Pathfinders
Purpose
To promote effective coping with common life changes that follow a stroke.
To promote
a sense of wellness, empowerment and self-satisfaction.
To promote
physical fitness, flexibility, strength, endurance and balance through
exercise.
To promote
communication through group and computer exercises.
Pathfinders Program Activities
Communication Skills Classes
Physical Exercise Classes
Computer-based Speech Classes (Parrot and Bungalow software)
Is Pathfinders for me? 
Pathfinders is for mature adults who have had a stroke
and have completed their hospital therapy. Individuals must meet the
following requirements:
Have a
medically verifiable, post-stroke impairment.
Demonstrate
sufficient self-help skills to manage basic bodily functions or provide
own attendant care.
Have sufficient
language comprehension skills to benefit from the education program.
Consistently
refrain from behaviors which deny the personal right or safety of others,
and
Have the
potential to benefit from instruction in a group setting.
Program Information
No cost
Program Times:
Fall and Spring Semesters, Winter & Summer sessions
Communication classes:
Mondays (3 levels of skill)
Wednesdays (computer-based)
Physical exercise classes:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Place:
Emeritus College classrooms at
1227 2nd Street
Instructors:
Jeanne Adams, Registered Occupational Therapist
Jami Evans, Registered Occupational Therapist
Louise Feinberg, Speech Pathologist
Lolly Krissman, Speech Pathologist
Jiane Li, Registered Occupational Therapist
Bonnie Nakasuji, Registered Occupational Therapist
How Do I Enroll?
Students must contact Sandi Burnett, Disabled Student
Services at (310) 434-4442 prior to class attendance. Waiting lists
are common for most classes. Classes are offered free of charge.
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