Express Yourself: Process Class
Ages 16+ - Online
Join us for an 11-week program to enhance social communication through theater, film, music, improv, movement, poetry and storytelling.
Especially for non-speakers and those who would like a slower, individualized paced TMP class.
Wednesdays, 1pm-1:45pm PST
Sept. 29 – Dec. 15, 2021 (no class on Nov. 24)
If you have completed the Express Yourself: Process class and are interested in our more advanced Express Yourself: Production class CLICK HERE.
Inside the Program
- Acting, movement and music professionals
- Speech and language and occupational therapy advisors
- Zoom class format
- Participation in a study. Your only commitment is to complete pre- and post-surveys for both actor and parent/caregiver
Who Should Enroll
- Participants who are 16 years old or older
- Persons who are non-speaking
- Persons who have unreliable speech
- Persons who use AAC and alternate systems
- Participants who want to have fun and meet like minded people
- Participants must agree to be enrolled in the study
What Will You Learn
- More about the expressive side of you!
- How to enhance your multiple means of communication (multi-modality)
- Ways to communicate outside your comfort zone
- How to explore your expressive side through movement, music, IMPROV, poetry, creative writing and more.
What Will You Create
- Final project with recording for your legacy
- New information for others about how individuals who do not speak or have unreliable speech CAN create through the arts
- Lasting friendships!
Who Will You Learn With
- Elaine Hall – Founder and Artistic Director of The Miracle Project
- Darlene Hanson, SLP – Director of Communication Services for Resource for Education, Advocacy, Communication and Housing (REACH)
- Shelley Pack – Lead Teacher, The Miracle Project
- Mina Bloom – Music Director, The Miracle Project
- Advised by Barry Prizant, PhD., CCC-SLP, best-selling author Uniquely Human from Brown University
- Advised by Amy Laurent, PhD, OT
- Supervised by Hannah Warren, LCSW – Program Director & Clinical Supervisor, The Miracle Project
What's My Investment
- This program is partially funded by a grant from Ability Central
- Your investment is $300 for the 8 week experience
11 week program
Sept. 29 – Dec. 15 (no class Nov. 24)
Wednesdays – 1pm-1:45pm PST