Tuesday, March 26 - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
As a part of our Advanced Orientation and Mobility workshops, we are once again focusing on strategies to help you feel confident and comfortable when traveling with your white cane or guide dog. These upcoming workshops drill down to the finer points of situational awareness, effective communication and physical disentanglement.
We are happy to welcome back Torriente Toliver from Mind Body Defense to share his expertise and provide an opportunity to talk about situations you may have been involved in and were unsure how best to address.
These three workshops cover:
Tuesday, March 26
This session will address the unique experiences of our participants. While everyone’s experiences may be different, your ability to gather useful information, and act on that information, can be the same. Our goal is to:
Tuesday, April 16
Knowing how to effectively communicate in different situations can be the difference between a good encounter and a bad one. This training session combines how to use your voice, and what to say, any time you feel uncomfortable. You will:
Tuesday, April 30
This workshop focuses on skills for physical disentanglement. You will practice preventing unwanted assistance and stopping aggressive threats with these three physical skills:
Each workshop takes place in-person at our Second Sense office. The first two workshops are also available via our conference line, 312-809-1004. The Defense Grip Workshop will not be available on the conference line.