WHAT? A social group with a Financial Literacy focus, for young adults with disabilities. We’ll play some games and get to know each other, but we’ll also take a bit of time to talk about banking and other financial topics. Also room for parents to meet next door if desired. Parents do not have to stay through the group time.

WHEN? We’ll start on Friday, February 28 and go through April 3.(Fridays 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, and 4/3). Arrive between 6 and 6:30, browse the books, get a cup of hot cocoa, then we start at 6:30 and run through almost 8 PM when the store closes.

WHERE? Bestsellers Books across from the Courthouse in Mason, Michigan, 15 minutes south of Lansing. Bestsellers has a cafe for drinks and a few snacks.

WHO? This group is for young men and women, ages 16 to 30 or so. We are kind of flexible on ages…young people must be able to communicate verbally and take care of basic needs. Every participant should plan to attend at least 4 of the 6 sessions, making the group more stable for everyone’s participation. The group runs FREE of charge.

WHY? Everybody wants to spend time with friends. If your young adult child wants to make some friends, laugh a lot, and talk a little about taking on life as a young adult with disabilities, come on out.

HOW? Fill out the contact form below or email Lydia at edentransitionalliance@gmail.com.

Eden Transition Alliance is a small, community-based, non-profit organization that sponsors activities for young people with disabilities. Browse through our blog topics, and SIGN UP in the right hand margin to receive an email when this blog is updated.

We are planning a 6 week series on Financial Literacy. It’ll be held in Mason, Michigan, right downtown at Bestsellers across from the courthouse. Friday evenings. Stay tuned for dates and times. Series is for youth and young adults with disabilities. We’ll welcome boys and young men for this series.

Stop a second. Think. Is there someone you know who might want to know about our social groups? Send them our way. edentransition.org

Your chance to learn about banking, paychecks, and credit cards. Don’t miss it.

Have you heard of Dialectical Behavior Therapy? It’s a set of practical strategies for resolving some of the emotional distress associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders. A group will be starting at MSU in the new year for young adults with autism to learn DBT strategies. The name of the DBT program is Emotion Regulation. See details below. We’ve also attached a flyer for you to share.

Emotion Regulation is about understanding and reducing vulnerability to emotions, changing unwanted emotions, and increasing emotional resilience.
We are looking for:
College students with ASD
Young Adults (18 -26 yrs) Diagnosed with  ASD
EMOTION REGULATION
INCREASE EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Understand my emotions
Decrease emotional suffering
Change unwanted emotions C
Tips for emotional coping strategies
90 minute program
What?
8 week group intervention
Where? Michigan State University Campus
For more information, please contact: Gloria Lee Ph.D., CRC  (517) 432-3623   leekalai@msu.edu OR Heekyung Lee M.A.  (734) 623-960   leeheek1@msu.edu

Download a flyer about the program and share with friends and colleagues.

ER intervention flyer

Friday, December 6 will be our last meeting in 2019. We’ve been talking about community. What does it mean? What is my community, versus the community of school or my town? At our last meeting for the year, we’ll wrap up this 6 week series with a little celebration of our group community at our usual location, Bestsellers Books and Cafe in Mason, from 6 to 8 PM. This group is for girls 16 and up, those who have disabilities or other issues, and who want to make new friends in a safe and fun group.

… we might be at Bestsellers Books and Cafe. You might be the parent of one of the girls in the social group meeting in the next room. I’d be talking with you and other parents for a few minutes about your news and resources you might need.

If we were having coffee right now … your daughter might be in the next room, talking with friends she just met, or someone she met the last time our Girls’ Social Group met. And tomorrow, she’d be in school, telling her teacher or classmate about what her friend said last night. Her friend! (Sometimes kids with disabilities only have adult friends.)

If we were having coffee right now … I’d walk away so that I could go join the Girls” Social Group participants in the next room. I’m the facilitator. I really enjoy teens, and  my own daughter with disabilities is long past the teen years. Over the years, I gathered a lot of information and, dare I say, wisdom, about ways to make the transition to adulthood easier.

If we were having coffee right now … the girls might be having their own girl-time, while I come back to chat with you. I’d show you what the girls talked about … maybe “what is a community” or “how do I join the community of adults as I grow up”. The group would have talked about places in the community where they go with or without parents.

If I were having coffee right now … the day before the girls group happens … I’d be hoping that you will be there tomorrow, October 18 at 6 PM, at Bestsellers in Mason.