Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Public Good:
◦ Students will complete a journal of experiences, growth and concern.
◦ MT Students will lead a performance for the public with the CEC participants.
◦ Students will create art pieces and informational literature bringing awareness of various
disabilities associated with (I/DD).
Orientation at GIVE Center:
◦ Certified to serve program: background check, volunteerism and GIVE Pulse.
◦ Disability Awareness: Diversity, People First Language, HIPPA, I/DD, CEC.
◦ Take a pre-survey to determine where they are on disability awareness.
◦ Event planning training.
Education is the Pathway to Change
Students Need to…
◦ Gain awareness of adults with I/DD and how to support them.
◦ Learn that disability is a form of diversity (disability is the often forgotten form
of diversity when we talk about disability).
◦ Learn and appreciate the diversity that people with I/DD bring to the world.
◦ Self-realization- to ensure that the next generation is more supportive of
people with disabilities for diversity.
◦ By exposing these students to a variety of opportunities of social
engagement we can one by one positively impact their perceptions of
individuals with I/DD, thus eventually changing the mindset of a future
generation that will go out and impact their own communities’ perceptions.
◦ This program allows the LEC to use GC students as a catalyst in helping to
educate the world about the abilities of disabilities and to see that …
“We are all more alike than different”
Benefits to Adults with I/DD
◦ Social enrichment, self-expression opportunities to be fully-engaged in the
community with college students from diverse majors and geographic areas.
We recognize that happiness and quality of life are pursuits for all of us.