[humanser] 2010 NFB National Convention

Sun Jun 13 18:53:28 UTC 2010

Hi Nicole & List,

I agree that your suggestion is a good idea. I've been working in the field 
of social work since 1976 when I got my first job as a volunteer coordinator 
at a 24 hour crisis center.

I worked there until 1982 when I went to grad school.  I majored in clinical 
social work and had a minor in administration

>From 1984-1990, I worked with first time status offenders and their families 
in an effort to keep the youth out of the criminal justice system.

In 1990, I was hired as a therapist at a mental health agency.  I provided 
individual and group therapy and crisis intervention to chronically mentally 
ill adults.   In  the past 14 years, my focus has been on co-occurring 
mental health and substance use disorders.

I am currently working as a quality manager and corporate compliance officer 
in a private mental health agency.

I am looking forward to convention where I hope to reconnect with long time 
list members and to meet new ones.

Mary Ann Rojek
LMSW, ACSW, CAAC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD TOWNSEND" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [humanser] 2010 NFB National Convention

>
> Hi Nicole & list:
>
> Great idea to introduce ourselves again.
>
>
> I am working in the field as a clinical social worker for the past 30 
> years. Currently working with children, adolescents & parents in a public 
> psychiatric center;  in the past I have worked with chronic mental 
> illnesses, elderly, substance abuse & homeless populations.
>
> This week the county decided to drop all school counselors in a cost 
> saving effort.  We have lost 5 or 6 therapists from our outpatient 
> services over the past year and these positions have not been replaced. 
> And, while jobs in our area are drying up, caseloads are increasing, wars 
> are continuing, massive personal & ecologic traumas, and the need for 
> social services are at an all time high.  We, in this field, are needed 
> like never before.
>
>
>
> JD Townsend, LCSW
> Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
> Helping the light dependent to see.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nicole Robinson" <nrobinson at mail.utexas.edu>
> To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:32 PM
> Subject: [humanser] 2010 NFB National Convention
>
>
>> Hi  my name is Nicole
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought it might be nice to find out who is planning to attend the NFB
>> National Convention this year in Dallas from July 3 to July 9.  My 
>> thoughts
>> are that maybe we can find a way to start communicating beforehand so 
>> that
>> when we get there the experience is more benefiticial and rewarding for 
>> ALL
>> of us.  My thought is that if everyone who is attending can write a 
>> little
>> BLOG (Just a couple of sentences/paragraphs about yourself.) Then when we
>> are all together for the workshop as professionals in the field 
>> (Apologized
>> for not knowing the correct wording, I think it is the Human Development
>> Workshop.  Right?) If we start to communicate beforehand then we  will be
>> one step ahead.  Even people who are not going to the National Convention
>> can enter act with us all.  Sound good?  I will start by giving a little 
>> bit
>> of personal as well as some professional information about myself (You 
>> can
>> share as much or as little as you choose. No pressure)  I am excited!  I
>> think this may be a lot of fun and a great way for our group to interact
>> beforehand, at convention and then even afterwards.
>>
>>
>>
>> I will be attending the NFB National Convention 2010 in Dallas this year
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Nicole Robinson.  I just recently turned 40  but act much 
>> younger
>> and have a fun and care free attitude.  I began to lose my sight at age 7
>> due to a form of Macular Degeneration.  I could still drive at age 16 but
>> did not trust my sight and decided not to.  From that point my eyesight
>> declined pretty rapidly.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think at 21 I actually started accepting the fact and was open to 
>> using a
>> cane.  I learned JAWS and went onto college.  I am a single parent.  I 
>> live
>> in Austin, Texas..  I moved here from California with two babies in 2000.
>> Since then I have gone to Cris Cole Rehab Center and learned the skills I
>> needed to go back to college and finish.  After achieving my bachelors
>> degree from Ut in 2004, I got a full time job as a Licensed Social 
>> Worker.
>> I have been working for this agency advocating for disabled children for 
>> 6
>> years.  On top of working full time, taking 2 grad classes every semester
>> for the past 3 years I have also been a single Momma of 2.  I own my own
>> house here in Austin  and have just walked receiving my Masters Degree in
>> Social Work from UT on May 22, 2010.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am currently  advocating for disabled children as well as  counseling 
>> at
>> the women's shelter which totals over 40hours a week. I absolutely love 
>> the
>> experience.  I need to take my licensing exam to be a LMSW and then move
>> forward to get my hours in to become a LCSW.
>>
>>
>>
>> I look forward to meeting you all and am completely open to communicate 
>> with
>> each one of you before convention and even those who do not plan on
>> attending.  My e-mail address is:
>>
>> nrobinson at mail.utexas.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicole Robinson LMSW Intern
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>>
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