps say goodbye at the end of the day.  If a Participant is struggling throughout the day, Jolly is always there to lend a hug :) 

Learn more about Service Dog Training & Placement at ICANdog.org

In honor of one of our former OTB Participants, Tim Cook, this fenced in outdoor space offers peaceful areas full of perennials, bird houses, harmonious waterfalls, and spacious seating within a protected space of reflection just outside the Community Room.  

This beautifully cherished area hosts gazebos for shade and various Studio OTB art as a safeguarded "escape" from some of the inside noise.

We are always needed some extra volunteer help to keep this area beautiful.  Contact our Volunteer Coordinator for more information

Sponsored by Wells Nursery & Greenhouses; Greenfield, IN by the Wells family in honor of Gary Wells

Groups volunteer to help weed, plant and water daily to encourage garden growth, while also learning how our eco-system works to produce delicious veggies.

Benefits of Gardening

• Reduces stress
• Improves hand strength
• Weeding burns calories
• Gives a boost of Vitamin D {Sunshine}
• Helps build self-esteem

One of our Group Facilitators, Barb, started a Reading Program a few months ago!  Some of our Participants have very limited reading skills and are eager to learn more - Increasing their independence.

Reading groups are one hour THREE times (3.23)  a week. Anyone is free to join!  Lot's of one-on-one teaching time.

Promoting a culture of Capabilities, Independence & Self-Wealth

Large group activity that meets twice a week to enhance large motor skill & movement such as, dodgeball, kick ball, basketball and more.   

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity – John F. Kennedy