Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I want to thank everyone again for the help in trying to understand legal rights in reference to new laws pertaining to graduation. I am beginning to accept that my daughter will be graduating in May. In putting a plan together for a full and exciting life for my daughter, I was wondering is there any activity in your adult daughter or son's life that is making adult life better. My daughter has very limited reading and writing skills. We don't leave her alone at home. She is very social. She will be volunteering at a day care after graduation but not 8 hours a day. What other ideas has anyone implemented to make adult life for people with disabilities exciting? Thanks, Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Hi, I just wanted to let everyone know that at College of Du page, they do have some vocational classes for our kids. They have more then 1 location and have classes like Automotive. basic computer skills, employment skills, keyboarding, food services, general office skills, etc. here is the link http://www.cod.edu/vocational/VocSched.htm . Also my son works at Jewel part time and goes to the Social Club offered by Gateway Hanson Center every other Friday. They also offer many other options for kids of all ages. We live in Elmhurst but it is offered for other locations. did take the Keyboarding class in High School at COD and enjoyed it but still needed much help with it. is a very social 25 year old young man that loves to keep busy. I had graduate when he was 20 only because his brother was graduating the next year and I wanted it to be special for both of them. At that time he had already started his job at Jewel and was in the social club. Shirley Nesbit <cathynesbit@...> wrote: I want to thank everyone again for the help in trying to understand legal rights in reference to new laws pertaining to graduation. I am beginning to accept that my daughter will be graduating in May. In putting a plan together for a full and exciting life for my daughter, I was wondering is there any activity in your adult daughter or son's life that is making adult life better. My daughter has very limited reading and writing skills. We don't leave her alone at home. She is very social. She will be volunteering at a day care after graduation but not 8 hours a day. What other ideas has anyone implemented to make adult life for people with disabilities exciting? Thanks, Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 : There are things in my area, but it probably is too far for you to travel. Of course there is Special Rec...which you have out by you too, we also have a collaborative program (ELA...Enriched Lifestyles for Adults)) between our special rec provider (NSSRA) and The Center for Enriched Living, we have a community based day program called ACT (Adult Community Transition Program)that focuses on vocational through jobs and volunteer opportunities, we have a small university called Trinity where my son audits classes, and another agency, Glenkirk, has implemented classroom experiences with lots of different choices such as current events, citizenship (self-advocacy), art, horticulture, and a late afternoon 3 hour community outing once a week for 18-25 year olds and an every other week Saturday late afternoon 3 hour community outing for the same age group. We are beginning to have a nice array of choices...but of course, these all cost money, except ACT, which is currently funded through the state as a demonstration project. Most of this was driven by parent initiative. Ellen Ellen Garber Bronfeldegskb@... Adult life I want to thank everyone again for the help in trying to understand legal rights in reference to new laws pertaining to graduation. I am beginning to accept that my daughter will be graduating in May. In putting a plan together for a full and exciting life for my daughter, I was wondering is there any activity in your adult daughter or son's life that is making adult life better. My daughter has very limited reading and writing skills. We don't leave her alone at home. She is very social. She will be volunteering at a day care after graduation but not 8 hours a day. What other ideas has anyone implemented to make adult life for people with disabilities exciting? Thanks, Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 My son is now living in a home and very happy, but when he lived at home he participated in the park distric programs. All parks have them. So look into that.Shirley Linden <slpanda2@...> wrote: Hi, I just wanted to let everyone know that at College of Du page, they do have some vocational classes for our kids. They have more then 1 location and have classes like Automotive. basic computer skills, employment skills, keyboarding, food services, general office skills, etc. here is the link http://www.cod.edu/vocational/VocSched.htm . Also my son works at Jewel part time and goes to the Social Club offered by Gateway Hanson Center every other Friday. They also offer many other options for kids of all ages. We live in Elmhurst but it is offered for other locations. did take the Keyboarding class in High School at COD and enjoyed it but still needed much help with it. is a very social 25 year old young man that loves to keep busy. I had graduate when he was 20 only because his brother was graduating the next year and I wanted it to be special for both of them. At that time he had already started his job at Jewel and was in the social club. Shirley Nesbit <cathynesbit > wrote: I want to thank everyone again for the help in trying to understand legal rights in reference to new laws pertaining to graduation. I am beginning to accept that my daughter will be graduating in May. In putting a plan together for a full and exciting life for my daughter, I was wondering is there any activity in your adult daughter or son's life that is making adult life better. My daughter has very limited reading and writing skills. We don't leave her alone at home. She is very social. She will be volunteering at a day care after graduation but not 8 hours a day. What other ideas has anyone implemented to make adult life for people with disabilities exciting? Thanks, Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Access over 1 million songs - Music Unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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