[humanser] handling trainings

Thu Aug 8 23:17:23 UTC 2013

	Dear Angela,
You may want to identify the person doing the training and request   an
electronic version of the power-point that they will be using in the
training. An simple explanation " I will need an electronic version of the
material since I am blind in order that I can get the most out of the
training" .  You may or may not receive it however, but this will get you in
the habit of being  proactive.  This is a   skill that will help you when
you are employed.
Laura

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Today's Topics:

   1. Looking for the Knottingham or other Adjustment Scale
      (Dorothea Martin)
   2. Requesting feedback on how to handle attending training
      sessions (Anjelina Cruz)
   3. Re: Requesting feedback on how to handle attending	training
      sessions (Eddie K. Thieszen-Culp)
   4. Re: Requesting feedback on how to handle attending	training
      sessions (justin williams)
   5. Re: Requesting feedback on how to handle attending	training
      sessions (Anjelina)
   6. Re: Call to action (MARY CHAPPELL)
   7. Re: New Member (MARY CHAPPELL)
   8. Re: Call to action (justin williams)
   9. Re: Requesting feedback on how to handle attending training
      sessions (Dorothea Martin)
  10. Re: New Member (Dorothea Martin)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:27:24 -0400
From: Dorothea Martin <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] Looking for the Knottingham or other Adjustment
	Scale
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Hello, All,
I need a scale to measure the improvement of the students in my
psychnotherapy and mental health maintenance groups at the school for the
blind where I will work with them. I have read about the Knottingham
Adjustment Scale but have not found the questionnaire. Is this the best
measuring device, and if not, can anyone lead me to another? We have one in
Positive Psychotherapy but it is not particularly geared to adolescents. I
can modify it, but if I do, using a known and tested scale  along with it
will give more validity. Thanks for any suggestions.
Dotty Martin

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:42:22 -0400
From: Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
	training	sessions
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Good evening All,
I'll be starting my BSW internship in a few weeks which is both exciting and
nerve-racking.
I'll be expected to attend various training sessions and was wondering if
it's appropriate to contact the presenter beforehand to ask about how
materials will be handled. Or is it best to show up to sessions with the
hopes that if printed materials are presented they can provide minor
accomodations?
These may sound like simple questions, but this is my first time in this
type of professional setting and I do not want to make blindness a bigger
deal than it actually is. Thanks for your input. :)

--
Anjelina

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:16:02 -0500
From: "Eddie K. Thieszen-Culp" <ekculp at gmail.com>
To: Human Services Mailing List <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
	training sessions
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Greetings,
I think it is okay to ask before hand.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 7, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good evening All,
> I'll be starting my BSW internship in a few weeks which is both
> exciting and nerve-racking.
> I'll be expected to attend various training sessions and was wondering
> if it's appropriate to contact the presenter beforehand to ask about
> how materials will be handled. Or is it best to show up to sessions
> with the hopes that if printed materials are presented they can
> provide minor accomodations?
> These may sound like simple questions, but this is my first time in
> this type of professional setting and I do not want to make blindness
> a bigger deal than it actually is. Thanks for your input. :)
> 
> -- 
> Anjelina
> 
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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:24:49 -0400
From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
	training	sessions
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Ask before hand.  Give them a heads up so they can have an opportunity to
give you the materials in a format you can use.  Also, it is good way of
showing your supervisor and fellow employees that you are proactive. Do what
you can up front.  

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From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anjelina
Cruz
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:42 PM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending training
sessions

Good evening All,
I'll be starting my BSW internship in a few weeks which is both exciting and
nerve-racking.
I'll be expected to attend various training sessions and was wondering if
it's appropriate to contact the presenter beforehand to ask about how
materials will be handled. Or is it best to show up to sessions with the
hopes that if printed materials are presented they can provide minor
accomodations?
These may sound like simple questions, but this is my first time in this
type of professional setting and I do not want to make blindness a bigger
deal than it actually is. Thanks for your input. :)

