New York – May, 2010 The College Internship Program (CIP) has announced it will open The College Support Program (CSP), a new college transition program in Buffalo, New York for young adults with Asperger’s and learning differences. Slated to open August 2010, the center will utilize the cutting edge curriculum currently offered at CIP’s four existing national centers. Students can attend one of several nearby colleges while receiving additional support as they transition from high school to college and pursue college degrees.
The Autism Society’s latest issue of The Autism Advocate, themed “Making Friends”, features a group shot of CIP Berkeley students spending a Saturday weekend activity exploring Point Reyes National Park. In the photo are CIP Berkeley students Devon, Sheryl, Jason, Kaityn and Sam.
The issue focuses on the critical importance of social skills, with article on social skills training, teaching skills, peer mentoring and making connections online. You can view the social skills supports that CIP offers by visiting the Social Skills page.
After overcoming a staggering list of zoning setbacks, securing financing, parking variances and water pressure issues, the Bookless Building development project has now been given a green light.
Every student in the College Internship Program in downtown Bloomington has a story to tell about overcoming adversity. For many, a big problem is feeling comfortable in social situations and making and keeping friends.
For others, it’s the intense focus they put into matters at hand, which causes them to forget about appointments and deadlines until it’s too late. Some struggle with beginning a task, or completing one.
Meryl Kahn, age 25, just completed her sixth year at the College Internship Program (CIP) at the Berkshire Center in Massachusetts. Meryl came to CIP as a way to continue her post-secondary education while developing career, social and life skills, areas often overlooked for students with learning disabilities. During her years at the CIP, Meryl faced and overcame a myriad of obstacles.
Most parents dream of sending their kids off to college someday. But for parents of children with autism, even high-achieving kids with Asperger’s syndrome, college often seems like the impossible dream.
Dave and Kim Kennedy thought they would have to support their son, Chris, for the rest of his life. Diagnosed with a form of autism in high school, Chris fought bouts of depression. Though academically he was a high achiever, he didn’t like to talk to others, preferring to hide in books rather than socialize.
Now 25, Chris is finishing his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Central Florida and is headed for graduate school. He’s well-spoken, polite and funny.
Listen to Berkeley Center Program Director, Janet Miller, M.A., CET discuss the need for adult education programs like the College Internship Program to The Public File’s host, Kat Maudru.
Sheryl Meeuwsen’s college career started with such promise — a scholarship to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
“It went downhill from there,” she says. “I ended up failing out. Moved in with an aunt and uncle in Colorado Springs. Failed out of Pikes Peak Community College. I had no idea there was anything wrong with me.”
Program helps those with Asperger’s syndrome
By Jennifer Nessmith Hometown News, Staff writer
Original article appears in Hometown News
The word “autism” probably sparks a negative connotation in most people’s minds, due in part to limited, and often atypical, portrayals in television and movies.
Until about 10 years ago, little was discussed about the disease, and many people were largely misdiagnosed. In fact, Asperger’s syndrome, often described as a “mild form of autism,” didn’t appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV until 1994.
Dr. McManmon, Founder of the College Internship Program, explains his role in the creation of the program and what it has evolved into in the past 25 years.
Janet Miller, MA, CET, Program Director at the College Internship Program, Berkeley Center, explains how the CIP program benefits young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, Nonverbal LD and other Learning Differences.
Most parents dream of sending their kids off to college someday. But for parents of children with autism, even high-achieving kids with Asperger’s syndrome, college often seems like the impossible dream.
Listen to Berkeley Center Program Director, Janet Miller, M.A., CET discuss the need for adult education programs like the 
Sheryl Meeuwsen’s college career started with such promise — a scholarship to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The word “autism” probably sparks a negative connotation in most people’s minds, due in part to limited, and often atypical, portrayals in television and movies.
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