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

Project Search

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. 

1. Would you want to tell your employer about your disability if you wanted accommodations? 
2. Why or why not? 
3. 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.

Clarity on the Job Hunt

Skills Information

Choosing a Career in 7 Steps

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.

Body Break

Fun Stuff

Weird jobs you didn't know existed

What did we learn today?

Sequence the day

What are we doing this afternoon? 

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.

1. Tom was very busy and didn't really talk to Anna. How did it make you feel to hear him behaving that way?
2. What made Anna misunderstand Tom's invitation? 
3. Did Tom correct her misunderstanding in a nice way? 
4. 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. 

1. Org__________________
2. Time ______________________
3. Listening and ______________________
4. Self-M_____________________
5. 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? 

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

• Santa Clara
• Santa Cruz
• San Benito

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!

Art as Activism

Body Break—Eyes-Free Fitness

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

Wonderful Weirdos

What did we learn today?

Sequence the day

What are we doing this afternoon? 

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

Disney On Ice Performance

And to totally MIX it up!

Music—The Birth of Punk Rock

Body Break—Eyes-Free Fitness

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

Speak Spanish to your pets

Moment of Gratitude

Need some help deciding on an afternoon activity?

Spin the Activity Wheel!  

The activities are numbered. These numbers corrospond to brief activity descriptions listen in the linked document below. 

Activity Wheel Details