Mississippi EMERGE Center

Mississippi EMERGE Center

Encouraging Mississippi Employment Resilience Growth & Empowerment

The Mississippi EMERGE Center, located in Long Beach, Mississippi, is a unique blindness skills training model that differs substantially from traditional approaches intended to help blind and low vision people to become self-sufficient. This Structured Discovery training program teaches non-visual techniques and encourage problem solving through experiential  learning and confidence-building activities. From time to time, the staff wear learning shades (blindfolds) to demonstrate their personal belief in the effectiveness of non-visual techniques. Staff walk the talk and function confidently with or without sight.  

The Training Center uses Structured Discovery teaching strategies across all areas of training, including cane travel, Braille reading and writing, home management, and technology. The consistent use of Structured Discovery principles helps the participants confront and challenge the negative social attitudes about blindness that unnecessarily limit the lives of far too many blind people. 

Contact:
Antonio Williams 228-241-2240