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Half Full

I sat down with five of our students at CLE Rockville during their Social Engagement Group to talk about what failure means, and why it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I am always impressed and amazed at our students’ insights.

2018-09-26T13:33:02-05:00Featured, News|Comments Off on Half Full

The Act of Engagement: Socials Get Easier!

Group outings can be intimidating, especially when you’re new to CLE and don’t know many people yet. We do try to involve students in planning the outings and finding things that will be interesting and fun. This helps to make the hard work of understanding group dynamics and communicating collaboratively more enjoyable.

2018-07-27T10:07:33-05:00News|Comments Off on The Act of Engagement: Socials Get Easier!

What is Normal?

"I don't want to be told I'm normal because that's boring. Everyone has their own unique qualities, quirks, interests, and personalities." The group agreed, and another student shared that his interests are sometimes viewed as not normal.

2018-04-26T16:33:49-05:00News|Comments Off on What is Normal?

Say What You Mean

What would we say if there were no rules and no social consequences? What would we reveal about ourselves that is important to us, but we are afraid to say aloud because of how others might react? I posed that question to a group of CLE Rockville students, and passed out postcard sized paper.

2018-02-27T16:51:04-06:00News|Comments Off on Say What You Mean

CLE’s Top Chef

At the beginning, David talked about his desire to be independent and live on his own. Although he wanted this for himself he was unsure of what it looked like and where to begin. We worked together to break down skills and focus on one goal at a time. From the very beginning a goal David had was learning how to cook.

2018-01-31T10:12:30-06:00News|Comments Off on CLE’s Top Chef
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