PCSD Parent Mentor

The Cleveland Clinic Children's PEERS® Social Skills Groups: Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills is gauging interest for its two groups - Adolescents and Young Adults.

Please invite the people you support to enter the waitlist at redcap.ccf.org/redcap/surveys.

Adolescents
Ages: 12 - 17
Code: NLCD4KNP9

Young Adults
Ages: 18 - 25
Code: JMKHWPFN4

Attendees will learn about:
• Developing and maintaining friendships
• Conversational skills
• Entering and exiting conversations
• Appropriate use of humor
• Electronic communication
• Dating Skills
• Organizing get-togethers
• Handling direct and indirect bullying
• Handling disagreements
• Handling peer pressure

PEERS is an evidence-based social skills intervention designed for individuals interested in forming and maintaining friendships and/or developing romantic relationships.

Young adults are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities. Social coaches (parents or caregivers) will also be taught how to assist their loved one in making and keeping friends and/or dating, which will take place within the 90-minute time frame.

For questions, contact Megan Blake, OTD, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist at Cleveland Clinic at [email protected].

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Wood County Board of DD is excited to share that, as part of their Tech Hub Expansion grant, they have partnered with Kan Du Group to create a 3D printing program!

Individuals served by all county boards of DD in Ohio can request 3D printed items and they will be shipped directly to them.

Limit of 2 for free. Subject to availability.

Find out more on the Kan Du website here: KanDuGroup.org

The West Side Market presents Disability Access Day!

Visit the Market on Wednesday, June 10, from 10 am - 2 pm to celebrate accessibility.

Access Day Features:

Personal Guides
• 30 minutes of shopping support
• Sighted Human Guide sign pp, surveymonkey.com/r/SightGuide
• American Sign Language Interpreters sign up, surveymonkey.com/r/ASLGuide

Mobile Sensory Space
• A calm space for people who may feel overwhelmed at events.

Social Story
• A short story about what to expect at ow.ly/gjEV50YWLmp.

Restrooms
• Accessible restrooms and Momentum Refresh Mobile Restroom on site.

Getting There
• Accessible by RTA (bus and train), walking, biking, and by car.

Parking
• Accessible parking is available behind the market, with entrances on Bridge Avenue and Lorain Avenue. The first 90 minutes are free.

Event brought to you by the Cleveland Sight Center, Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, LEAP Cleveland, and Cuyahoga DD.



Image description: West Side Market Disability Access Day, June 10, with a top view of the Market.

In partnership with College Now, the Cuyahoga DD scholarship is open for the Cleveland State University (CSU) Reciprocal Inclusive Student Experience (RISE) Program.

Eligible students receive services from Cuyahoga DD and plan to enroll in the Cleveland State University RISE Program for the first time.

RISE is a two to four-year transition certificate program that empowers students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to continue their post-secondary education.

Learn more about RISE at levin.csuohio.edu/rise.

Apply for the scholarship by June 1 at cngc.org/2026CuyahogaDDScholarship.

For questions, please contact [email protected] or 216-635-0120.



Image description: Rhodes Tower overlooking Downtown Cleveland with CSU, Cuyahoga DD, and College Now logos.