"Never mistake a clear view for a short distance"
~Paul Saffo~
I have lost track of the number of Sundays I have met with Ivy, one of my former OCS students (see post, Razzle Dazzle, two down from this one), to help with her Special Needs project, but every week something new and wonderful happens. It is because Ivy has the (currently overworked but still valid word) PASSION for her work, with an endless stream of inspiration for individual programs to enhance her client's abilities.
Not just her 'clients', either!
Today, at Siit, Ivy enrolled and integrated five local children as students, ages five to fifteen, who were waiting for us at the Siit Bright Lights building when we drove up with Jerome, who is a nineteen-year old, high-functioning Down Syndrome young man.
Jerome, and the other local Children with Disabilities that Ivy has interviewed and included in her program, can be read about in her newly-begun Wordpress blog, OPEN DOOR HABILITATION.
Today was especially exciting because regular classes at the Siit BLCLI have been suspended for several months while the Board struggles to reorganize their Vision/Mission/Strategy Plans. While the Bonbonon BLCLI campus has found focus on teaching High School students Computer/Internet literacy, Ivy, on her own initiative proposed and has begun integrating Siit elementary students into her project for Families with Disabilities. Here are a few, hasty, photos, plus this link that will take you directly to the page where today's notes of progress are posted:
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