[NFBSF] Fwd: Announcing CCB’s Summer Youth Program – No Limits to Learning

Sun Jan 26 07:20:35 UTC 2025

*Colorado Center for the Blind*

No Limits to Learning

*4-week program*

*Dates:* June 4-July 2, 2025

Apply by: Friday, April 18

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. To
participate in this program, applicants must be 15 years of age or older.

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?

   1. Students, their parents, TVI, or VR counselor complete the Summer
   Youth Application form.
   2. 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.
   3. 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.
   4. Apply early as space is limited. We will accept applications through
   April 18.

Funding is typically available through Vocational Rehabilitation in each
state under the Pre-ETS or transition programs. We will provide information
about how to apply to VR in each state and to have VR fund the students’
summer program.
Here are the elements that have made our summer programs vibrant and
life-changing for so many teens:

   - 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 teen.

What do Students gain?

   - Life-long 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.

“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.”

If you have questions, please contact Chaz Davis, Director of Youth
Services, at cdavis at cocenter.org
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Chaz Davis, MSW
Director of Youth Services

The Colorado Center for the Blind is a training center and community of
blind and low vision people, proudly affiliated with the National
Federation of the Blind.

We believe blind people can do anything. Every day, we encourage and
challenge each student—and they come to understand their potential as they
build the skills and confidence to live the life they want. Because when
you believe in yourself and experience a thriving community of positive
blind people, nothing can hold you back from pursuing your dreams.

*Phone: *(303) 778 1130
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