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A Touch of Understanding’s character-building disability-awareness workshop educates a new generation of students to understand the challenges associated with disabilities and to accept and respect all individuals. It is beneficial not only for students with disabilities, but for all students, the campus culture as a whole, and the surrounding community.

This is not a typical school-wide assembly. The experiential workshops support a variety of learning styles by providing a hands-on experience to understand disabilities. We guide students through activities in which they build life skills that enable them to understand and relate to people with disabilities. As a result, teachers, parents and students observe an increase in respectful interactions and friendships as well as a reduction of isolation and bullying in the school environment and community.

The specific focus is to help children understand the challenges brought on by a variety of disabilities.

This workshop is geared toward 3rd - 12th graders but all ages are welcome.

• Host: Kara Parkins
• Registration window: 12/12 - 1/8
• # of Tickets: 60
• Ticket Types: Cottonwood students & Required Chaperones (chaperones will not select a ticket but will register on the order form).
• Cost: $23/ticket for students.
• No refunds after registration
• This is not a drop-off event. All students must have a chaperone for the duration of the event.
• ADA Accessible - yes
• Check-in: begins at 9:15am
• Free parking available 
• You will receive a reminder email from your host before the event with any additional details. Please do not reach out to the field trip facility/venue directly. If you have questions, please direct them to the Cottonwood coordinator instead.
• Focus Area: Disability Awareness
• Adult Transition Program and Transition Age students have been invited to attend this event in order to increase social interactions with peers and work on independent living skills.

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