Artwork by Nick Hagan, 2009 CIP Berkeley Center student
Each year the Student Educational Development Fund (SEDF) sponsors an art contest for young adults enrolled in the College Internship Program (CIP), an individualized post-secondary social, academic, career and life skills program for students with Asperger’s syndrome and Learning Differences.
Parking Hurdle Overcome for Future Location of the Berkshire Center
Step Taken in Lee to Build Parking Lot Behind Main Street
By Derek Gentile, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Via The Berkshire Eagle
Saturday July 17, 2010
LEE — A significant step in redeveloping an anchor building downtown was taken Friday, as a state official announced a grant for $735,000 to build a 61-space parking lot behind Main Street.
The announcement by Gregory Bialecki, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, came at the end of a whirlwind day in which Bialecki also attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Sheffield Senior Center several miles to the south.
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5th Annual Conference on Learning Differences in Athens, Greece
Dr. Michael McManmon recently attended ACS Athens, a student-centered international school embracing American educational philosophy, principles and values hosted its 5th Annual Conference on Learning Differences titled “Leading by Example: Holistic, Meaningful and Harmonious Approaches to Teaching All Children”, on May 14 and 15, 2010, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion.
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Elms Offers Graduate Level Course at the College Internship Program
Dan McManmon, College Internship Program
The College Internship Program (CIP) at the Berkshire Center in Lee, Massachusetts and Elms College in Chicopee are working together to offer graduate level courses from the Elms College Masters Degree Program at the College Internship Program campus in Western Massachusetts.
Elms College offers a master of science and a certificate of advanced graduate study (C.A.G.S.) in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as well as a C.A.G.S. in communication sciences and disorders. The course offered in November on the CIP campus in Lee, Massachusetts will bring professional staff training and development and is open to CIP staff members and practitioners from all over New England.
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By Jim Walsh, CIP Bloomington staff
Hunter, a Bloomington Center first-year student, is volunteering at WildCare this summer, an organization that provides professional care to injured, sick, and orphaned wildlife in order that they may be returned to the wild. WildCare also promotes education through outreach programs at area schools. Hunter works twice a week and learns from WildCare staff how to care for the animals.
New CIP Program, CSP to Open in August
By Mary Lawler, College Support Program
Things are moving along quickly as we prepare for the College Support Program’s opening in August. Young adults with Learning Differences will have a unique opportunity to advance through college receiving individualized social, academic, career and life skills support.
Summer Program for Teens Kicks Off to a Great Start
By Dan McManmon, CIP National Marketing Coordinator
A total of 46 new students from across the country (including Israel, Spain, Antigua and Puerto Rico) are enrolled in the 2010 CIP Summer Program located on four college campuses in the US.
The 2009 pilot Summer Program in Berkeley set the course for this years expansion to the campuses of Elms College in Massachusetts, FIT in Florida, IU Bloomington in Indiana and UC Berkeley in California. Each location gives teens a 2 week introduction to CIP’s comprehensive curriculum developed specifically for students with Asperger’s syndrome, ADD and other learning differences.
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Brevard Student Senate Cook-Off
By Janet Hrezo, CIP Brevard Staff
The CIP Student Senate knows how to get the attention of students and staff with one word, FOOD. Whether our passion is eating, cooking or both, the cook-off was an event much anticipated by all. The food was appetizers, the chefs were creative and the competition was fierce. Judging the event were Annette Corrado, Residential Staff, Ryan Therriault, Academic Coordinator, Janet Becker, Social Mentor, and Rose Dougherty, Admissions Coordinator.
While some students work jobs and internships in the summer, other Berkshire students are taking advantage of summer course offerings at Berkshire Community College.
The following are a few of the classes being taken this summer:
Field Day at the Brevard Center
By Janet Hrezo, CIP Brevard Staff
Field Day is the last opportunity for students and staff to get together before the semester ends at the Brevard Center and we were joined by students from the CIP High School Summer Program for fun, games, food and good company.
Charlie Jacobs Photography Experience
Charlie Jacobs is a third year student at the College Internship Program at the Berkshire Center in Lee, Massachusetts. Charlie was born in New York City, the son of Alan and Barbara Jacobs. He attended the Churchill School in NYC and then graduated from Maplebrook School in Amenia, NY in 2007. Charlie is currently interning with Michael Lavin Flower, a professional photographer, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
My Experience with Asperger’s Syndrome and the College Internship Program
By Daniel Vance Eakin, CIP Brevard Center Student
I first realized that I had Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) at the age of twenty-seven. A multitude of emotions came over me when I was diagnosed. The initial feeling was an overwhelming sense that I was discovering that I had yet another mental problem (previously I was given a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention deficit disorder). I later developed strong feelings against AS. However, those came about as I learned what it has done to me. The most powerful feeling I have against this syndrome is that I feel that it is hindering my ability to become a complete adult.
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