Creative Connections
I began a service-learning project to teach my students about kindness and other community members. My students have severe and profound multiple disabilities. Many times they are not involved in community activities. I wanted a way for them to connect academics with transition skills to their community. We make crafts and greeting cards for residents of a local nursing home, our personal school bus drivers, clients at a local food bank, and school faculty and students. Art is something that they all enjoy! We currently have a kindness tree set up in faculty lounge to share buttons with positive sayings. Our mission is simple: to put a smile on someone else's day.