--
Anjelina

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:43:16 -0400
From: Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
To: Human Services Mailing List <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
	training	sessions
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Thank you very much for your input. This is what my gut instinct was, but I
wanted to make sure that it was an appropriate thing to do. Now thinking
about it my question seems kind of silly but I'm learning as I go. :)

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 7, 2013, at 5:24 PM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ask before hand.  Give them a heads up so they can have an opportunity to
> give you the materials in a format you can use.  Also, it is good way of
> showing your supervisor and fellow employees that you are proactive. Do
what
> you can up front.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anjelina
> Cruz
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:42 PM
> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
training
> sessions
> 
> Good evening All,
> I'll be starting my BSW internship in a few weeks which is both exciting
and
> nerve-racking.
> I'll be expected to attend various training sessions and was wondering if
> it's appropriate to contact the presenter beforehand to ask about how
> materials will be handled. Or is it best to show up to sessions with the
> hopes that if printed materials are presented they can provide minor
> accomodations?
> These may sound like simple questions, but this is my first time in this
> type of professional setting and I do not want to make blindness a bigger
> deal than it actually is. Thanks for your input. :)
> 
> --
> Anjelina
> 
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:30:05 -0400
From: "MARY CHAPPELL" <MTC5 at COX.NET>
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Call to action
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Mary,
Regarding software accessibility, in medical work I have had accessibility
challenges in the data administration software. Recently, my hospital went
from bad to worse when we "went totally paperless" and moved from OPUS to
Cerner for data administration. At this juncture I am unable to access
patient notes, enter any necessary documentation independently or complete
required on-going continuing education components or even track mandatory
due dates as the applications are inaccessible with JAWS or other screen
reading software.
Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy.D.

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Merry
Schoch
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 5:48 PM
To: Human Services Mailing List
Subject: [humanser] Call to action

Greetings to All,

I am putting in this email two separate requests.  I will title the requests
so when you respond please change the subject line so I can keep the
information separate.  Thank you for helping to make things easier for me
(big smile).

1.        Licensing Exams:  If you have scheduled a licensing exam and have
requested to use screen access software but was denied or you accepted the
entities statement that this is not provided, but have not taken the exam
please send me an email in this regards at merrys at verizon.net

2.       Software  Accessibility:  For those of you who are experiencing or
expect to experience barriers due to the inaccessibility of software I need
the following information or as much as you can provide:  the software name
and who creates the software.  Send emails to merrrys at verizon.net

The Human Service Division leaders have made a pledge to you, the members,
that we will work on issues that limit our full potential in our
professional field.  After communicating with Mehgan Sidhu and Valerie
Yingling from the legal department of the National Federation of the blind's
headquarters earlier today, we need your input to compile list of members
with the above experiences.  It is now time for us to forge forward in
contributing to a paradigm shift for us!

This is only the beginning but it is a huge start!  Collectively we can make
this happen!

With my dedication and devotion to you all,

Merry

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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 21:04:48 -0400
From: "MARY CHAPPELL" <MTC5 at COX.NET>
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] New Member
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Dottie,
I welcome and applaud you. Any one of us, whether blind or otherwise, could
benefit from the infusion of positive psychology. To work from a perspective
of learned optimism, a prime factor in the practice of Positive Psychology,
lends to the resilience and heartiness necessary in the confrontation of
existence. One theory of mental health and well-being speaks to mental
health being assessed by one's ability to adapt to change. Blindness may be
construed as a "change" in a manner of doing or being. To allow the space to
acknowledge whatever feelings may be evoked while offering components that
may allow the acknowledgement of strength in   the same experience is what I
am imagining in your group offering. I planned a pursuit toward the Master's
program in Positive Psychology at University of Pennsylvania just prior to
beginning my doctorate. I hit a snafu with the GRE accommodations and was to
impatient to await resolution. The late Dr. Betsey Z. of NFB heritage, the
first director of the Jernnigan Institute,  first introduced me to the
approach and I am forever in her debt. 
Wishing you the best in your endeavors and looking forward to the rich
exchange and learning we will have with you. Welcome.
Genuinely,
Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy.D.
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From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dorothea
Martin
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 4:39 PM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] New Member

