BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1657@dev.dscc.uic.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210119T200000 DTSTAMP:20201210T203521Z URL:https://dev.dscc.uic.edu/events/learn-to-be-mindful-a-virtual-program- for-people-with-developmental-disabilities-and-their-siblings-2/ SUMMARY:Learn To Be Mindful: A Virtual Program for People with Developmenta l Disabilities and Their Siblings DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nLearn mindfulness strategies to help cope with stres s\, enhance your relationships\, and improve your overall health and well- being.\n\n"Learn To Be Mindful" is a new virtual program for adults with d evelopmental disabilities and their siblings.\n\nYou can learn mindfulness strategies to help cope with stress\, enhance your relationships and impr ove your overall health and wellbeing.\n\nYou can participate in the mindf ulness series by learning through the self-paced course and/or participati ng in the live Zoom sessions. You can log in to the self-paced course at a ny time convenient for you to learn strategies to enhance your life. Then\ , you can connect with others in a community of learning during the live Z oom sessions.\n\nThe second live Zoom session is scheduled for Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The topic is "Acceptance and willingness to experience life."\n\nTo register and learn more about the program\, visit the Sibling Leadership Network website.\n\nThe schedule for the remaining session is:\n\n Sessio n 3: Living and committing to a life you value\nFeb. 16 at 7 p.m.\n\nWhile you are encouraged to complete the self-paced course before attending a l ive Zoom session\, it is not required.\n\nYou can participate in all three topics or choose one or two. You do not need to participate in Session 1 in order to participate in Sessions 2 or 3.\n\nThis project is a partnersh ip of the Sibling Leadership Network\, the Cognition Behavior and Mindfuln ess Clinic at the University of Illinois at Chicago\, the Illinois Self-Ad vocacy Alliance\, and The Arc of Illinois. Funding is provided in part by NCHPAD.\n\nOrganizers encourage siblings to participate with their brother s and sisters with disabilities\, though it is not required.\n\nGroups are welcome to participate\, such as friends who live together at a group hom e or other group setting. Service providers can register and support group s to participate. CATEGORIES:Class,Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR