Special education teacher gets creative after pandemic disrupts job site training
At the Western Wayne Skill Center, independence is the goal. The program within Garfield Community School in Livonia helps students who have cognitive impairments, ages 18 to 26, learn valuable skills. But when the pandemic hit, they had to pivot and get creative.
By: WXYZ Staff
and last updated 2021-05-03 12:34:40-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) At the Western Wayne Skill Center, independence is the goal. The program within Garfield Community School in Livonia , Michigan, students who have cognitive impairments, ages 18 to 26, learn valuable skills. We teach them job skills, they re also learning problem-solving, how to work with others, how to take direction, how to correct their work when they make a mistake, and working through any issues that all of us workers come across on a day to day basis, said Western Wayne Skill Center teacher Amy Munday.