September 6–10, 2021
Theme: My Learning
Skill Building: Work Skills
Person-Centered Thinking & Safety
Monday September 6, 2021
Today happens to be...
Labor DAY!
No program.
See you Tuesday
Civics & Community Awareness
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Today happens to be...Buy a Book Day
Hope Program Updates
Remind of September Theme:
My Learning
This week's skill building is about WORK skills
Thematic Media
Hope offers project search options. Ask around your district and find out who has tried the program.
Thematic Activity
Your disability is your private information. You can decide if you want to tell your employer about your disability so that you can get accommodations.
Accommodations are when an employer is required to help you arrange the conditions of your work. Watch this skit by Job Accommodations Network about deciding how to handle this.
JAN helps people handle these kinds of situations.
- Would you want to tell your employer about your disability if you wanted accommodations?
- Why or why not?
- If you have a disability that people can see, would you want your employer to ask you about accommodations before you asked?
Body Break—Feel like a kid again
Skills Media
Job Hunting with a Disability
Video 1-Tips on Job Hunting with a Disability
Networking is more important right now to find job opportunities. But before you go networking, get clear about what you want.
Skills Information
Skills Applied
Get a volunteer in the group to do the Career Interest Assessment tool and see what the results say.
PRESENTERS: Choose "Skip" when it asks for an email. You'll still see some results you can discuss.
Fun Stuff
Weird jobs you didn't know existed
What did we learn today?
Sequence the day
What are we doing this afternoon?
Well Being and Social Connection
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Today happens to be...Quiet Day
Hope Program Updates
Thematic Media
Getting to know people in a new job
Thematic Activity
In the video practice along with Anna. Discuss the questions if your group is small enough.
Phrases to practice in a new job to meet new people.
- Tom was very busy and didn't really talk to Anna. How did it make you feel to hear him behaving that way?
- What made Anna misunderstand Tom's invitation?
- Did Tom correct her misunderstanding in a nice way?
- Can you remember a time when you were too busy to talk to someone? Did it mean that you didn't want to meet them? Or was it just bad timing?
Body Break—Feel like a kid again
Skills Media—5 Skills you need for ANY job
Review the skills listed in this article.
Skills Information
Having these skills will help you keep stress low, participate happily with co-workers, and enjoy your work.
How can these simple skills affect our well-being so much?
- Clutter and disroder cause stress
- Lateness hurts your relationships, especially at work, where people are counting on you
- Poor listening and forgetting things is a sign of stress, or that you don't really care about something-If it's stress, ask for help. If you don't care, ask yourself why you have lost interest.
- Low self-confidence and low self-motivation can cause serious health problems if we let it go on too long
When we do a good job at work we feel confident and motivated. When we start to slip, or have some set-backs it can be hard to recover and get to back to where we are doing well. And yet, the truth is we will all have times when we can't perform at our best so we need to know how to get through those times so we can enjoy our jobs even when they become difficult or we are overwhelmed for a while.
- Don't make excuses. Accept true feedback and information.
- If a boss or co-worker has a criticism of your performance, try to keep calm and listen with your brain instead of your feelings. Your feelings try to protect you, but your brain knows how to solve problems. Let your brain handle this kind of problem and use your feelings to be open and honest with other people.
- Remember that no situation lasts forever. You will find a solution if you stay calm and take in the facts. Trust yourself. You are getting life experience in these situations.
Skills Applied
See how much you remember about the 5 skills needed for ANY job. Complete the skills listed below based on what you just learned. (If you can't recall them, go back to the link above and refresh your memory.
- Org__________________
- Time ______________________
- Listening and ______________________
- Self-M_____________________
- Self-C____________________
Can you give an example of each of these skills?
Body Break—Eyes-Free Fitness channel
PRESENTERS: Choose a video from the options in the channel. The videos are long form so you can do the beginning warm up and a few exercises instead of doing the entire regimen, unless your group wants to do a longer physical activity session.
Fun Stuff
Animals that work for a living
What did we learn today?
Sequence the day
What are we doing this afternoon?
Rights & Self Advocacy
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Today happens to be...Wonderful Weirdos Day
Hope Announcements - program changes, updates, events in in-person spaces,
Thematic Media—
Self-Assessing for Career Options
You have the right to choose your own career.
You don't HAVE to accept any work that is offered to you. HOWEVER if you just say no because you don't know what is being offered, you may miss out on a great opportunity.
Brainstorm some options for each item from the video.
Thematic Activity
- Interests—stuff you love
- Personality—who you are
- Work preferences—how you like to work
- Values—what you believe in
- Skills—things you know you are good at
Body Break—Feel like a kid again
Skills Media
- So fear can make us turn down opportunities. How can we tell if we are just scared, or if something really won't suit us? TRY IT of course!
- Why INTERNSHIPS are important
- San Diego County has an internships for people with intellectual disabilities so why not here?
Thursday is all about self-advocacy and your rights. We've talked about how the county and city elected officials work for the public and should listen to the public.
SO! here's a huge challenge.
Would you advocate with your county or city to provide internships for people with intellectual disabilities? HOW?
Skills Information
First check your city or county for internships for people with intellectual disabilities.
PRESENTERS: Demonstrate a search using the shared screen and go to some results to see what comes up.
If there is no program, find your council member for your district
Then email them, call the, or write to them and say you want a program like that started.
Skills Applied
You will need other people to call them too and say the same thing.
You can start a petition and have everyone sign it who agrees with you then show it to the county board member to make it clear that you are not the only one who wants this.
What other things have learned that people do for advocacy to get things changed? How can you convince a public office holder to do something that they may not think needs doing when they first hear about it?
*REMEMBER they want to get re-elected!
PRESENTERS: Choose a video from the options in the channel. The videos are long form so you can do the beginning warm up and a few exercises instead of doing the entire regimen, unless your group wants to do a longer physical activity session.
Fun Stuff
What did we learn today?
Sequence the day
What are we doing this afternoon?
Knowledge & Fun
Friday, September 10, 2021
Today happens to be...Bunch of different stuff
Hope Program Updates
Review the Week
What did you take away from the ideas about work skills and taking charge of your own learning?
Movie Time
Sweet Tooth (animated - 30+ min)
Body Break—Feel like a kid again
Music & Dance on Ice
And to totally MIX it up!
PRESENTERS: Choose a video from the options in the channel. The videos are long form so you can do the beginning warm up and a few exercises instead of doing the entire regimen, unless your group wants to do a longer physical activity session.
Food
Amazon often gives previews of cookbooks. These are the highest rated for the year. Click on a title and use the "Look Inside" Link above the photo of the cover to see a preview of the book.
Look up some other cookbooks you like.
Check out this site where you can make your OWN cookbook. How fun would that be?
Language
Choosing Fun Stuff to Do
Need some help deciding on an afternoon activity?
The activities are numbered. These numbers corrospond to brief activity descriptions listen in the linked document below.
