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Learning Disability Week – Kudos to MaxScholar!

June 18, 2024 by mhawks

“Do You See Me?” is the theme for 2024 Learning Disability Week. Physiological challenges are not readily seen, considered, or supported. People with learning disabilities can, through neglect, become marginalized, and are at a high risk of developing mental health issues.

Kudos to MAXSCHOLAR!

What is  MaxScholar? It is a phonics and reading intervention program based on the Orton-Gillingham approach (OG) that is ‘explicit, systematic, and multisensory.’

The Quality of Life Institute engages in global training workshops and conferences that focus on concrete, multisensory solutions and the integration of a relationship-building framework for social-emotional development. The Institute promotes and advocates for the inclusive development of social-emotional learning, because this aspect of human development most essentially and congruently aligns with intrinsic motivation for cultivating the foundation of all learning. It is this foundation of learning that shapes the ‘self’ concepts that are fundamental to centering well-being and quality of life.

MaxScholar programs invite one to engage in processes that synchronize natural potentials for true learning with self-awareness and growth. Based on the science of reading, MaxScholar develops resources and programs that provide support, enrichment, and solutions for dyslexia, auditory processing disorders and reading, autism and asperger syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.

As a qualified facilitator of learning registered with the MaxScholar platform, QOL Institute is grateful to be a recipient of 50 licenses granted for 2024. These memberships benefit members of our community, making increased accessibility to education possible, with customized and individualized learning programs that make a big difference in quality of education and quality of life.

 

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MAY is Mental Health Awareness Month

May 3, 2024 by mhawks

The CLUBHOUSE at Miller Beach is a supportive, caring community, cultivating social-emotional connections and quality of life directions for people whose lives are impacted by mental illness or intellectual disability.

With the help and support of our community members and trained staff, we work together to provide practical support and services to meet the needs of  Individuals in our community who are most vulnerable to exclusion and marginalization.

Services and opportunities developed through The CLUBHOUSE at Miller Beach program offer personal growth in awareness, development of skills, employment, and learning how to build positive relationships. The CLUBHOUSE at Miller Beach cultivates companionship and community for people whose lives are challenged with conditions of mental illness and/or intellectual disability.

Valuing and protecting mental health is a strength for community-building and a benefit for all; for families, workers in education and human services, businesses, and communities at large. The CLUBHOUSE at Miller Beach program includes community-building activities that focus on empowering individuals with the learning of skills, growth in self-awareness, and other supports for fulfilling and sustainable life plans. Less discrimination and more effective supports and programs invite positive engagement and meaningful participation in our communities.

Together we can make worldwide mental healthcare more of a reality. Please consider working with us to help mobilize efforts in support of mental healthcare for all. With your help and support (volunteering, mentoring, monetary and in-kind donations), we can expand our staff and program resources.

Please consider working with us to help mobilize efforts in support of mental healthcare for all. With your help and support (volunteering, mentoring, monetary and in-kind donations), we can expand our staff and program resources.

CLICK HERE to Learn More about The Clubhouse Program at Miller Beach!

or CONTACT US TODAY for a conversation or to schedule a tour.

The CLUBHOUSE at Miller Beach is a supportive community that addresses mental health with programs and resources to benefit quality of life for all, through community-building, employment, education, and wellness.

We are THANKFUL for your SUPPORT!

Please CLICK HERE to DONATE!

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EVENT: Workshop this May 2024 at SHARE Foundation, Indiana

February 5, 2024 by mhawks

INVITING ENGAGEMENT WITH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS & GOALS, continued learning for relationship-building

Come take a journey with us as we look closely at the tools, elements, and quality-of-life outcomes on the path of support and service that we walk with others, creating a culture of gentleness.

Creating Companionship and an awareness of community with others invites the experience of feeling valued, and also cultivates a sense of belonging. The relationship-building dynamic of Gentle Teaching navigates the inner, social-emotional landscape, creating meaningful connections with the outer world of one’s environment for supporting new directions and possibilities as it provides accessibility for personal growth.

Together with the Individual and with our community, we can share in explorations, discoveries, the critical developing of one’s narrative, and the continuous mapping out of a meaningful path for one’s learning environment that invites and values self-determined engagement; Journeying with Gentle Teaching benefits the Individual and their quality of life, the professional and their skills and competences in services, and the community in its sustainability of continued learning and celebration of meaningful growth and reciprocation.

CLICK HERE for registration info and to learn more!

Meet the presenters and view their story: Anthony M. McCrovitz (USA) and Maurits Eijgendaal (Denmark).

This workshop for professional development is offered by The SHARE Foundation, in partnership with Quality of Life Institute, Inc., and the Institute of Gentle Teaching.

 

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“In human development, freedom and the genuine feel of self-determination are only concepts until they become developed and differentiated through one’s narrative story. This is a quality of life goal and outcome, produced through reciprocal relationship-building processes that incorporate a framework of Gentle Teaching, where learning and living begin with feeling safe and loved.” ~Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz, Executive Director

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Your donation is greatly appreciated and will be used to help fund the bilingual PICO ART BOOKS PROJECT (click the link to learn more). This is a collaborative effort sponsored by Quality of Life Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, with the The CLUBHOUSE program that supports the mental health of its members in a restorative environment, providing resources and opportunities for personal growth and community engagement.

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