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 on Monday nights from 5 – 6 pm at the DSL Kentucky Campus.
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Kentucky August Sessions
We’re excited to share our upcoming August Living and Learning Series, focused on Community Etiquette & Safety. This month’s lessons are designed to help build real-world skills that can be utilized in everyday situations—especially when dining out and navigating the community safely and independently. Each week, we’ll focus on a specific topic, with hands-on activities, budgeting practice, and a real-life restaurant outing to bring it all together.
Offered Virtually Every Week
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August 4th
Session 1: Social Skills in a Restaurant
We’ll explore table manners, how to order politely, and what to do if you get separated from your group.
August 11th
Session 2: Menu Math & Budgeting
We will practice planning a meal using a mock menu and a real Culver’s menu—all while staying within a set budget.
August 18th
Session 3: Outing to Culver’s
It’s time to apply our skills! We will go on an outing to Culver’s to practice what we’ve learned in a real-world setting. Bring money for a snack/ice cream. Transportation provided and we will leave DSL at 5:00pm sharp; pick up will be at DSL at 6:00pm!
August 25th
Session 4: Community Etiquette Review
We’ll wrap up the month with a fun Jeopardy-style review game to reinforce everything we’ve learned.
Indiana Living & Learning
Meets at the CRBF Wednesdays from 5-8
This program hosts weekly life skills training with the ultimate goal of making each participant more independent inside and outside of the home.
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.
Always check the DSL Calendar for updates/changes to the schedule.