LCS Educational Programs
Come and participate in the Lake Chapala Society's Educational Program series. This is our response to our members call for more educational programs — both entertaining and fun.
Our programs feature highly qualified experts presenting topics that will give you a better understanding of Mexico and yourself.
Each course consists of from 1 to 8 sessions, the prices are very affordable, and the class sizes are small.
Please Note:
- The fee for each Educational Program is payable on-line via credit card. On-line payments are subject to a 7% surcharge to cover processing and foreign exchange fees.
- Seating for each course is limited. Your registration for the course will be confirmed when the payment system notifies the LCS office of your payment.
- On-line registration closes one (1) day prior to the start of the course. LCS can cancel any course, and refund registration fees, if insufficient registrations are received by the closing date. No refunds will be issued to persons who are unable to attend a course.
- A waiting list will be created for each course if member interest exceeds the maximum enrollment.
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Getting Your Jalisco Driver's LicenseWithout Losing Your MindCourse Fee:
To help you get your Jalisco driver's license, we have prepared this class to guide you through the entire process — from making sure you have the necessary documents, including how to get some of them, knowing and understanding the process, to sharing with you other topics such as: Enrollment ends: 1 day prior to class start. No refunds.
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Alfredo Pérez Aldana Alfredo Pérez is the current education director at LCS. He has served as a university professor, coordinator of undergraduate level in the university, has taught different workshops along the state. He has been an entrepreneur with his own business in Guadalajara. He believes in education as a means of social improvement. His experience as a Mexican has spanned more than 40 years. LOL. |
Mexican MannersCourse Fee:
Cultural shock is a normal part of life when we move to another country whose habits are different. We have to observe and learn the local rules of urbanity, what body language issues are appropriate and which are not. Enrollment ends: 1 day prior to class start. No refunds.
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Alfredo Pérez Aldana Alfredo Pérez is the current education director at LCS. He has served as a university professor, coordinator of undergraduate level in the university, has taught different workshops along the state. He has been an entrepreneur with his own business in Guadalajara. He believes in education as a means of social improvement. His experience as a Mexican has spanned more than 40 years. LOL. |
Chiles en Nogada ClassCourse Fee:
Chiles en Nogada Festival
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Introduction To LakesideOffered in two formats: an on-campus classroom course |
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Advance Care Planning WorkshopLiving Well and Dying Well in LakesideCourse Fee:
Why bother to plan ahead of an emergency? Enrollment ends: 1 day prior to class start. No refunds.
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Loretta S. Downs Loretta Downs, MA is an internationally recognized inspirational speaker, writer and consultant on the subject of preparing for and supporting the end-of-life experience with comfort and dignity. Ms. Downs is a storyteller with extraordinary experiences that suffuse her lively presentations with love, compassion, hope and wisdom. Her perspective on the end of life is informed by more than 35 years of being a companion to AIDS patients, friends, family, hospice patients and nursing home residents through the end of life. Ms. Downs retired from a successful business career at 50 and was drawn by her experiences to study dying and death. She earned a Masters Degree in Gerontology in 2009. She is Past-President of the Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition, a Metta Institute Certified End-of-Life Care Practitioner, a graduate of Roshi Joan Halifax’s “Being With Dying” training, a Certified Respecting ChoicesÔ Advance Care Planning Facilitator, a Certified Senior Advisor, and a death doula. She is a member of a hospital Ethics Committee, the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the American Society on Aging, and the International End-of-Life Doula Association. Shed has published numerous articles and been quoted by others in both print and on social media. She founded ChrysalisÔ End-of-Life Inspirations to fulfill her mission “to create opportunities to talk about dying and death in positive terms.” She advocates for private ChrysalisÔ Rooms in nursing homes and hospitals so families can keep vigil with a loved one who is dying. Her reflections on the history of keeping vigil are included in an interview in a ChrysalisÔ Room for the film, “Consider the Conversation, A Documentary on a Taboo Subject.” Author Katy Butler cites the Chrysalis Room in her book, "The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life," as does Joyce Simard in her book, “Namaste End of Life Care for People With Dementia.” She is quoted in Louis Silverstein’s book, “Encountering Life’s Endings.” In summer, Ms. Downs raises Monarch butterflies from eggs found in her garden. She uses their mysterious stages of metamorphosis as a metaphor for the miraculous cycle of life. The story of her spiritual connection to Monarchs was featured in a Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine cover story, and her TEDx talk, The Mysterious Metamorphosis at the End of Life. |
Financial management for ex-patsCourse Fee:
Living in another country with a somewhat different economic management than in our country of origin, a growing inflation, a different currency, among other things, makes us reflect on what strategies are appropriate for my own life in the local financial sphere. Enrollment ends: 1 day prior to class start. No refunds.
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Ted Rogers Ted is an energetic and enthusiastic instructor. Holding a triple concentration Ph.D. in history from the University of Colorado, Ted also earned that university’s top teaching award. He has been Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics, Lambeth Palace, and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. His travels to over fifty countries, having lived in four of them, give him a unique perspective, which further informs his teaching. He is published in three countries. Ted is a permanent resident of Ajijic, where he lives with his beautiful wife, Glenda, and their three crazy dogs. |
