{"id":18612,"date":"2021-12-13T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/?p=18612"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:10:16","slug":"a-place-for-everyone-un-lugar-para-todos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/2021\/12\/13\/a-place-for-everyone-un-lugar-para-todos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place for Everyone\/Un Lugar para Todos"},"content":{"rendered":"

GiGi’s Playhouse is part of a nationwide network of brick-and-mortar venues that provides free therapeutic, educational, and career programs for individuals with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood. The organization fills the community need for deliberate, progressive education to help families with Down syndrome bridge the gap between home and community. Some people mistakenly believe that because our organization is called GiGi’s Playhouse, our programs are only for children. This isn’t the case at all! GiGi’s Playhouse is named this way because participants of all ages have a good time while learning and growing!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Take a look\u00a0at the FREE programming that GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans is now offering for teenagers and adults with Down syndrome, as well as some prospective programs:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Friends Fun and Fitness<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a specialized program in which teenagers with Downs syndrome get together for physical activity that is created just for them. This program allows participants to make new friends and have fun while raising their physical activity levels
\n<\/span>via a variety of exercises. Participants will be encouraged to perform these varied physical activities independently at home and in the community by volunteers and coordinators.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGiFIT Adult<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a signature program that teaches fundamental, hip strengthening, and vestibular\/balance exercises in a way that makes them easy to use and practice at any age! It\u00a0emphasizes on\u00a0strengthening, endurance, joint stability, balance, movement control, and other fitness-related exercises. GiGiFIT encourages wellbeing via nutrition, breaking down obstacles, and boosting self-esteem.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Fantastic Friends<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a signature program that promotes the development of social skills and language via informal and entertaining peer-to-peer interaction. Adult participants, together with their friends without Down syndrome, help arrange activities so that group activities are focused on\u00a0particular interests. During Fantastic Friends,
\nthe group may engage in lively activities, dancing, or trips and events to learn more about their local community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGi Prep (prospective future programming in New Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0over the course of a ten-week session, the program focuses on improving communication skills, money management, customer service abilities, team development, and health and wellbeing. This is an application-based program with high expectations for adult Down syndrome participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGi U (prospective future programming in New Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a fifteen-week long comprehensive and progressive learning program designed exclusively for individuals with Down syndrome. It is intended to inspire adults with Down syndrome to reach their full potential in the real world while honing their abilities in areas such as wellness, communication, and career skills, with a focus on job interviewing, communication skills, money management, public speaking, customer service, computer skills, team building, and health.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGi Professional (prospective future programming in New Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a program that lets students apply what they’ve learned at GiGi U to real-world situations and earn credentials. Whether in an office, retail environment, design studio, or production space,\u00a0each individual\u00a0with Down syndrome will purposefully progress through certifications, learning and demonstrating strengths and interests in transferable job skills, and building a resume for placement in a job or volunteer position in the community during their thirteen-week internship.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only is GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans setting the standard for free programming for people with Down syndrome, but there is also a growing trend in supported employment for those with special needs after high school and college. Every person deserves to be accepted, appreciated, and given the chance to speak up, persevere, and show the world how much they can achieve.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GiGi\u2019s Playhouse New Orleans always welcomes new friends to any of their programs! If interested check the\u00a0<\/span>calendar<\/span><\/a>, and RSVP to the free signature programs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you interested in helping bring the prospective programs to the New Orleans Playhouse? Email\u00a0<\/span>volunteerneworleans@gigisplayhouse.org<\/span><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GiGi’s Playhouse es parte de una red nacional de lugares f\u00edsicos que ofrece programas terap\u00e9uticos, educativos y profesionales gratuitos para personas con s\u00edndrome de Down desde el nacimiento hasta la edad adulta. La organizaci\u00f3n satisface la necesidad de la comunidad de una educaci\u00f3n progresiva y deliberada para ayudar a las familias con s\u00edndrome de Down a\u00a0reducir la disparidad\u00a0entre el hogar y la comunidad. Algunas personas creen err\u00f3neamente que debido a que nuestra organizaci\u00f3n se llama GiGi’s Playhouse, nuestros programas son solo para ni\u00f1os. \u00a1Este no es el caso en absoluto!