Life Skills Program at DAWNcil for Teens and Young Adults with Disabilities

DAWN Center for Independent Living, Inc., is offering is a
72-hour interactive comprehensive life skills program available to eligible teens and young adults with disabilities
called Skills for Independent Living (SkIL). 
Thanks to support from the United Way of Northern New Jersey,
SkIL is currently offered at no cost to participants, and is available to teens
and young adults residing in Morris or Sussex counties.  The next SkIL session will begin on October
15, 2013 and will be held at DAWN’s office at 34 White Lake Road in Sparta on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 to 6:30 pm.

SkIL units cover themes including “Who fired the maid?” (Keeping a Clean, Neat Home), “Making contact” (Communicating with Others),
“Money isn’t funny!” (Managing Money),
“Teach me something I DON’T know”
(Options for Continuing Education, Vocational Training, and Employment), “Some of the finer things in life” (Exploring
the Creative Arts), and much more.  The
program provides a truly fun, inherently social, hands-on learning experience led
by DAWN’s Independent Living Transition Specialist, Heather Goldschmitt, who
holds a Master of Art’s Degree in Teaching and is a NJ Certified Teacher of
Students with Disabilities.  Sessions incorporate
practical learning activities, trips into the community, visits from special guest
speakers, and interactive technology-based learning opportunities.  Each students will receive a robust
curriculum binder to keep filled with information, resources, and materials
that they can continue to use in their life beyond SkIL to facilitate ongoing
life application of the learning content. 
The curriculum will be concluded with a celebration honoring participants,
who each will receive a certificate of participation in the SkIL program.

Pre-Registration forms must be submitted to DAWN by all
interested candidates.  These forms, and additional
information about SkIL, can be obtained by contacting Heather Goldschmitt at
973-625-1940 ext. 214 or hgoldschmitt@dawncil.org.  More information about DAWN is available on
the organization’s website at www.dawncil.org.