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	<title>CIP Student Life Blog</title>
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	<description>College Internship Program's national centers for Asperger's and LD students</description>
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		<title>Teaching Social Skills Through Recreational Activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jan Petrides, CIP Berkshire Center
Social skills are difficult for most of our students with Asperger’s and learning differences. Many students are uncomfortable making eye contact or may not understand subtle social cues or facial expressions. Some students may be confused or distressed when new or unfamiliar activities are presented, not to mention struggling with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Overcome Shyness and Discomfort in Social Situations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a very shy person, just being around other people can be enough to stress you out. When in the company of more than one person, you may become very quiet, and speaking to a group of even two or three friends can be a difficult thing to do, but you can overcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Student of the Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Walsh, The Bloomington Center 
Matt Patterson works at the IU Wright Food court hauling piles of heavy trays, washing pots and pans, carrying out the trash, and wiping tables during the hectic daily ebb and flow of the student population.  However, rather than just zonking out on the couch after such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring Flexibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Noel, Berkshire Center Admissions Coordinator
As staff working with young adults that have additional challenges trying to get along in the world and be successful, we at the Berkshire Center pride ourselves on being good role models and treating each other with kindness, and going out of our way to help one another.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berkeley Students Bake Sale For Haiti Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nicole Hughes, Berkeley Center Career Coordinator
In effort to raise money for Haiti relief effort, the Berkeley Center had a bake sale as well as a donation jar that staff and students were welcomed to donate to. Many students participated, baking an assortment of cookies, lemon bars and more. They also contributed in other ways; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIP Advisors Teach Accountability and Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Ann Brown, Berkshire Center Student Advisor
As Advisors, one of our focuses is to teach our students banking and budgeting.  This is a hard concept for many of them to grasp as they have not had the opportunity of experiencing a cause and effect where money is concerned.  
Their monetary needs have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brevard Staff Attend FIT Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ryan Therriault, Academic Coordinator, and Janet Hrezo
The CIP Brevard Center staff had the opportunity to attend Florida Institute of Technology’s Fourth Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Conference on February 22.  Themed “Behavioral Interventions Across the Lifetime”, the conference featured speakers Dr. Timothy M. Weil, Dr. Patrick C. Friman and CIP National Professional Advisory Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomington Center Student is the Cat’s Meow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Walsh, The Bloomington Center
Adam Breall and I were up to Bloomington’s “Instant Gratification Movie Challenge,” a monthly indie movie filming collective.  Each month a theme is chosen like “King for a Day,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” and “Behind the Scenes.” Each participant is encouraged to take their own interpretation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brevard Center Student Named “Volunteer of the Year”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lee Kananack, Psychologist, The Brevard Center
When we last spoke about Moultrie Woodall, a volunteer intern at the Rossetter House Museum, he told us about how much he enjoyed his position there.
Apparently, the museum staff enjoys him as well.
At an awards ceremony this January, Moultrie was voted “Student Volunteer of the Year” by his peers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brevard Center: What’s New with the Drama Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Janet Hrezo, The Brevard Center
If you’ve been at the Brevard Center on any recent Wednesday afternoon, you may have heard some silly songs echoing through the hallway. Don’t worry. It’s just the Drama Club rehearsing for their next performance. 
Each semester they “go live” before an audience of students and staff and are currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIP at Woofstock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Vance Eakin, 3rd-year student at the Brevard Center
Photos by Zach Lichterman, 1st-year student at the Brevard Center
Woofstock is an event in which various people bring their dogs to the park.  It benefited the Greyhound Pets of America.  There were crafts to buy, music, food, games, and a dancing dog show.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Skills: How to Learn Basic Knife Skills</title>
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How To Learn Basic Knife Skills.
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