TOUCH THE FUTURE: CAREER FOUNDATIONS FOR Blind Youth and Their Parents
For years, there has existed a 70% unemployment rate within the blindness community. Our Space Our Place, Inc. offers a career exploration program for blind youth ages 13 18. The program begins
- Date: Saturday October 18, 2008
- Time: 10:00 AM 12 Noon
- Location: The Tobin Community Center , 1481 Tremont Street , Roxbury Ma.
Transportation is available. The program meets once a month on the third Saturday of each month.
Upcoming dates:
- Saturday November 15, 2008
- Saturday December 20, 2008
- Saturday January 17, 2009
- Saturday February 21, 2009
- Saturday March 21, 2009
- Saturday April 18, 2009
- Saturday May 16, 2009
Two meetings will be held with parents. We will select convenient times and dates for participating parents. Topics Covered will include:
- Identifying interests and skills and matching those with future career options
- Meeting professionals in ones interested field and touring companies
- Role of parents
- Practicing interviewing, creating a resume, writing cover letters and thank you notes
- Using resources at school and at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
- Enhancing interpersonal skills
Interviews With Professionals
- What is an informational interview?
- Presentation on working in radio by Ken Myer
- presentation by teacher Ver Nard Fernandes
To sign up for this program, please call (617) 459-4084, or complete the registrationform.