ABI Program Review 2005-2006

Celeste Ryan & Michelle Wild

ABI Program Overview

Funded by AB 77 under Special Programs and Services for the Disabled

Established in 1978 The ABI Program emphasizes cognitive

retraining, socialization, and career development to promote individual responsibility and independence

Classes take place at Costa Mesa Center

Program Schedule

Students in the program learn strategies to compensate for deficits in:– Verbal and Figural Skills– Attention– Memory– Critical Thinking– Organization

Formal Admissions Process

Formal Application Admissions Requirements Individual & Group Testing Intake Interview Review by Interdisciplinary Team Orientation for Students and Family

Members

Program Schedule

TEAM 1.1 TEAM 1.2 TEAM 2 TEAM 3 TEAM 4 TEAM 5

Cognitive:Psychosocial:Computer:

Brenda FitzgeorgeSue Shepard

Debbie Desmond

Tracy Teregis/Phyllis LarkinSue Shepard

Debbie Desmond

Michelle Wild/Tracy Teregis

Kim PetersonDebbie Desmond

Erin CrowleyBrenda FitzgeorgeDebbie Desmond

Linda ElbertSue Shepard

Debbie Desmond

Michelle Wild/Phyllis Larkin

Kim PetersonDebbie Desmond

8:30 - 9:20 ConceptsBrenda Room 17

Steve

ComputersDebbie

Room 13Mary

ConceptsMichelle (MW)

Tracy (TR)Room 11

Memory (M) Phyllis

ConceptsErin

Room 10Memory (W) Tracy

Lamis, Wendy

ComputersDebbie

Room 13Christine

Rocio MW

PsychosocialKim

Room 8

9:30- 10:20 ApplicationBrenda

Memory (W) PhyllisRoom 17

Steve

Psychosocial Sue

Room 8

ApplicationMichelle (MW)

Tracy (TR)Room 11

ApplicationErin

Room 10Lamis, Wendy

ConceptsLinda

Room 16Memory (M) Phyllis

Christine

ComputersDebbie

Room 13Mary

Rocio MW

10:40 - 11:30 PsychosocialSue

Room 17

Concepts Phyllis (M) Memory

Tracy (TWR)Room 8Steve

ComputersDebbie

Room 13Mary

Rocio MW

PsychosocialBrenda

Room 10

ApplicationLinda

Room 16Christine

ConceptsMichelle (MW) Phyllis (TR)

Memory (W) PhyllisRoom 11 Wendy

11:40 - 12:30 ComputersDebbie

Room 13Rocio MW

Application Phyllis (M)

Tracy (TWR) Room 8Steve

PsychosocialKim

Room 10

ComputersDebbie

Room 13Mary

PsychosocialSue

Room 16Christine

ApplicationMichelle (MW)

Phyllis (TR)Room 11 Wendy

Program Components -- CABI

Additional Program Components

Individual Counseling Future Planning Speech/Language Team Memory Team Psychosocial Workshops iPAQ Workshops Alumni Support Group Refresher Course

ABI Staffing

Dean, Special Programs & Services and Counseling (.25 FTE) Co-Department Chairs (3 LHE) Four Full-time Faculty Members One 55% Faculty Member Five Part-time Faculty Members Four Support Staff Consulting Neuropsychologist Five-six Doctoral Interns One Research Assistant Three Instructional Associates Five Instructional Aides

The Program Works!

Employment & Education Outcome

40%

21%

30%

6% 2%

School

Work

Volunteer

Training

Homemaker/Other

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will learn and successfully apply various cognitive and behavioral strategies needed to improve their ability to process information.

– To be assessed using scores and completion times on the CABI instrument or other assessment measures used. Will use a pre and post test design on all students.

Student has clear and realistic life goals.– To be assessed using a life goal planning form and rubric to

be developed by the Special Programs faculty and staff. Will use a pre and post test design and administer the instrument to all students.

Here’s What They Have to Say…

Student– “This is my last semester before graduation, in looking back, I am

extremely grateful for the help that I've received in so many areas. Without this program I would not be able to look ahead, past my immediate limitations, to a full life ahead. Now, I'm really excited about my new possibilities, which I would never have seen without the excellent guidance from so many in the ABI Program.”

Alumni– “I graduated in 2002. I am now happily married and finishing up a

Masters in Psychology with an emphasis on marriage and family development. I was hit by a car 7 1/2 years ago, spent two months in a coma, and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I would not be where I am today without the cognitive retraining that I received at Coastline. For that I am very grateful. Coastline's ABI program is an excellent and very necessary program. I wish it great success!”

Here’s What They Have to Say…

Family Member– “It is an incredibly outstanding program. It is a terrific re-hab

program that intensively deals with the two years post trauma….that makes the student feel empowered and responsible for his own actions and own future. unlike a medical, re-hab program where one feels like a patient, by nature dependent and unable to make his own decisions or take responsibility for one's future. The structure and format of the Coastline Program is ideal in optimizing the attitude of recovery, self-sufficiency, and personal empowerment.”

Program Goals

Update course outlines to reflect Student Leaning Outcomes (SLOs).

Establish an ABI internal research board (IRB). Explore and evaluate a functional assessment tool. Develop a program for Speech/Language interns. Establish an ABI student social club. Establish “Psychology of Hope” curriculum. Continue iPAQ Pocket PC training curriculum and workshops. Promote National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Re-establish an Advisory Board.

Program Highlights

Student Appeals Panel ABI Fundraising: 5/02 thru 12/05 -- $102,442.43 Special Programs Foundation Special Programs Foundation Recipients:

1/02 thru 4/06 -- $41,317.56 Coastline Scholarships: 4/02 thru 3/05 --$4,615 Monthly Staff Meetings Online Discussion Forum for Faculty & Staff Annual Ice Cream Social Transition Plans