The Ann Sullivan Center of Peru (CASP) awarded a recognition to the Agency of the Bank of the Nation, located in the Pueblo Libre district, for contributing to the civic education of our students.
As a result the students of CASP received training on the adequate use of automatic registers and clerk operations, the same training done on October 29, November 5 and November 19 of this year.
Our students learned how to form lines at the banking agency and wait their turn. They also learned how to withdraw cash from the automatic teller machine and how to make deposits at the window.
Liliana Mayo, Director of CASP, awarded the special distinction to officers of the bank, represented by Pueblo Libre Agency Administrator Lida Campañay, in recognition of their contribution to the education and social development of our students.
The recognition was given during the 2016 graduation ceremony of the School of Families in the CASP auditorium.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Bank of the Nation receives award for contributing to the education of people with different abilities
Students of the Ann Sullivan Center attend the USIL
Students of the Ann Sullivan Center (CASP) will be able to enter the labor market thanks to the Employment Network program administered by the Cisco business and the San Ignacio de Loyola University (USIL).
As a result of this, thirteen students from CASP took classes over a period of three months (twelve Sundays) covering computer and systems management as part of the pilot project that Cisco and USIL also launched, in favor of women of scarce resources.
By forming part of the first Employment Network, which is an initiative led by the Computer Engineering and Systems Program of USIL, our students are being trained in the field of Information and Communications Technologies in order to be included in the labor market, which contributes to the improvement of their quality of life and the narrowing of the digital gap.
“The Employment Network program constitutes a digital connection between people with different abilities and employing businesses, educational institutions, government entities and Cisco Networking Academy. By being registered in our network, they could be interviewed and considered for work opportunities,” said Ana María Ramírez, director of the Computer Engineering and Systems Program at USIL.
Founder and Executive Director of CASP, Liliana Mayo, PhD., said, “This new alliance had a new initiative: that of including people with different abilities for the first time. The students in information technology are also helping the students from CASP, which prepares them for future employment in information technology, which is one of the main objectives.”
Luis Alonso Rodríguez, a student of the program, also highlighted the importance of his participation in the project: “Here I can learn technology, the web and the internet.”
The CASP students assigned to participate in USIL’s and Cisco’s project are between the ages of 15 and 45 and come from the School Inclusion and Regular Classrooms programs. Their diagnoses are autism, mild retardation, Down syndrome and cognitive deficit.
It is worth noting that in Peru two out of every three people when different abilities lack some degree of education or only received an elementary education in many cases. Only one out of every ten has reached higher education. And only two out of every ten find employment.
As a result of this, thirteen students from CASP took classes over a period of three months (twelve Sundays) covering computer and systems management as part of the pilot project that Cisco and USIL also launched, in favor of women of scarce resources.
By forming part of the first Employment Network, which is an initiative led by the Computer Engineering and Systems Program of USIL, our students are being trained in the field of Information and Communications Technologies in order to be included in the labor market, which contributes to the improvement of their quality of life and the narrowing of the digital gap.
“The Employment Network program constitutes a digital connection between people with different abilities and employing businesses, educational institutions, government entities and Cisco Networking Academy. By being registered in our network, they could be interviewed and considered for work opportunities,” said Ana María Ramírez, director of the Computer Engineering and Systems Program at USIL.
Founder and Executive Director of CASP, Liliana Mayo, PhD., said, “This new alliance had a new initiative: that of including people with different abilities for the first time. The students in information technology are also helping the students from CASP, which prepares them for future employment in information technology, which is one of the main objectives.”
Luis Alonso Rodríguez, a student of the program, also highlighted the importance of his participation in the project: “Here I can learn technology, the web and the internet.”
The CASP students assigned to participate in USIL’s and Cisco’s project are between the ages of 15 and 45 and come from the School Inclusion and Regular Classrooms programs. Their diagnoses are autism, mild retardation, Down syndrome and cognitive deficit.
It is worth noting that in Peru two out of every three people when different abilities lack some degree of education or only received an elementary education in many cases. Only one out of every ten has reached higher education. And only two out of every ten find employment.
Friday, December 2, 2016
For 36 years, Dr. Judith M. LeBlanc has been dedicated to support and help create the vision of CASP
Dr. Mayo, after reading all she could on behavior analysis and facing a growing school and the necessity to improve, felt compelled to look overseas for guidance from the professionals whose books she had read. Her goal: to convince someone who had expertise in the field to come to Peru, understand their objectives, and advise them about how to proceed. Her search lead her to the University of Kansas’ (KU) Dr. Judith M. LeBlanc.
Dr. LeBlanc agreed to travel to Peru. She was impressed by what she saw during her first visit in 1981 and saw an opportunity to test her beliefs about how people learn. So began a long, productive partnership between Dr. Mayo and Dr. LeBlanc and between KU and CASP. Dr. LeBlanc would return to Peru for the next 35 years and help CASP develop a unique curriculum focused on functional and natural skills designed to prepare students for inclusion into life. With the mantra of “independent, productive, and happy", she has influenced the staff CASP to focus on students’ and their parents abilities rather than disabilities.
“One of the things we saw in Judy was the humbleness to teach us; she respected our culture,” Dr. Mayo says. From the beginning, Dr. LeBlanc encouraged the CASP team to think critically, to treat students as they would want to be treated, and to have a long-term vision. The relationship between CASP and Dr. LeBlanc has made CASP what it is today and is a true testament to the power of collaboration and the beauty that emerges when you give of yourself to others.
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