Calendar

The week's events

  • Tech Together Online

    Tech Together Online


    Jun 8

    Join the LightHouse Access Technology team for a series of informal conversations on technology topics relevant to these current times.

    Registration details to come.

    Tech Together is a chance to share your knowledge and experience, as well as learn from other blind technology users. LightHouse Access Technology staff share tips and resources on each week’s topic. Then there is time for LightHouse students and friends to add to the conversation, as we all learn from each other.

    Tech Together Online: Tech in the Wild

    Tech Together Online: Tech in the Wild


    Jun 8

    Join the LightHouse Access Technology team for a series of informal conversations on technology topics relevant to these current times.

    If you’re planning to spend some time in nature this summer, you might not want to entirely unplug. We’ll discuss apps that can help us explore the great outdoors, from backyard birds and plants, to weather forecasts before setting out for a picnic in the park, to compass directions and markers when going on a hike.

    RSVP for Tech Together Online: Tech in the Wild or leave a voicemail at 415-694-7618. Online registration is preferred.

    Upcoming Tech Togethers

    Tech Together Online: #GetSocial
    Tech Together Online: Virtual Blindness Conventions

    Tech Together is a chance to share your knowledge and experience, as well as learn from other blind technology users. LightHouse Access Technology staff share tips and resources on each week’s topic. Then there is time for LightHouse students and friends to add to the conversation, as we all learn from each other.

  • Stress Reduction & Meditation (online)

    Stress Reduction & Meditation (online)


    Jun 9

    Stress Reduction & Meditation Goes Virtual

    Please note that although LightHouse is closed for the holidays, this virtual class is still being held on December 22.

    Each Wednesday morning we offer a series of short, meditation-based practices for relaxation and stress reduction. The group is appropriate for both beginners and advanced practitioners and instruction is provided in all aspects of the practice. Instructor Jeffrey Schneider has more than 40 years of meditation and teaching experience. It is a virtual class using the Zoom platform—everyone is welcome as little or often as they like. Dial in, find a comfortable position, breathe deeply, clear your head, and de-stress.

    RSVP to Sabrina Bolus at Sbolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.

  • Hands-On Workshop: Developing Tactile Learning Strategies

    Hands-On Workshop: Developing Tactile Learning Strategies


    Jun 11

    This is a 4-week series of classes focusing on foundational skills for tactile development. Classes meet once a week, and each class is 2.0 hours. The concepts and skills learned in the course can be applied to most Independent Living Skills. This course is appropriate for students who are new to the Lighthouse, new to vision loss, and who are ready to actively participate in all 4 classes.

    Course Goal: To provide students with strong foundational skills to increase their awareness of the tactile sense in all aspects of daily activities. We want this to become a natural way of interacting with and exploring the environment.

    Dates: Fridays, from 10:00 to 12:00 (including a short break)

    4 Classes: June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25.

    Instructors: Dawn Leeflang (dleeflang@lighthouse-sf.org), Bobbi Pompey (bpompey@lighthouse-sf.org), and Patti Rose (prose@lighthouse-sf.org) or parose77@gmail.com

    Class Topics:

    • • What is the Tactile Sense? Being mindful and describing what you are feeling.
      • Learning to identify objects and places by touch.
      • Exploring adaptive tools related to touch.
      • Tactile skills for learning, measuring, interpreting raised lines, for activities of daily living.
      • Class project will involve using one’s tactile sense to plant herb seeds and to monitor progress. (Seeds, dirt, and pot will be included with the materials).
      • Class activity in the kitchen, will involve using one’s tactile sense to make bread or oat/nut butter balls. (Students will use their own materials for this activity).
      Instructional Methods:
      • Will use the Zoom Video Conferencing Platform; will require reliable phone or internet service. Students can participate with video on, or by phone.
      • Hands-on learning will be emphasized, through guided activities and assignments between classes.
      • Students will be highly encouraged to perform all stationary activities under occlusion.
      • We will allow class time for sharing ideas, and there may be a guest speaker.
      • Some class materials will be sent to students ahead of time, and students will be asked to gather some materials from their own homes.
      • Class notes will be provided in electronic format, large print, or Braille on request.

    This course is free for adults 55 and older, who are not receiving services with the California Department of Rehabilitation, and who are living in the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity. However, there is a $10 materials fee for the 55 and older participants.

    Important: please RSVP by Thursday May 27 to receive class materials in time for the first class on Friday June 4.

    If you are new to the LightHouse, please contact Debbie Bacon at 415-694-7357 or dbacon@lighthouse-sf.org. to register. If you have participated in LightHouse classes before, please register with Patti Rose and prose@lighthouse-sf.org

    For adults who are clients of the Department of Rehabilitation, you need to get approval from your counselor, and authorizations for the class and for materials; authorizations can be sent to 1referral@lighthouse-sf.org Deadline is May 27.
    Space is limited to 10 participants. If the limit is reached, you will be put on a wait-list for a future session, TBD.

    Student Learning Outcomes:

    • • To have a greater understanding and appreciation of the benefit of using the tactile sense in one’s daily life.
      • To identify and develop tactile strategies for identifying objects and places.
      • To identify adaptive tools that require use of their tactile sense.
      • To have hands-on practice using their tactile sense in a variety of daily living activities.
      • To develop the language of describing tactile elements of objects and places.

The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.

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