College Readiness Program
FOR college students on “BREAK”
The College Connection – A program designed for college students who are sensitive and having a difficult time adjusting to college life. TWW will provide services and unique opportunities to help these students, between the ages of 18-21 to achieve and sustain independence while becoming self-directed young adults. It’s about assisting students in feeling comfortable with their college peers in a college environment. This program offers experiential and exploratory opportunities for students to learn:
• Age-appropriate communication skills
- Acceptance of others and college life.
• Increase self-advocacy abilities with other college students in a relaxed informal setting.
• Organization and issues with perfectionism.
• Staying on topic and getting their thoughts together.
• Misperceptions about college peers and all the things that student experiences in a social setting
WHAT TO EXPECT: TWW trained collegiate peer mentors and these sensitive students will attend a social “hang out.” This is a social program held during winter break, spring break and the summer time. You can expect a lot of hangin’ out, sharing “techy” knowledge, cooking at the center, shopping, meeting at cafe’s, and a night out at the movies. Below are the dates for Winter Break 2011:
WHERE: Center, cafés, shopping centers, movies in the Pennsburg area
WHEN: Dec 23th, 27th, 30th Jan. 6th and 13th – 2:30pm-4:30pm.
his is a social program held during winter brek, spring break and the summer time. You can expect a lot of hangin’ out, sharing “techy” knowledge, cooking at the center, shopping, meeting at cafe’s, and maybe in the movies.
Dates/Times – Dec 23th, 27th, 30th Jan. 6th and 13th – 2:30pm-4:30pm
Location: Pennsburg, Pa. Area
COST: $50/day (2 hr.of hanging!)
Contact: Adele Saccarelli
Phone: 215-680-2351
Email: adele@teamworkwins.org
Teamwork Wins
P.O Box 374
Red Hill Pa. 18076
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Students with ASD transitioning to college
Teamwork Wins Ltd (TWW) in collaboration with school districts is implementing a community based transitional program for students diagnosed/symptoms with Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism, in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. TWW will provide services and unique opportunities to help transition-age students prepare for college life. This program offers experiential and exploratory opportunities for students to learn age-appropriate communication skills and increase self-advocacy abilities in a college setting. The goal of the program is for students to achieve and sustain independence while becoming self-directed young adults after graduation.
Teamwork Wins’ ASD Program has three components:
1. TWW provides trained collegiate peer mentors @ the college/university. The peer mentors will escort individual students to various locations on campus and educate them about campus life. A TWW Masters Level Autism Specialist will facilitate and supervise the program.
2. TWW trained collegiate peer mentors and the ASD students will attend a social group to discuss issues with perfectionism, organization, inferencing, staying on topic, getting their thoughts out on paper thru writing.
3. TWW will work in conjunction with the students and parents – Taking parents through the “When to guide your young-adult child and when to let go” process.
*All programs are supported by a variety of Evidence-Based Practice models
Program Guidelines:
- IQ score of 120 or higher documented through a school-based evaluation
- TWW Three step application process
o Written application with required documentation from parent and teacher
o Phone interview with parents
o Observation of student
- Effectively communicates with all members of the IEP Team on students’ progress and coordinates any programmatic changes.
o Monitoring the individual students’ IEP goals through progress monitoring
o Determine programmatic changes through progress monitoring and observation of the students
o Determine Exit Criteria
o Specify Dismissal Criteria
This is a six week program:
Six Sundays in the Fall and six in the Spring.
Dates/Times/Location – TBA
Contact: Adele Saccarelli
Phone: 215-680-2351
Email: adele@teamworkwins.org
P.O Box 374
Red Hill Pa. 18076
