By Jim Walsh, Bloomington Center
As a student at the College Internship Program, being healthy and physically fit are two basic things that can benefit you in other areas of your life. CIP students consult with an Occupational Therapist (OT) who helps them develop a sensory diet. An initial assessment is done resulting in specific action plans catering to the students individual needs and overall well-being.
Second-year student, Jaclyne Parese, obtained a job in the field of her dreams after she recently completed her Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate.
With the help of Lucy Allarie-Gosselin and the Career Department at the Berkshire Center, Jaclyne is happily employed at Rosewood Assisted Living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as a CNA.
The Importance of Interdependence and Relationships
Dr. Michael McManmon speaks to students about his first-hand account of the importance of interdependence and relationships in his life at the 2008 Berkeley Spring Convocation.
Freshly designed CIP products are available on our new online store including the infamous “shift happens” t-shirt as well as many other designs and products.
All proceeds from sales are donated to the Student Educational Development Fund (SEDF), a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing financial aid to college-age students with learning disabilities and professional staff training and development.
If you are shopping for a program for an autism spectrum or learning differenced student, fill out this comprehensive list to make sure you are asking the right questions. Discerning which program is appropriate, the services that exist and the quality and amount of staffing available is critical. The following questions will provide you with a template for your decision process.
Where Are They Now? Alumni Report
Interview with Tim Caltagirone, Berkshire Center Alumni
What year did you leave CIP?
I left Berkshire after the Fall semester of 2006.
Where did you live after graduation?
I went back home and I commute back and forth from Kutztown University.
Where are you up to now?
Currently attending Kutztown as a Speech Communication major and PR minor.
Berkeley Students Create the Change They Seek!
By Wendy Byrnes, Berkeley Center
As new students settled in this past semester, they fully embraced the idea of being the change they seek in the world. Students completed nearly 200 hours of community service, doing everything from serving meals to the homeless, cleaning up the local shoreline, manning phone lines for a local radio station’s fundraising blitz, writing letters to soldiers, preparing cards for seniors and becoming certified in First Aid in order to assist others in times of need.
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Students Accepted into Culinary Arts Program
By Lucy Allarie-Gosselin, Berkshire Center
A few Berkshire students are fortunate to have been chosen to participate in this culinary arts program with the top chef of Pearl’s Restaurant in Great Barrington. Only twelve students are accepted into this program and four of them are from the College Internship Program!
BCAP is a partnership between Railroad Street Youth Project, Pearl’s Restaurant and the Red Lion Inn. BCAP is designed to educate and help students explore their interest in the culinary field.
The lucky students are Eric Sundman, Elena Meeker, Matt Everson, and Daniel Sullivan. All four have shown much potential at our Community Suppers and have a lot of desire to learn more about culinary arts.
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17 Berkshire Students Eagerly Await Trip to Greece
The highly anticipated Spring Break trip for 2009 is headed to Greece with 17 lucky students. The group will be staying at the Polis Grand Hotel, a 4 star hotel right in the heart of Athens.
This resort features a rooftop restaurant with a fantastic view of the Parthenon. Within walking distance is the Plaka, a wonderful shopping district for bargain hunters. Wow, and what adventure lies ahead!…
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Brevard Center Adds Some Tools to Their Chest
Brevard Center staff attended a “Session for Educators” presented by CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disorders) as part of the organization’s 16th annual conference held in West Palm Beach on January 16. The keynote speaker was Dr. Scott Bellini, Director of the Social Skills Research Center and Assistant Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University.
Dr. Bellini challenged the audience members to consider how effective current social skills training strategies are and presented “The Building Social Skills Relationships Model” as a better approach to social skills instruction. His emphasis was on student assessment to determine what specific skills are needed, the use of appropriate interventions to promote these skills, and the importance of continuing education and self-examination for educators.
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Karen Rathgeber, MS, OTR
College Internship Program, Brevard Center, Melbourne, FL
Imagine an infant just a few days old being placed in a dark room. No light, no sounds, no smell, nothing to touch, nothing to eat. Now, think to yourself, if given the basic means of survival, will this infant be able to develop properly without the sensory experiences that a normal infant would?
Infants need sound to be able to develop language, touch to develop movement, taste and smell to develop preferences. Combinations of these senses are used in every single part of normal development. Without normal development in one sense all of the other senses are at a disadvantage.
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