The Community School
Category: From The Executive Director
An Outing to the Lake Claire Community Land Trust by Dave Nelson
This article written by our Executive Director, Dave Nelson, explores one of our independence group’s fun and enlightening journey to the Lake Claire Community Land Trust, a hidden Atlantan gem in Candler Park.
Read MoreA Letter from our Executive Director addressing our 6th Annual Southern Soiree and Auction
Dear TCS Community: The beginning of the new calendar year is always an exciting and hectic time for us at TCS. First and foremost, we are concentrating on helping our students, participants, and families get back into the groove; sometimes…
Read MoreElection Anxiety
In this article our Executive Director, Dave Nelson, reflects on the effects of increasing political anxiety in regards to our participants and postulates strategies that caregivers and/or supporters of people of difference can respond with in nonpartisan, inclusive, and empathic ways.
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A Letter from Our Executive Director, Dave Nelson, about the TCS Decatur Art Show
In this letter from TCS’s Executive Director, Dave Nelson, Nelson describes TCS’s unique program, TCS’s long standing relationship with the City of Decatur, and the importance of the TCS Decatur Art Show on exhibit now at the Decatur Visitor Center.
Read MoreThe Power of Community
We recently invited our families to join us for a picnic lunch at one of our hiking locations, and the turnout was great. As I stood over the large sheet cake, guarding it from predators (we were in the wilderness,…
Read MoreTCS to Present Series on Sexuality and Developmental Disabilities with All About Developmental Disabilities
Dave Nelson, Executive Director of The Community School, Beth Champ, Young Adult Program Director of The Community School, and All About Developmental Disabilities (AADD) will team up to present a four part series on Sexuality and Developmental Disabilities this fall….
Read MoreThree Peaks, One Cause Fundraiser
The Community School’s founder and Executive Director, Dave Nelson, is climbing three of the highest peaks in New England today and tomorrow (June 27th and 28th) – and he needs your help to get him to the summits! In addition to Dave, the…
Read MoreDave Nelson to Conduct DIR/Floortime Training in Singapore
This summer, Dave Nelson, TCS’s Executive Director, co-led three days of DIR/Floortime training for therapists at Dynamics Therapy Centre for Kids in Singapore. Dynamics is one of the leading therapy centers in Southeast Asia. Dave and his co-leader, Crystal Merrill…
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