Living & Learning
Living & Learning focuses on developing skills of independence in the home and workplace.
Living & Learning often includes sessions where DSL’s supported employment team teaches workplace skills. Lessons cover topics that include how to get a job, gain more responsibilities, increase task independence, and more.
Students benefit from small-group interaction, role-playing, videos, demonstrations, and class discussion. The hands-on portion of the sessions, members’ favorite part of the program, includes cooking classes for students to prepare and clean up healthy snacks and meals using kitchen utensils and appliances, or crafts and projects to spark creativity and expression. Communication is also a large portion of the sessions, in which members are encouraged to engage with each other, staff, and volunteers in team-building and social games.
YOU MUST RSVP FOR THIS CLASS AS THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY AVAILABLE SEATS
L&L Meets three Monday nights each month from 5 – 6 pm at the DSL Kentucky Campus.
This month for Living and Learning, our focus is on health and wellness! We will be working through ways to have healthy minds and bodies and have fun take-home assignments for everyone to practice these new skills. During the lessons, we will discuss what health and wellness really mean, and why it’s important to take care of our bodies and minds. To understand the connection between staying healthy and feeling good. We will have our typical class discussions the first two weeks, then we will put into practice what we have learned for the last session.
Kentucky Living & Learning
April 8th - Session 1
Session 1: Healthy Brain (April 8th)
For Session 1, we are exploring different ways to keep our brains healthy. Did you know that our brains are like supercomputers that help us think, learn, and remember things?? This includes things like eating nutritious foods, getting enough sleep, and being physically active. It is so important to keep our brains healthy because they are like the engine that runs our whole body. Just like we take care of our bodies by eating well and exercising, we need to take care of our brains too! When our brains are healthy, we can think clearly, focus better, and feel happier.
Kentucky Living & Learning
April 15th - Session 2
Session 2: Healthy Body (April 15th)
For Session 2, we are focusing on the importance of keeping our bodies healthy and the different ways to maintain a healthy body. This includes things like eating nutritious foods, getting regular exercise, and making sure to get enough rest. We believe that these habits are crucial for our overall well-being and can help us feel strong and happy. By taking care of ourselves, we can have more energy, be better able to concentrate, and even prevent certain illnesses.
Kentucky Living and Learning
April 22nd - Session 3
Session 3: Now Practice! (April 22th)
For Session 3, we are putting what we learned to practice in a fun hour lesson of movement, mindfulness, and healthy snacks! Everyone will get to participate in an evening with a small group exercise that everyone will enjoy along with some discussion (and healthy snacks) to wrap up this past month! Our goal is for us to leave feeling healthier with more knowledge in our health and wellness.
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Kentucky April Session
Indiana Living & Learning
Questions? Email Tiffany
This program hosts weekly life skills training with the ultimate goal to make each participant more independent inside and outside of the home. A monthly topic is chosen, and four classes are conducted around that core concept. Each of the four classes covers the chosen topic from one of the four angles, which we refer to as the “4C’s”. Cooking, Cleaning, Community, and Communication.
Using hands-on activities, role-playing, group brainstorming, and activities in a real-world setting, participants in this program gain the skills and confidence they need to achieve their lifelong independence. There is no cost for this program.