_Community_
Program teaches skills to disabled
Job experience stressed
B\ |ant* Stelli*
t nierald ( ontrilnitor
Taking out tile garbage ts not
,i job most would find i.lialh'iig
ini; but to (’ll list \ Wilson, just
liiiviuj4 .1 job is t‘\t it mg.
W ilson is out* ol lout people
with developmental dis.ibilitit's
working .it the KMl ’ .is part ol .1
(ioinnumitv lilassroom pro
grain, who listed taking out the
garbage and washing dishes as
some ol then favorite tasks on
the job
I'hc Lam: t .iiu< .ition Srr\ h r
District began thf program in
September to tear li voting pro
pic with disabilities by helping
them lind and keep jobs m the
community
The 14 students come from
all over Lane (!ount\ . and meet
eat h morning .it the downtown
AKt bingo i enter hut do most
ol their learning on the job
"It's almost like a < lassroom
w ithout walls " said Marts
Sheehan, supervisor ol the high
school trainable mentally re
larded program
The students who work in
I hr I Ml' earn .1 small wage mil
.1 her lum h in return tor three
to lino hours ol work |>et <la\
K.uuh Haines ,m assistant
le.n tier u tin siiperr ises the
I Alt u ork 1 leu lie elllphn
sizes till' \\ ,ii(es
The main thing is hnvinn
the site In ilii training 11.lines
saiil "It k 1 ml ul niirrors a job
situation
I mines said llnil students hr
gin learning tiiisn restaurant
skills working in .1 juh c rrw ,n
thr I \ 11 or thr AK( liingu hull
.uni w nrk ihrrr until I hr \ i .in
hr pl.u rd in .in iiuliviilu.il |oh
llir I him ,it ion Sri vii.r Ills
11 ii I (l- SI)) lias .1 |i ih i lr\ rlopet
to liml businesses willing to
litre people w itli clisahilitirs
(omniuiiili (Massroom sin
drills .llso work .it small loi .il
Inisinrssrs. sin Ii .is Rosewater
I )rli the Haja ( air Mrlropol
H,lkrr\ \rvvnnd Inihistrirs and
I low 11 to I II til
(iar\ Perrin. the program
trai.llrr. said some local Inisi
nrssrs heard about the c oiniiui
mt\ classroom h\ word ol
uii111111 and wanted to get tn
vulvrd in ordrl to put some
thing bar k into the i nmmtmiU
s*i far wr h.ivm'l h.nl nn
problems with tin' businesses
,md lhe\ hiivcn t reported .tin
problems with u s.' I’it rill said
IVrriit said thr projet t has
been ilinhu Sill 1 essllll si) t.ll
It s ,i real dvnamii pnup<mi
th.it tienetits students thiTi
families .iiul thr i iiiniminili
I’l'rnn s.uii
IVrrin also ir.it hrs has it
adult mini .ition i I.issi's .11 I..1111•
t onimunils l aillegr ss line
mam nl the ( aimmumls ( lass
ilium simlents learn him to
manage the mnne\ lhe\ earn
u here lu get help it the\ have a
problem ami what to do with
then leisure tune she said
"We need to support the sin
dents and help them to he mile
pendent I’n l in said
rin- ( aimmtimK ( lassronm’s
goal is tor students to he aide to
keep then |ohs a 11 e I tiles re till
islied w ith the program
He w.itil to m.ike them
I oiupetit n e in the |oh matkel
so ||ie\ tail keep the joli
t lames said
In addition I’eriin said the
gills help raise the students
sett esteem
It s amazing Inns important
these |< ills ale to them. Perrin
said 1 I here s a lot ol pride
taken 111 the |olis
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