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.
For the month of October (aka. flu season), we will be diving into the topics of Personal Hygiene and Food Hygiene! We’ll explore simple ways to stay clean, discuss how good hygiene is related to staying healthy, and how we keep track of our day-to-day routines. Not only do we personally have to be hygienic, but a spot that can be easily overlooked is our own kitchen area! What we put in our bodies is just as important as making sure how we prepare and keep our food is hygienic. It’s super important to have good hygiene habits, not just for our health but also for feeling confident and independent in our daily lives.
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Kentucky October Session
L&L returns October 7th, 14th, 21st, & our Halloween party on the 28th!
Kentucky Living & Learning
October 7th - Session 1
Session 1: Personal Hygiene (7th): We’ll discuss essential practices that help keep us healthy, like handwashing, dental care, and bathing. We’ll explore why good hygiene is vital for our daily lives, including its impact on health, confidence, and social interactions.
Kentucky Living & Learning
October 14th - Session 2
Session 2: Hygiene Routines (14th): We will be covering routines that make maintaining good hygiene easier and more effective! We will start with what we maintain already and how we can improve moving forward!
Kentucky Living & Learning
October 21st - Session 3
Session 3: Food Hygiene (21st): In our kitchen discussions, we’ll learn about safe food handling, storage, and preparation techniques. Understanding how to keep our food safe is crucial for our health and well-being.
Kentucky Living & Learning
October 28th - Bonus Session 4
Halloween Party!
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.