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Project

Writing Our Journey Project

Center:

NV-Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2013

Contact Information:

Mary Bryant
[email protected]
775-682-9057

Project Description:

Writing our Journey is a project modeled after a similar project at the Elizabeth Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. The project is comprised of two writing groups, each meeting bi-monthly at a local community coffee house. One group is designed to encourage family caregivers, especially parents of children with developmental disabilities, to express themselves through writing. The other group is for middle and high school age siblings of people with disabilities and is facilitated by a college-age sibling. Group members in both groups meet bi-monthly and are invited to write and share poetry, prose, journal entries, screenplays, song lyrics or any style of writing they enjoy. The group will be expanding to include communication through social media in the near future.

Keyword(s):

Writing, parents, caregivers, siblings

Core Function(s):

Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities, Recreation-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other - Cultural Diversity

Target Audience:

Family Members/Caregivers

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County