High school and post-secondary
LightHouse’s transition programs offer experiences for young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers through programs that focus on the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth. We provide access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. These engaging programs and immersive weekends provide students with opportunities to expand their knowledge through self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering them to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success.
Students have had the opportunity to attend national conferences, participate in hands-on activities expanding their independence, hear from a variety of blind and low-vision mentors, and prepare for future employment by participating in interactive internships and paid work-based experiences. Although programming has gone virtual for the moment, transition programs still offers a variety of activities for students to connect with peers and engage and learn from mentors, some of which include monthly Zoom gatherings for blind and low vision college students, informational and social hours for high school youth, as well as for Spanish-speaking families and students.