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 Association for Special Education


Opening the World Through Education
to Children and Young Adults with Diverse Abilities for over 50 years
 

  

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A Welcome Message from the Director...


Welcome to the Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education (SWCCCASE) website!  SWCCCASE has provided low incidence special education programs and services for eleven public school districts, 113a Lemont, 117 North Palos, 118 Palos,
142 Forest Ridge145 Arbor Park, 146 Tinley Park 159 Matteson,
160 Country Club Hills, 210 Lemont High School, 228 Bremenand
230 Consolidated High School
for over fifty years.  Our dedicated staff members understand the unique strengths and needs of our students and are committed to “Opening the world through education to children and young adults with diverse abilities.”  This is exemplified by Southwest Cooperative’s outstanding national reputation for implementing high quality innovative educational services for students with disabilities.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the SWCCCASE Administrative team, I welcome you to explore our website to learn more about the programs and services provided by our Cooperative.

Gineen O'Neil, Ed.D.

 




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Attention All Special Olympics Volunteers!

The new Special Olympics website is now available. Currently, all crucial information for volunteers can be found here. Complete the necessary forms and even order your team t-shirt! New this year, all volunteers must complete a Protective Behaviors Quiz. See the volunteers page for details.

Check the site periodically for updates for our athletes, parents, and other events associated with Special Olympics.

If you have any questions regarding Special Olympics, please be sure to contact coach
Charlie Rowe at crowe@swcccase.org.

Go Team Southwest!


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Save the Date! Orientation Date Set

We are pleased to announce that SWCCCASE Orientation will take place on August 9, 2013 at Andrew High School in Tinley Park.  This is a mandatory day of attendance for all SWCCCASE employees.  Please mark your calendars and make your summer plans accordingly.

 

Exploring = Learning

The DESTINY Program at Arbor Park Middle School has been working very hard this year. We are learning all about the history of America and have been busy with new projects and adventures.
We love to spend time in the community shopping for supplies or enjoying a nice lunch.

This year we were also able to visit a music store in Orland Park while we learned about the Roaring 20s. The musicians played jazz instruments for us and even let us try some out on our own.

 

Bengals Assisting Bengals

Bengals Assisting Bengals is a newly piloted class at Oak Forest High School. This class is taken by both the DESTINY students and students from the general education population. Oak Forest HS students had to apply to be enrolled in the class.



 

 


Braun Staff Top Earners for Jeans for Teens Fundraiser

A huge "Thank You" to the Braun staff for their participation in The Bridge Teen Center's Jeans for Teens fundraiser program. The Bridge Teen Center is an innovative grassroots nonprofit community center that was designed around the interests and needs of the average suburban teen between 7 and 12th grades. Located at 15555 S. 71st Court in Orland Park its mission is to provide free programs during after-school and unsupervised hours where students can develop mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually in a safe environment.

Currently, Braun staff members Melissa Ferriter and Stephanie Porter volunteer time at The Bridge and have seen a few Coop students enjoying the diverse weekday programs or Friday Night concerts open to local teens. The Braun staff was the highest grossing fundraising group, raising over $500 in the Jeans for Teens promotion and will receive a party hosted at The Bridge on May 13th as a thank you for their support.



Students Strike it Big Bowling
with Bengals Assisting Bengals

The students in our Adapted Physical Education/Bengals Assisting Bengals go bowling on an almost weekly basis to Oak Forest Bowl. A small group goes each week, and students have the opportunity to go 5 times throughout the school year.



The DESTINY students are paired up with the BAB students and bowl one game. Students look forward to this outing and have a blast while there!      

 

DESTINY Elementary Hosts Patriot's Day

The Kerkstra DESTINY Program hosted a Patriot’s Day Event on September 11th, 2012.  Over 200 Kerkstra students had the opportunity to work with students in the DESTINY Program to make cards for our U.S. Troops, including Mrs. O’Mahony’s nephew, Pvt. Daniel Talty - Marines. The students enjoyed completing this fun service project and working with their peers from the general education classrooms.  

 

     
 

Click the links below to visit a program web page:
 

Braun Educational Center
Communication Development
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
DESTINY
Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS)
Project Challenge
Services
Transition Services
Transitional Employment Program
Vision and O&M Services

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Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education
6020 W. 151st Street  | Oak Forest, IL 60452
(Telephone) 708-687-0900 | (TTY) 708-687-2151
(Fax) 708-687-5695

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