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Express Yourself: Process Class

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Express Yourself

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

 

For questions about program eligibility or curriculum, please email hannah@themiracleproject.org