[Home-on-the-range] .the power of one and the impact of organization

[Susan Tabor]

Hi, Diane and Listers:

I subscribe to the email edition of the Monitor.  I have not received
January's yet.  Has it come by email to any of you who subscribe by email?
If so, when did you receive it?  Thanks!
With Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to all of You,
Susan



-----Original Message-----
From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dianne Hemphill
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:26 AM
To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
Subject: [Home-on-the-range] .the power of one and the impact of
organization

Happy New Year federationists! Be all that you can be this 2013 by making
and following through with at least one life changing (for the better!)
resolution. .. are you doing all you can do for your own quality of life as
well as positively impacting those around you? To help you think about where
you want to go in your quest for a better life, read the January Braille
Monitor from Bob Detan, article 5. I've known and worked with Bob while in
VR and knew some of his story but find his account of how he determined to
move out of almost suicidal depression due to his blindness to turning his
life around completely and making daily positive impact, really powerful.
His story is similar to many others but told in a manner that helps define
how the NFB can move us to a better place and how once there we can help
others as well. Bob helps us better define the differences between
"traditional" rehab training and SDL - "structured discovery learning". The
entire Nebraska Commission for the Blind encompasses the positive philosophy
of the NFB. The Rehab Director, Fatosee Floyd and the Commission Director,
Dr. Pearl Van Zandt,  foster an environment of positive training that
manages to build both high quality skills and confidence  in their
graduates. Fatose Floyd  and about a dozen rehab students came to the Kansas
Rehab Center to provide instruction  to staff  on practical SDL application
methods.  Director Van Zandt, PhD, met with the current VR Director to
provide explanation  on how why SDL was such a powerful training approach.
Dr. Van Zandt is sighted and truly supports this approach... too bad Kansas
was unable to move forward with this training approach but thank goodness
Kansas has contracts with the NFB Centers for training to VR clients seeking
blindness training as part of their vocational plan.  

So make a positive resolution regarding the quality of your life which will
snow-ball to all  you live with and meet as you go around your community.
Another meaningful article in the January Monitor is the ulogy for Newell
Perry . Don't miss out on the best year ever...make it happen! Dianne
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