Monthly Archives: September 2025

September is Deaf Awareness Month. JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL DAY DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY.

“Deaf Culture”
Presenters will be Carol Nemecek-Kowalski and Rhychell Barnes

PLEASE JOIN US!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH
1pm -3pm

Progress Center for Independent Living
7521 Madison Street
Forest Park, IL 60130

Spaces are limited, reservation is required, please contact:
Demetra Karas (dkaras@progresscil.org) or call at 708-209-1500

**Sign Language interpreter will be provided**

Concientización sobre la Cultura Sorda Folleto

ÚNETE A NOSOTROS PARA UN DÍA ESPECIAL DEDICADO A CREAR CONCIENCIA Y COMPRENSIÓN SOBRE LA COMUNIDAD SORDA Y CON PÉRDIDA AUDITIVA.

“Cultura Sorda”

Presentadoras: Carol Nemecek-Kowalski y Rhychell Barnes

Lunes, 29 de Septiembre
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Progress Center for Independent Living
7521 Madison Street
Forest Park, IL 60130

️Los espacios son limitados, se requiere reservación.
Por favor contacte a:  dkaras@progresscil.org. Avísenos si necesita alguna adecuación razonable.

Por favor, evite usar perfume o colonia.

Suicide Prevention Training

Progress Center invites you to a QPR Mental Health Training session. QPR stands for “Question, Persuade, Refer” and is an effective method of recognizing suicide warnings and preventing suicide. Anyone can take the training for free. Presented by the Kenneth Young Center at Progress Center’s Forest Park office, QPR training is highly recommended for care providers, case managers, educators, and whoever else would find it helpful. At the end of the hour of training, there will be an optional role-play opportunity, and participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Ques­tion, Per­suade, and Refer (QPR) – these are the three steps any­one can learn to help save a life from sui­cide. This train­ing will help you learn how to rec­og­nize the warn­ing signs of a sui­cide  cri­sis and how to ques­tion, per­suade, and refer some­one to help.

September 15 at 10:00 to 11:30 am

Progress Center for Independent Living

7521 Madison Street, Forest Park, IL

Email dkaras@progresscil.org or call 708-209-1500 ext.118 to let us know you’ll be attending and any accommodation requests.