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.
Unfortunately, Meg Schofield will be unable to teach yoga and mindfulness for the next few months due to injury. Luckily, we were able to find a wonderful replacement--Tonya Salerno will take over teaching Meg's classes. She will break the class up into two parts: one part yoga and one part mindfulness, meditation and deep breathing....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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 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...
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...
VIBES: Voice, Imagination, Body, Ensemble, and Storytelling. This class is being run by Cotting School's very own performing arts teacher Alison McCarron. In this class, you’ll explore all the parts of VIBES—using your voice, imagination and body to perform and create. We’ll play improv games, experiment with music and build our own unique performances together as...
*Updated October 2025
To participate in CTI programs, events and activities, individuals must: