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Perspectives
- Feb, 1993 Issue #20 |
INDEPENDENCE
CENTER
Los Angeles, California
Carol R. Goodman, Director
310-202-7102
Independence
Center was founded by a group of parents brought together
by Sandy D. Gordon to form a residential program "for
young adults, age 18 through 32, with learning disabilities.
They are persons with average or slightly below average intelligence
- who have difficulty learning." Director Carol R. Goodman
has a Masters' Degree in Developmental Psychology, and is
an experienced family therapist and clinical hypnotherapist.
The Center teaches
independent living by breaking it down into small steps and
teaching them how to cook, how to clean, how to shop, how
to budget money, and how to get along with others, get along
in the community, problem-solve and make decisions.
In addition to the
residence program, Independence Center has Outreach Services
for those who have "completed the residential program or who
is already living in the community and works. Both ... programs
include socialization groups, vocational guidance, counseling,
and on-site visits to apartments and job.
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© 1993, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
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