Get Ready For Spring Break 2010!

Students enrolled at CIP have the option of attending a fun and educational travel program one week a year during the college spring break in March. This year CIP students will diverge across the world to Ireland, Hawaii, Washington D.C. and a Caribbean Cruise!

Students prepare for this trip through a series of class meetings in which they study the language, arts, culture and trip itinerary. Each year an exciting new world destination is chosen and students get a cultural experience they will never forget with staff and their peers.

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Berkeley Weekend Activities

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I’m Independent: A Guide to Prove It

By the students at the Brevard Center

A guide on how to change your parents perspectives during home visitations.

Since you have come to CIP you have made many strides; college, and internship, having roommates, pushing yourself to do new things (and some you might not even be aware of). Your parents, wishing the best for you, gave you this opportunity to learn and grow independently of them.

Now that you are home, you may start to feel like you are in the middle of both worlds, your life living at home with your parents and your life at CIP. The students at the Brevard Center have brainstormed some ways to fight regression and make the most out of your changing relationships with your family.

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Parent Weekend Speech

Kaitlyn Finn, 2nd-year student, College Internship Program at the Berkeley Center

For as long as I’ve had a life philosophy, mine could be summed up by one word – balance. As a child with high levels of anxiety 1 was taught thought replacement therapy, replacing negative, destructive, irrational thoughts about what a failure I perceived myself as with positive, constructive statements.

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Wellness Students of the Month

Modern and Innovative Techniques to Create Healthier Lifestyles

At the core of the program, CIP is committed to address the wellness of each student. The Wellness Program offers nutrition classes, fitness training, sensory diets, yoga and exercise clubs and many more modern and innovative techniques which help create healthier lifestyles and provide education about physical fitness and well-being.

The CIP Wellness Students of the Month are…

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Berkeley’s Career Program Offers a Foot in the Door

By Nicole Highes, Berkeley Center Career Coordinator

Internships and volunteer work is a very crucial part of the CIP program. It allows our students to explore current interests and to develop the skills they need to find employment and become responsible employees. The Berkeley Center offers a variety of internship opportunities. Our current internship/volunteer opportunities that some of our students are interning/volunteering at, include: Hearts Leap Preschool, World Institute on Disability, Partnerships for Change (Human Rights Organization), Berkeley Public Library Literacy Program, KPFA, YMCA, Humane Society, Oakland zoo, Spectrum Schools, Satellite Housing (senior home), and St. Vincent de Paul.

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Dates Set for CIP’s New Teen Summer Programs

November 2009 – The College Internship Program (CIP) has announced dates and locations of their four summer programs for teens age 16-19 with learning differences. The two-week program will be held on the campuses of four highly rated colleges in California, Indiana, Massachusetts and Florida and is designed to prepare students for the transition from high school to college or careers.

While students will attend classes covering topics such as time management, organizational skills and social thinking, the focus will be on fostering connections and having fun.

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CIP Berkeley Student Panel at Master Autism Studies Program

By Nicole Hughes, Berkeley Center Career Coordinator

Who would have thought, a “one time” student panel/speaking engagement at Touro University, in the autism studies MA program, would have turned into an ongoing mentoring opportunity?

This past summer, 4 of our CIP Berkeley students were invited to Touro University to be a part of a panel about Asperger’s. They spoke to a group of both professionals and grad students about their experiences here at CIP. They were given six discussion questions to stimulate conversation.

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Susan Moreno Speaks to the Berkeley Center at Parents Weekend

By Dan McManmon, CIP National Office

During the 2009 Parent Weekend at the CIP Berkeley Center, staff, students and their families welcomed special guest and CIP advisory board member, Susan Moreno, who presented a keynote providing valuable tips to families concerning short and long-term planning strategies for a students care.

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CIP South African Safari 2010

Join CIP’s founder, Dr. Michael McManmon, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Africa! There are 16 slots available. This tour is open to CIP students, parents & staff first. CIP alumni are eligible to sign up after November 1st, 2009, providing there is still space.

KRUGER WILDLIFE SAFARI, WORLD CUP SOCCER, WHITEWATER RAFTING, CAPE TOWN & PENGUINS, BICYCLE TOUR and MORE!

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Berkeley Gets a Visit From Abroad

Robyn Steward, an adult with Asperger’s residing in London, England, specializes in training and mentoring students. By using a holistic discipline Robyn helps her mentee’s to learn about themselves and gain emotional awareness and other skills they may be lacking because of their ASD.

Robyn spoke to Berkeley students her US tour which includes NYC, Pittsburg, PA, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose, CA.

Update: See the photos below…

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Berkeley Students Participate in Shoreline Cleanup

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