Learning 4 Life (L4L) Farm is a 7-acre nonprofit farm in Johnstown, Ohio. L4L is home to diverse gardens, several beehives, and dedicated therapy alpacas to provide transition job training for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum.
Program participants are trained and are able to do many different jobs (depending on what they are interested in and their level of need!) such as: care for the bees, work with our alpacas, tend to gardens, sell produce, and more! All of these jobs are ways for students to develop their job skills, confidence, and abilities, and to aid them in working towards employment in the community through our job training program.
Hand in hand with our students, we have developed an animal-assisted alpaca therapy program for children and adults on the autism spectrum (which is one of only a few in the world specifically tailored for autism!). The students have also had a significant role in making the farm a therapeutic space for future students, creating organic gardens for food, and putting up pollinator habitats!