Transition News

NY Times Essay Posted
NY Times “Motherlode” column about what it felt like to have to apply for guardianship of my own child.
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/proving-youre-a-good-parent/#more-13547

Coryell Campus
The Coryell Campus features a café, work rooms, recreation room, and a vegetable and herb garden.

Garden/Café - The students plant and growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs to be used in the café, where they prepare their own meals. You're likely to find students making snacks and drinks for the church community, whose campus we share, as well as the surrounding westside neighborhood.  Students also run a vending machine business through the café.

Recreation Room - The “Rec” room is set up as a place to exercise, interact socially, and to relax as a reward for work well done.

Work Room - The work room hosts our CopyShop, where students provide services - copy, staple, and collate, print catalogs, for local businesses. It also features project areas, a laundry center, and a morning meeting space where students start their day.

What Works
iPrompts App Shows Promise!
By Kate Bemesderfer, Senior Instructor

I'm impressed with this company and the people involved, and even if the tech isn't “tech perfect” just yet, they are interested in getting it right. iPrompts is an amazing program, the company is working on embedding timers in schedules, creating a reminders system so that the program will prompt kids automatically throughout the day, setting up schedules in a way that allows elements to be checked off and for reinforcers to be "unlocked" on the basis of schedule progress.  We are using the app with student iPhones and iPads and we are seeing great results. The company is considering making two apps, one for the individual with autism and another for the caregivers. Check it out: www.handholdadaptive.com