Over the last 25 years, CHOICE sponsor Buffalo Ensemble Theatre has collaborated
with numerous human service organizations, including:
AIDS Community Services; Deaf Adult Services; Upstate New York Transplant Services;
The National Kidney Foundation (WNY Chapter);
Western New York War Veterans;
and the Alzheimer's Disease Association of WNY |
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About CHOICE
CHOICE is an interactive, theatre-based educational program that encourages
youth to pursue careers in the healthcare arena. As an added benefit, the
program gives students useful information about the availability of healthcare
in their community.
The Dilemma
Within the schools of many large cities, a certain percentage of students
are at risk of engaging in behavior that is nonproductive and potentially
dangerous. The challenge is not restricted by institution: these students may
be found in private schools, public schools and charter schools.
- Many of these at-risk students come from fragmented or economically
challenged homes.
- Their access to necessary medical services is often poor.
- Frequently, they do not see any connection between what they are taught
in school and how it might relate to their future careers.
- Often they are unaware that challenging, productive and attainable
careers are available in the healthcare field.
What can be done to change this outcome? The CHOICE program hopes to
provide at least one solution to this longstanding dilemma
One Solution
The CHOICE program encourages at-risk students to pursue careers in
healthcare, by encouraging awareness of career opportunities and planning that
culminate in post-high school and post-college education for healthcare
careers.
The project is structured around a series of live theatrical
vignettes presented four times a year to students, including one family night
presentation. The program complies with, and fully integrates, the established
New
York State C.D.O.S. (Career Development and Occupational Studies) Learning Standards
and metrics.
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