\u00a0GiGi\u2019s Playhouse\u00a0se llama as\u00ed porque los participantes de todas las edades se divierten mientras aprenden y crecen.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Echa un vistazo a la programaci\u00f3n GRATUITA que GiGi\u2019s Playhouse New Orleans ofrece ahora para adolescentes y adultos con\u00a0s\u00edndrome\u00a0de Down,\u00a0as\u00ed\u00a0como unos programas prospectivos:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Amigos,\u00a0Diversi\u00f3n\u00a0y Aptitud\u00a0F\u00edsica\u00a0<\/span><\/b>es un programa especializado en el que adolescentes con s\u00edndrome de Down se re\u00fanen para realizar una actividad f\u00edsica creada solo para ellos. Este programa permite a los participantes hacer nuevos amigos y divertirse mientras aumentan sus niveles de actividad f\u00edsica a trav\u00e9s de una variedad de ejercicios. Los voluntarios y coordinadores animar\u00e1n a los participantes a realizar las diferentes actividades f\u00edsicas de forma independiente en el hogar y en la comunidad.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGiFIT Adultos<\/span><\/b>\u00a0es un programa estrella que ense\u00f1a ejercicios fundamentales, de fortalecimiento de la cadera y de vestibular\/equilibrio de una manera que los hace f\u00e1ciles de usar y practicar a cualquier edad. Se enfatiza en el fortalecimiento, la resistencia, la estabilidad de las articulaciones, el equilibrio, el control del movimiento y otros ejercicios relacionados con la aptitud f\u00edsica. GiGiFIT fomenta el bienestar a trav\u00e9s de la nutrici\u00f3n, eliminando obst\u00e1culos y aumentando la autoestima.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Amigos Fant\u00e1sticos<\/span><\/b>\u00a0es un programa estrella que promueve el desarrollo de habilidades sociales y del lenguaje a trav\u00e9s de una interacci\u00f3n informal y divertida entre compa\u00f1eros. Los participantes adultos, junto con sus amigos sin s\u00edndrome de Down, ayudan a organizar actividades para que las actividades de grupo se centren en intereses particulares. Durante Amigos Fant\u00e1sticos, el grupo puede participar en actividades animadas, bailes o paseos y eventos para aprender m\u00e1s sobre su comunidad local.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGi\u00a0Prepa\u00a0(programaci\u00f3n futura prospectiva en Nueva Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0en el transcurso de una\u00a0sesi\u00f3n\u00a0de diez semanas, el programa se enfoca en mejorar las habilidades de comunicaci\u00f3n,\u00a0administraci\u00f3n\u00a0del dinero, habilidades de servicio al\u00a0cliente, desarrollo de equipos y salud y bienestar. Este es un programa basado en\u00a0aplicaciones\u00a0con altas expectativas para los participantes adultos con s\u00edndrome de Down.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"GiGi U\u00a0(programaci\u00f3n futura prospectiva en Nueva Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0es un programa de aprendizaje integral y progresivo de quince semanas de duraci\u00f3n dise\u00f1ado exclusivamente para personas con s\u00edndrome de Down. Su objetivo es inspirar a los adultos con s\u00edndrome de Down a alcanzar su m\u00e1ximo potencial en el mundo real mientras perfeccionan sus habilidades en \u00e1reas como el bienestar, la comunicaci\u00f3n y las habilidades profesionales, con un enfoque en entrevistas de trabajo, habilidades de comunicaci\u00f3n, administraci\u00f3n del dinero, hablar en p\u00fablico, servicio al cliente, habilidades inform\u00e1ticas, formaci\u00f3n de equipos y salud.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"GiGi Professional (programaci\u00f3n futura prospectiva en Nueva Orleans)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0es un programa que permite a los estudiantes aplicar lo que han aprendido en GiGi U a situaciones del mundo real y obtener credenciales. Ya sea en una oficina, un entorno minorista, un estudio de dise\u00f1o o un espacio de producci\u00f3n, cada individuo con s\u00edndrome de Down progresar\u00e1 intencionalmente a trav\u00e9s de certificaciones, aprendiendo y demostrando fortalezas e intereses en habilidades laborales, y construyendo un curr\u00edculum para su colocaci\u00f3n en un trabajo o puesto de voluntario en la comunidad durante su pasant\u00eda de trece semanas.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans\u00a0no solo\u00a0est\u00e1\u00a0estableciendo el\u00a0est\u00e1ndar\u00a0para la\u00a0programaci\u00f3n\u00a0gratuita para personas con\u00a0s\u00edndrome\u00a0de Down, sino que\u00a0tambi\u00e9n\u00a0existe una tendencia creciente en el empleo con apoyo para aquellos con necesidades especiales\u00a0despu\u00e9s\u00a0de la escuela secundaria y la universidad. Todas las personas merecen ser\u00a0aceptadas,\u00a0apreciadas y tener la oportunidad de hablar por\u00a0si\u00a0mismos, perseverar y mostrar al mundo cu\u00e1nto pueden lograr.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a1GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans siempre da la bienvenida a nuevos amigos a cualquiera de sus programas! Si est\u00e1 interesado, consulte nuestro\u00a0<\/span>calendario<\/span><\/a>\u00a0y confirme su asistencia a los programas estrella gratuitos.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bfEst\u00e1 interesado en ayudar a llevar los posibles programas al New Orleans Playhouse? Mande un correo electr\u00f3nico a\u00a0<\/span>volunteerneworleans@gigisplayhouse.org<\/span><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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