| Action for Personal Choice (APC) |
| Adult learners |
| The
Program |
Action for Personal Choice is a 90-hour readiness program
providing adult learners with the social and behavioral skills
needed to participate fully in education and training courses,
secure employment, build healthy personal relationships, and make
informed life decisions. |
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| How
does it work? |
Participants (including, but not limited to, recipients of
public assistance and Aid to Families with Dependent Children,
homeless and unemployed persons, and inmates) are referred to the
program from a variety of sources including county departments of
social services, BOCES, and community-based agencies. The
program's operating premises are that adults can learn to
- take
responsibility for their own thinking and behavior, and
- overcome
cognitive and affective barriers that block their success in
education, training programs, and employment.
The participant intake procedure includes an individual interview
with the APC facilitator(s).
The program's active learning
process leads students from awareness, to understanding, to
acceptance, to change through a curriculum that is continually
responsive and adaptable to the particular needs of the group.
Eighteen of the 90 class hours are devoted to presentations on
addictions and compulsions, family systems, and
codependency; optional units
include family violence and sexual abuse. Classes meet for 3
consecutive weeks, 5 days a week, 6 hours a day. Class size is
typically 8 to 12 students and may be either single-sex or
coed. |
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| Learning Standards: |
Career Development/
Occupational Studies:
1) be knowledgeable about the world of work, explore career
options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to
future career decisions.
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| Contact:
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Chester Galle
Project Developer
Galle Educational Services, Inc.
1516 Randolph Road
Alfred Station, NY 14803
(607) 587-9094 fax: (607) 587-9095
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