[BlindKid] FW: Apply for Colorado Center for the Blind's Summer Youth Program!

[Margaret Moore]

 Over the years, we usually get excluded from programs for deafblind students. It's happened many times.Thanks for including us with the information.  Maybe things will change for him. He loves music.Margaret Moore and son, Charles
    On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:11:34 PM EDT, David Andrews via BlindKid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
 
 
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>No Limits to Learning
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>4-week program
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>Dates: June 4-July 2, 2025
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>This summer the Colorado Center for the Blind is excited to again offer its
>No Limits to Learning program for blind teens and young adults.
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>To participate in this program, applicants must be 15 years of age or older.
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>The Colorado Center for the Blind is nestled in suburban Littleton Colorado,
>with easy access to downtown Denver and the Rocky Mountains. We place a
>strong emphasis on safety and security and follow the Youth protection
>policy established by the National Federation of the Blind. All staff
>receive extensive training prior to the students' arrival. Students live
>with a counselor and will be supervised. Read our full Youth Participant
>Protection Policy
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>What is the process?
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>First, students, their parents, TVI, or VR counselor completes the Summer
>Youth Application form.
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>Once we have the student's application, all potential students are
>interviewed along with their parent by our Director of Youth Services to
>help determine if our programs will be a good fit for that applicant.
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>If all agree the program and the student are a good fit after talking with
>the youth director, families will be asked to provide additional
>information, such as the student's medications, food or other allergies,
>etc.
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>Here are the elements that have made our summer programs vibrant and life
>changing for so many teens
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>*      Each student gains belief and confidence in themselves as blind
>individuals.
>*      Students receive instruction from positive blind role models.
>*      Students live with a counselor and a roommate in their own apartment
>to build their skills in all areas of cooking, cleaning, and responsibility
>sharing.
>*      All students are required to use a long white cane.
>*      All students, regardless of degree of blindness, develop nonvisual
>techniques by using learning shades in all classes.
>*      Students take the following core classes: Cane Travel, Braille,
>Technology, and Home Management.
>*      Students learn about the world of work through job seeking skills
>class, job shadows, and work experiences.
>*      Students who will be attending college participate in a college
>readiness class.
>*      Students learn about methods that they can use to succeed in STEM
>fields through hands-on seminars.
>*      Students participate in challenge recreational activities including
>rock climbing, canoeing, self-defense, ice skating, rafting, and more.
>*      Discussion groups are held several times each week. Topics covered
>include taking charge of school and life as a blind person, dating, taking
>responsibility, educating the public, images of blindness, and more.
>*      A seminar held for family members provides them with support and
>encouragement to have high expectations for their blind teens.
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>What do students gain?
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>*      Lifelong friendships with blind peers.
>*      Confidence in their abilities as blind people.
>*      Pride in being blind.
>*      Skills in all class areas.
>*      Connections with other blind people through the National Federation
>of the Blind in their state.
>*      Leadership skills.
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>"I never thought I'd be able to live successfully on my own, but this
>program challenged me and now I know that I can."
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>If you have questions, please contact Chaz Davis, Director of Youth
>Services, at
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>cdavis at cocenter.org <mailto:cdavis at cocenter.org> or 303-778-1130, ext. 212.
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>Apply for No Limits to Learning 2025
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