[Cabs-talk] NFB training center justification-please help

[Darian]

Hello:
Have you first had a conversation with your rehabilitation counselor about training and the Louisiana Center for the blind?  As well, have you done your homework on all three of our training centers, the Colorado Center for the blind and blindness learning in new dimensions Inc?  Your rehab counselor is going to want you to have done that legwork and to know what you need and how it's going to benefit you individually. So, I would start to have. The conversation with your counselor and go into the process acquainting them with you and your needs before making the assumption that they won't pay for training (some counselors are  really open to the idea of a training center of the Federation. 
I'm happy to give you contact information for each of our centers and some alumni of each, just contact me off list.
Darian of  

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> On Feb 9, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Cabs-talk <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I hope that you had a great weekend :-)
> I am finishing up my senior year of high school and really would like to attend the Louisiana Center for the Blind's adult program next year before going away to college.
> I am currently going through the process of getting hooked into Rehab and SSI.
> I would really appreciate hearing from any of you who have gone to an out-of-state NFB training center and how you were able to convince the California Department of Rehab to pay for the program.  If you still have the wording that you used to justify attending the program, I would really appreciate if you could share what worked for you with me.
> Thank you so very much in advance.
> Sincerely,
> Vejas
> 
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