SESSION 5: 1.05-2.15pm
Room: LK208
Social Skills Growth through Continuing Education
Pamela Lindsay and Deanna Pursai, College of Adaptive Arts
Alternative approaches to equitable opportunities for lifelong education of adults with autism include instruction through the lens of social cognitive skill-building. An example of possibilities is presented by the College of Adaptive Arts, a multifaceted disability-serving nonprofit based in San Jose.
A presentation and group activity outline methods, including development of social skills, community connections, and friendships within daily learning. Creative options for increased personal daily activity leveraging areas of interest and perseveration also receive attention. Q&A, followed by group brainstorming, wrap up a fun and informative workshop promising many personal "take-aways."
Pamela Lindsay is the co-founder and Dean of Instruction at the College of Adaptive Arts. Pamela is currently a doctoral candidate at University of Phoenix (EDD/CI) with an emphasis in creative approaches to higher education for adults with all differing abilities. She spent ten years providing academic counseling to families with special needs students, including young adults transitioning to post-high school life. Pamela also has a lovely adult daughter who happens to have Asperger syndrome.
DeAnna Pursai is Pamela's distinguished co-founder and ED at the College of Adaptive Arts. DeAnna received her M.A. in educational policy analysis with an emphasis in state special education policy reform. She is also an intervention specialist with San Jose Unified School District. DeAnna has a delightful adult sister who happens to have Down syndrome.
Links:
College of Adaptive Arts: http://www.collegeofadaptivearts.org/
Room: LK208
Social Skills Growth through Continuing Education
Pamela Lindsay and Deanna Pursai, College of Adaptive Arts
Alternative approaches to equitable opportunities for lifelong education of adults with autism include instruction through the lens of social cognitive skill-building. An example of possibilities is presented by the College of Adaptive Arts, a multifaceted disability-serving nonprofit based in San Jose.
A presentation and group activity outline methods, including development of social skills, community connections, and friendships within daily learning. Creative options for increased personal daily activity leveraging areas of interest and perseveration also receive attention. Q&A, followed by group brainstorming, wrap up a fun and informative workshop promising many personal "take-aways."
Pamela Lindsay is the co-founder and Dean of Instruction at the College of Adaptive Arts. Pamela is currently a doctoral candidate at University of Phoenix (EDD/CI) with an emphasis in creative approaches to higher education for adults with all differing abilities. She spent ten years providing academic counseling to families with special needs students, including young adults transitioning to post-high school life. Pamela also has a lovely adult daughter who happens to have Asperger syndrome.
DeAnna Pursai is Pamela's distinguished co-founder and ED at the College of Adaptive Arts. DeAnna received her M.A. in educational policy analysis with an emphasis in state special education policy reform. She is also an intervention specialist with San Jose Unified School District. DeAnna has a delightful adult sister who happens to have Down syndrome.
Links:
College of Adaptive Arts: http://www.collegeofadaptivearts.org/