The Learning Experience Accumulation Program (LEAP) is a transition
program that students participate in throughout their careers at MSSD.
It includes an apartment living experience. Students learn management
skills that enable them to make smoother transitions during their
years at MSSD, as well as into postsecondary independent living. Students
five in a simulated apartment environment and do their own budgeting,
meal planning, cooking, and decorating. The program has many independent
living components, including signing a lease, paying rent, and using
a mock checking account. To create a realistic atmosphere, each apartment
is established as an independent rental property and the students
are treated as tenants.
