The Center for Alternative Customized
College Education for Special Students
(Center for A.C.C.E.S.S.)

Discover more about our ACCESS program Ginny Carson and Lionel Harris, CEED Center for ACCESS tell us about a 40 year old program that has been serving students with disabilities by providing education and workforce training opportunities.

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Honoring Abilities and Needs

The Center for A.C.C.E.S.S. provides customized contract training to non-profit agencies and providers working with individuals in the community who have developmental, emotional or physical disabilities. For more than four decades, CCBC's Center for A.C.C.E.S.S. has chosen to empower people with disabilities by providing courses in basic education, vocational preparation, life skills training, personal enrichment and creative arts courses at both residential facilities and community day habilitation programs. Each year we help adults build new skills, improve organizational skills, learn effective ways to deal with workplace issues, hone their social skills, explore avenues for creativity and learn how to live independently. Courses are taught with a variety of teaching modalities to reach learners with different learning styles. Instructors have subject matter expertise and have experience working with various populations. The Center also develops courses specifically geared toward agency need. Recognizing that families and caregivers play critical roles, the Center also provides important support through specialized classes to those who work directly with the special needs population.

Success Starts Here

• Skills for living and working in the community.
• Confidence building in activities of daily living.
• Providing outlets for leisure skills and creativity.
  

Achieve

• GED Preparation and functional academics
• Enrichment and Adaptive Skills Training
• Independent and Community Living Skills
• Leisure time, education and recreation
• Vocational Transition
  

Course Offerings

• Academic Skills Enhancement
• Analyzing and Evaluating Current Issues
• Anger Management
• Art and Music
• Assertiveness Training
• Basic Math
• Basic Reading
• Computer Literacy
• Critical Reading
• Decision Making
• GED Preparation
• Gross Motor Skills
• Health and Wellness
• Independent Living Skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Job Readiness
• Language Arts - Basic Reading
• Loss and Grief
• Lyric Writing
• Money Management
• Nutrition
• Sewing
• Sign Language
• Stress Management
• Time Management
• Vocational Readiness
• Vocational, Social and Communication Skills
  

For more information or to arrange classes for your organization, email Ginny Carson or call her at 410-455-4355

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Learning to Analyze Current Issues and Ideas
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
What is going on in the world today? Individuals with disabilities will discuss and analyze current issues relating to society in general and to themselves in particular. Topics such as the war, elections, movies, economy and more will be discussed.

Nutrition for Individuals with Disabilities
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
Health and wellness start with good nutrition. This course is geared for individuals with disabilities who are living on their own or in group settings and who need to understand the basics of planning menus, eating balanced meals and shopping for groceries.

Basic Money Management for Special Populations
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
If you need to gain a basic understanding of setting personal and family goals, paying bills, and keeping records, as well as a system for budgeting and saving money, then this course is for you. Topics to be covered include: understanding self and others, problem-solving and decision making, managing resources, time and money, and communicating/relating to others.

Art Therapy for Adults with Special Needs
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
Yes, you can learn to draw! Individuals with disabilities will learn to draw using skill life setups. You will learn to express yourself through your drawings. Style and symbolic imagery in art will also be discussed.

Community Living Skills
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
This course is for adults with disabilities currently living in group homes or on their own to gain knowledge and skills to become more effective community members of society. Topics to be covered include decision making, the world of work, coping with society, housing and domestic considerations, using community resources and financial management.

Sign Language-Survival Skills
Total Cost: $75 (Tuition: $0 Fees: $75)
Designed to enable the student with disabilities to learn appropriate and advanced manual survival communication skills. Topics to be covered include indoor and outdoor signs, safety signs, consumerism signs, building signs, road signs, travel signs, food safety and warning signs