Hello to All,
I have just joined this list and would like to introduce myself. |I am an
American studying Positive Psychotherapy, a new branch of psychotherapy
known mainly in Europe and Asia, in Kosovo. I am in my last semester of
classwork for a Master's degree in this field. I am blind and look forward
to sharing ideas and thoughts with other human services workers. Beginning
in September I will be facilitating a psychotherapy and mental health
maintenance group for teenaged students at the Kosovo school for the blind
and helping them start a music program to prepare students to enter the
music program at the university in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. I am 62
years old anhd in my day the schools for the blind gave no attention to
teaching us how to maintain our mental health. I believe that this lack has
actually led to many blind people dying well before their time. I want to
specialize in helping blind and disabled people to maintain or restore
mental health. I very much look forward to sharing ideas with all of you.
Dotty Martin

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 21:07:30 -0400
From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Call to action
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What is your strategy to deal with this?  I just curious.  Do you have one?

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of MARY
CHAPPELL
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 8:30 PM
To: 'Human Services Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [humanser] Call to action

Mary,
Regarding software accessibility, in medical work I have had accessibility
challenges in the data administration software. Recently, my hospital went
from bad to worse when we "went totally paperless" and moved from OPUS to
Cerner for data administration. At this juncture I am unable to access
patient notes, enter any necessary documentation independently or complete
required on-going continuing education components or even track mandatory
due dates as the applications are inaccessible with JAWS or other screen
reading software.
Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy.D.

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Merry
Schoch
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 5:48 PM
To: Human Services Mailing List
Subject: [humanser] Call to action

Greetings to All,

I am putting in this email two separate requests.  I will title the requests
so when you respond please change the subject line so I can keep the
information separate.  Thank you for helping to make things easier for me
(big smile).

1.        Licensing Exams:  If you have scheduled a licensing exam and have
requested to use screen access software but was denied or you accepted the
entities statement that this is not provided, but have not taken the exam
please send me an email in this regards at merrys at verizon.net

2.       Software  Accessibility:  For those of you who are experiencing or
expect to experience barriers due to the inaccessibility of software I need
the following information or as much as you can provide:  the software name
and who creates the software.  Send emails to merrrys at verizon.net

The Human Service Division leaders have made a pledge to you, the members,
that we will work on issues that limit our full potential in our
professional field.  After communicating with Mehgan Sidhu and Valerie
Yingling from the legal department of the National Federation of the blind's
headquarters earlier today, we need your input to compile list of members
with the above experiences.  It is now time for us to forge forward in
contributing to a paradigm shift for us!

This is only the beginning but it is a huge start!  Collectively we can make
this happen!

With my dedication and devotion to you all,

Merry

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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 02:24:36 -0400
From: Dorothea Martin <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [humanser] Requesting feedback on how to handle attending
	training sessions
Message-ID: 77119300-506d-45eb-a91d-b8a7fc0cad22 at samobile.net
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Hello, Anjelina,
Nowadays most handouts originate as electronic files, so I email my 
trainers and ask them to please send me any electronic files they have 
just before the session. Sometimes I'm even sent the Powerpoint slides.
Enjoy your trainings and your placement. What an exciting time!
Dotty Martin

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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 02:48:16 -0400
From: Dorothea Martin <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [humanser] New Member
Message-ID: 9d59a0b2-f90f-4b5a-a414-55893a9e27e7 at samobile.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed"

Hello, Mary,
Actually, it is positive psychotherapy, but based on similar ideas to 
those of positive psychology. I also look forward to exchanging ideas 
with all of you. I took my GRE in the old days before accessibility or 
even civil rights. Glad your doctorate worked out.
I just looked at Optiguide, a new screen reader, which I intended to 
suggest to you as something that might solve your software 
accessibility problem. It is even supposed to work in safe mode. 
Unfortunately, there is something wrong with the August 4 version of 
the demo, so you might have to wait until the developer solves this. 
The website is:
http://www.accessiblesoft.com/.
Dotty Martin

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