Show Grant to Skill Center will Help Disabled Students By Willie Jones Contributing Writer I Skill Center was recently t. t awarded a US U.S. Department of Education grant for their Projects With Industry program The grant submitted last April and awarded award award- ed in September took effect this month and will continue for five years at more than per year which operates completely on grant funding is for students with severe physical mental emotional and learning The program is designed so they can learn at their own pace in the computer field as nework network network net net- work administrators and PC special special- fists With the federal grant the program program program pro pro- gram now will provide more job placement and career advancement skills as well as train students to manage manage manage man man- age their Christy Russell project coordinator coordinator coordinator coor coor- at the Skills Center said The home-based home training will be wonderful wonder wonder- ful for forr t the e students who may take up t J three hours ours to get ready in the mor morning morning These students are highly motivated and want to learn the skills and become contributors to society and through they can do that Russell said that most of the classes are limited to 20 students to allow faculty to give personal attention attention attention atten atten- tion to students and to allow the program program program pro pro- gram to remain flexible to meet the needs of all students with differing We work with each student on an individual and group basis and create a plan for them to be successful in the workplace she said We offer dis- dis management training to all our students in addition to the regular course curriculum |