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Main Campus Instructional Staff As part of a college, the Center’s organizational structure is integrated into the overall structure of the institution. Center staff work closely with staff from most of the administrative and operational areas of the college. However, the linkages with instruction are tied to those instructional areas of the college that focus on health, wellness, and educational programs for individuals with disabilities. DSP&S The links to Disabled Students Programs and Services are financial, administrative and instructional. The DSP&S Director administers the total budget for all disabled students programs and the attendance accounting functions that are related to that budget. However, beyond these functions, there are DSP&S classes that Center students often take as they begin to venture out of the protective environment of the Center onto the main campus. The Counseling classes and adaptive physical education classes are especially popular points of entry. DSP&S Director Joe Napolitano assists the Center with instructional as well as administrative support. In his words: “The Stroke and Acquired HWPEA Division The Health, Wellness, Physical Education and Athletics Division of the College provides a wide range of instruction. All of the allied health training programs are included as well as the more traditional physical education and athletics courses and activities. What unifies and sets this division apart is its relatively new focus on the importance of wellness as a concept and a significant discipline for study and development. The Stroke and Acquired Disability Center will be an integral part of the new Wellness Center currently being built on the main campus. Wellness is viewed as a continuum of care where the mission is teaching and learning leading to optional functioning of each individual regardless of current health status or disability. “Wellness is a multidimensional state of being describing the existence of positive health in an individual as exemplified by quality of life and a sense of well-being.” (Corbin, C.B. & Pangrazi, R.P. (2001). Toward a uniform definition of wellness: A commentary. President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, 3(15), 1-8.) The Wellness Center will capitalize on the skills and talents of all aspects of the HWPEA Division ranging from the demanding sports orientation of the athletics and physical education departments to the health restoration career training orientations of nursing, medical assisting, dental hygiene, radiologic technology, and finally to the rehabilitative goals of the student/clients in Adaptive Physical Education and the Stroke and Acquired Disability Center.
Horticulture On a hill overlooking the new Wellness Center building is Cabrillo’s world-class Horticulture Department. Among their course offerings is Hort 165 The Therapeutic Garden. Instructor, Patti Dunks padunks@cabrillo.edu, created an intercampus class teaching the therapeutic aspects of horticulture to both horticulture and Center students. |
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Disability Center's importance to our community and Cabrillo College cannot be overstated. While originally limited to stroke survivors, the center is now able to serve people with other disabling conditions. The Center provides an educational program for the individuals with physical disabilities who have the desire to re-establish their independence and once again enter the mainstream of our community. As Director of the disabled students’ programs, I am proud to provide the administrative support the Center needs to continue it's wide range of services for our students.”
Dean Kathleen Welch oversees the Health, Wellness, Physical Education, Athletics Division. In her words, “This division is fortunate to include the Stroke and Disability Center. This Center has wonderful students andfaculty and provides a service to our community through Cabrillo College that is amazing and unique. We look forward to our new Health and Wellness Center which will bring our Stroke and Disability Center to the Aptos campus. I believe having the Stroke and Disability students and faculty on the main campus will enrich the campus and provide new opportunities for the Stroke and Disability Center students and faculty.”
