The Center for Living and Learning’s vocational trainees are learning about resilience this month and how it can help them adapt to change and solve problems in the workplace. They are developing and practicing resilience-building skills that incorporate their values, body, actions and mind. In mental health lessons, we are wrapping up our unit on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In the last month, we’ve worked on recognizing faulty, or unhelpful, ways of thinking and practiced ways to create more helpful thought processes. We have also explored the concept of behavioral activation by exploring how beneficial behaviors can positively influence our emotions.
We have been taking advantage of the bounty of arugula in our garden this spring in our cooking group. The trainees have made and thoroughly enjoyed arugula pesto flatbread and arugula artichoke dip. In art group, they are creating decorative tiles by layering ceramics. In the reading group, trainees have been reading poetry and short stories by Langston Hughes. “Thank you Ma’am,” one of Hughes most famous stories, demonstrates the power of compassion and second chances. The trainees enjoyed sharing examples of people in their lives who had significant influence in unexpected ways.
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The Center for Living and Learning is a private non-profit Residential Treatment Facility housing adults who experience severe and persistent mental illnesses. We provide 24-hour residential care and job training in a therapeutic environment with emphasis on the highest level of functioning and independent living. Learn more here.
