New program for adults with intellectual, developmental disabilities
Fleming College is one of only a handful of colleges offering a unique new program designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and brain injury.
The Community Integration through Cooperative Education (CICE) program starts in September 2011 and will have room for 20 students. It is a two-year program and students graduate with an Ontario College Certificate.
The CICE program offers a combination of academic courses and cooperative education opportunities. It focuses on personal development, social opportunities and essential employability skills.
“This program will offer students a rich opportunity to develop academic and vocational skills while participating in an integrated post-secondary experience,” said Joyce Wade, CICE program coordinator.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for students to attend college and to do so in their own community. Students will continue to develop essential workplace skills and experience a post-secondary program that offers a unique blend of core and optional courses in an integrated setting. Parents and their sons and daughters have been talking of this possibility for far too long. It has finally arrived,” said Ray Walt, chair of the CICE program advisory committee and former head of Special Education at St. Peter’s Secondary School.
For more information, visit www.flemingcollege.ca or contact Joyce Wade at 705-749-5530 x 1926 or jwade@flemingc.ca.
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 90 full-time programs in Business and Technology, Continuing Education and Skilled Trades, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Visual Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, and Law, Justice and Community Services. Fleming College has 6,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 58,000 alumni.
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For more information:
Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, 705-749-5530 x 1370 or copeland@flemingc.on.ca