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.
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 team (Marcie Garon, Dave Largenton and Jim) around to help us use all the adaptive equipment to...
Do you love art and getting creative? Do you like up-cycling items to recycle and reuse them? Join us at CTI for a monthly recycled art class. The purpose of this class is to take something ordinary and old, and make it into something new and beautiful. During this first session participants will take old...
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...
If you enjoy the art of tie dye you will love this CTI class. We will have a guest teacher for this class, Cat Kaner, a CTI member's parent and also a tie dye expert. Cat will teach the group many different techniques for how to roll your white item into various patterns. All supplies...
This is a rescheduled date because of the snow storm. If you had purchased a ticket for the January 26th date and cannot attend the new February 2nd date, please email Erika or Jenn at ecain@cotting.org or jcallison@cotting.org. If you cannot attend this new date and you want a refund, please let them know as...
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--Lunch 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 event is cancelled--check the March calendar for more mindfulness! Did you know that meditation and mindfulness practice can lower stress levels, improve concentration and help you feel more relaxed in just one or two minutes? Learn simple, research-proven mindfulness techniques to help with everyday stress. We will practice light movement, breath work and meditation....
Daily Living Skills Groups are designed to support the growth and development of the skills needed for independent living. Curriculum will support the growth of executive functioning skills including decision making and organization of steps and sequences needed to complete various tasks. This group will be run by Erika Cain, the program manager at CTI....
Parents and caregivers are invited to join Cotting School Family Support and Engagement Coordinator Naomi Zuckerman and CTI Program Manager Erika Cain for a monthly group meeting centered on resources for transition planning! These are open groups where parents and caregivers can come together for coffee and conversation. Bring questions about available resources, share tips...
Do you love playing video games and spending time with your friends? Then sign up for CTI's video game club! We will have a Wii and many options for games to play. We also encourage folks to bring their own gaming systems, such as Switches to play with their friends. If you aren't a big...
Our drop-in lounge events provide young adults (with the support of a PCA/parent/caregiver, if applicable) the opportunity to hang out at the CTI with their friends, play board games/pool and enjoy a meal together, which is included in the price. The meals will rotate from pizza, to pasta, to sandwiches or even breakfast for dinner....
Have you heard about a sport that's all the rage recently called pickleball? It's a paddle sport the combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. If you like sports and want to learn something new, feel free to sign up for a pickleball class with Kelsey Nagle, a Cotting School teacher and racket sport...
*Updated October 2025
To participate in CTI programs, events and activities, individuals must: