We offer a variety of events, workshops and seminars throughout the year designed to engage, empower and educate both members and their caregivers. Check our calendar for the full list of events and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the know about new opportunities.
This group will focus on topics related to interpersonal communication, boundaries and consent, sexuality and maintaining your health as an adult. Specific weekly topics will be provided closer to the dates scheduled. This class will be led by Erika Cain, CTI’s program manager. Erika has 10 years of teaching experience and is trained as a...
Join us for a free virtual seminar that explores assistive kitchen tools that help make cooking easier, safer and more accessible. The Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) Tech Kitchen will show us real-world solutions for everyday cooking challenges, including low-tech and high-tech tools ,that can increase your independence in the kitchen. The Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) is...
This event is cancelled, please see the March date if you are interested in climbing with us. Join us at the Cotting School Campus Center Rock Wall to get the chance to use this state of the art wall to practice your rock climbing skills. CTI is very lucky to have Cotting School's rock climbing...
This class is going to be all about different science myths and figuring out if they're true or false. Participants will pick a myth and run scientific trails and experiments to see if the myth is in actually a science fact. We expect to get creative, messy and make new discoveries together!
Join us at the CTI for a Guided Paint Night where participants follow along with an art instructor to create their own unique piece of artwork. Our art instructor for this event will be Aly Robinson, a former Cotting staff member, as well as a former Muse Paint Bar employee. Aly is a Licensed Mental...
Chu Ling, who founded Chu Ling Dance Academy in 1998, has been a performer and advocate for the arts for over 40 years. As a dancer, choreographer, producer, arts administrator and teacher, she has worked with multi-age performance groups on various types of dance. Chu Ling and her group of dancers are excited to perform...
Love to cook? Want to learn some basic skills that will increase your independence in the kitchen? Then come to CTI's Back to the Basics Cooking Class--Dinner Edition. We will work on simple cooking skills (such as dicing, peeling, using the stove or microwave), find ways to adapt the kitchen to meet individual needs, find...
This is the rescheduled date for the event that was cancelled because of the snow storm. If you were signed up for the original event on Tuesday February 24th, please let Erika Cain know if you'd like a refund or to be rescheduled for this new date. If you have not yet bought a ticket...
This class is cancelled. It is being moved from March 3rd to March 10th because the instructor is feeling sick. If you have already signed up for the class and want to be moved to the new session, please email Erika Cain at ecain@cotting.org to let her know. If you have already signed up and...
This event has been cancelled as a result of the instructors not being able to attend anymore. We apologize for the inconvenience. Join us at the Cotting School Campus Center Rock Wall to get the chance to use this state of the art wall to practice your rock climbing skills. CTI is very lucky to...
Parents and caregivers are invited to join Cotting School Family Support and Engagement Coordinator Naomi Zuckerman and CTI Program Manager Erika Cain on Zoom for a monthly group meeting centered on resources for transition planning! These are open groups where parents and caregivers can come together for conversations related to your young adult's transition. Bring...
Do you enjoy getting out into the crisp winter air and exploring nature? Bundle up and join us for a winter walk in the woods/pathways around Cotting's campus. Start by learning about the different types of birds that might be present in our area, and then use binoculars to search the sky for them. Stop...
*Updated October 2025
To participate in CTI programs, events and activities, individuals must: