Alan Short Center serves San Joaquin county and accepts referrals from Valley Mountain Regional Center.
Alan Short Center is a non-profit agency that provides opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Center creates options that encourages personal growth through programs that bolster life, communication, and vocational skills, art, and other mechanisms.
Studio art utilizes varied medias and includes drawing, painting, and ceramics. Program participants have the opportunity to explore jewelry making, fabric painting/dying, sewing, crochet, photography, and creative writing, to name a few.
Life skills classes include recreational and cultural activities, sports/fitness workouts, and cooking. Daily living skills include conflict resolution and relationship interaction.
Vocational training includes volunteer work with various non-profit agencies, work opportunities in the participant-run store, and janitorial training skills useful at home and at work. Money management is also an option in this area.
ASC is integrated and supports full access to the community, where individuals have the opportunity to engage in community life, control their own personal resources and receive services to the same degree of access as individuals not receiving regional center services. This cultivates more choices, empowerment and independence.
