CP CENTER CLASSES
Below is a list of classes that are available to the CP Center's participants during a typical week. These classes are constantly changing and adapting as we seek new ways of providing our participants with the tools they need - both physical and intellectual - to gain a maximum level of self -determination and independence.
Acupressure
Offered on a one-to-one basis with a certified therapist, gentle finger pressure is applied to specific points on the body to promote relaxation and ease tension.
Artistic Crafts
An advanced art class that encourages artistic expression through the creation of hand-made glazed and kiln-baked pottery. Pieces are sold in the Center's gift shop.
Arts and Crafts
Participants are exposed to a variety of craft projects and art media as a way of teaching constructive use of leisure time and a means of self-expression. Lessons in cultural differences and art history are also included.
Basic Education
Fundamental learning and basic skills are taught as the foundation for further knowledge acquisition in a positive and interactive learning format.
Basic Education 2
Educational Board Games This popular class uses enjoyable board games to expand the curriculum and instruction of the Basic Education Course.
Business Development - Micro-Enterprise
Participants in this program exercise their entrepreneurial skills by developing and running their own businesses.
CITI Program
The Community Integration Towards Independence Program gives participants the opportunity to gain skills and independence in accessing and using community resources from a site located in downtown Oakland.
Communication/Current Events
From the debate over how to resolve our energy crisis, to the latest story on Brad and Angelina, this class gets participants talking about the events that are happening around them. Emphasis is placed on how our society communicates different types of information.
Computer Literacy/Independent Study
Taught in our state-of-the-art Computer Learning Center, this popular class offers instruction in the use of computers and adaptive hardware and software for educational learning, personal use, and increasing communication.
Cooking/Nutrition
The importance of eating nutritious foods and well-balanced meals is taught in a fun class that concludes with the preparation of tasty menu items. Basic culinary skills are practiced in the newly equipped adaptive learning kitchen.
Craino Sacral
This Wellness and Aging Program therapy applies subtle manipulation to the spinal and cranial bones. Light touch and movement attempts to bring the central nervous system into harmony by removing restrictions and improving fluid nourishment to the brain and spinal cord.
Device Users Communication
An augmentative communication class that teaches participants with little or no speech how to talk with the use of computerized speech generating devices.
Feldenkrais
Hands-on manipulation and directed physical movements are used in individual or group instruction. This method is a basis for expanding and refining individual use of the body through a greater awareness of how the body functions.
Global Ecology
The beneficial effects of conservation and green technology are explored in an environmental science class that looks at the natural make-up and ongoing changes in our planet on a worldwide scale.
Health and Hygiene/Social/Life Skills
This class teaches participants the effects and benefits of healthy life style choices. Topics covered include nutrition, substance abuse, safe intimate personal relationships, and ways to increase physical activity and mental and emotional health.
Interpersonal and Coping Skills Development
Participants in these classes develop mechanisms for managing everyday situations that are a direct result of having a disability, and they explore ways to build a positive self-image.
Journalism
A writing skills class that takes articles written by participants and publishes them as a Center newsletter. Class participants assist with the formatting and editing of the final manuscript.
Life Skills and Functional Academics
How to use reading, math, and verbal and written communication as survival skills in everyday life - including banking, shopping, and purchasing necessary services like public transportation.
Massage Therap
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On an individual, not regularly scheduled basis, participants have the opportunity to receive therapeutic massage from a licensed massage therapist. Massage improves over all well-being by alleviating cramps and spasms, releasing general muscular tension, and decreasing uncontrolled movement.
Money/Business Management -2
Business owners study money management and record keeping for small businesses, pricing to optimize sales, budgeting revenues and expenses, cost control options, and how to monitor profit and loss.
Personal/Social Skills
A class that looks at the basic behaviors and responsibilities of establishing and maintaining appropriate inter-personal relationships in a variety of social settings.
Physical Movement
An adaptive exercise class that gets body parts moving, often to music.
Problem Solving
Lessons help develop skills for confronting and resolving real-life situations.
Reading
Assistive technology is used to adapt various text materials to appropriate reading levels and to present them in an accessible format. Independent knowledge acquisition on an ongoing basis is encouraged.
Recreational Board Games
A leisure skills class that teaches participants how to and gives them permission to play. The benefit of relaxing and learning to enjoy non-structured time is emphasized.
Stress Reduction
As a part of the CP Center's Wellness and Aging program, this Adaptive Yoga class involves moves and poses that help relax muscles and ease tension.
Vocational Opportunity Center
Participants engage in paid employment in the Commercial Mailing and Fulfillment Center.
Women's Group
Led by a trained counselor, this unique "girl-talk" session acts as a sounding board for social and personal topics ranging from dating to relationships with friends, family members, and co-workers. Participants are guided in how to successfully confront and deal with issues of a personal nature.
Yoga for Wheelchairs
The same stress reduction course is adapted for people to use while they remain in their wheelchair.
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