[humanser] across the board problems with accessible mentalhealth materials

[Mary Ann Robinson]

    Hi Everyone,

I agree that the example described below was an excellent illustration of
self-advocacy.

A few weeks ago, I heard about a conference that I wanted to attend and I
inquired via email if there were handouts available in an electronic format. 
I
did not receive a response. I followed up a couple of weeks later and 
handouts were subsequently emailed to me.

Mary Ann Robinson
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From: "Michael Abell via humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [humanser] across the board problems with accessible
mentalhealth materials


> Hi Sarah,
> Thank you for illustrating a textbook example of self-advocacy.
> Using this collaborative approach would allow many individuals to be able
> to
> fully participate in activities that would benefit both participants and
> the
> community they hope to serve.
> Nice job!
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael "Big Dog" Abell
>
> Helping individuals to find their eyes in the dark.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Meyer
> via humanser
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 10:54 PM
> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sarah Meyer
> Subject: Re: [humanser] across the board problems with accessible mental
> health materials
>
> Hi Lisa,
> I am sorry to hear that you have been feeling ongoing frustration with
> access issues to materials for training and education purposes. Maybe
> I just missed this, but can you clarify what the exact training was
> that you were going to be taking and who was providing the training?
> What you described sounds very similar to an all-day training that I
> attended today. It was Psychological First Aid (PFA) and Fundamentals
> of Disaster Mental Health (FDMH).  These were classes offered
> primarily for people interested in volunteering with the American Red
> Cross or disaster mental health work, but the skills are transferable
> to working with crisis and trauma response work in all kinds of
> settings.
>
> Anyway, when I contacted the instructor for the class a few weeks ago
> to inquire about the structure of the class and any materials that she
> would be using, she sent me PDF versions of the handbooks to make sure
> they were accessible and wouldn't need to be adapted in any other
> ways.  She said there might be some additional handouts, and I made a
> note to check in with her closer to the date of the class.  Well, I
> had a pretty rough week and didn't get around to emailing her until
> yesterday, but I still got what I needed: she sent me her PowerPoint
> lecture slides so I could follow along (because I specifically
> requested them) and the handouts to which she had alluded a few weeks
> ago.
> I know it is hard to prepare for trainings especially with short
> notice, but I would suggest reaching out to whomever you can find to
> reach out to as soon as you possibly can when you find out about the
> possibility of a training that you are interested in.  I would also
> suggest being as specific as possible in your request.  For example, I
> did not think to ask in advance for electronic versions of course
> evaluations; it just didn't cross my mind.  We talked about it today,
> and the instructor is going to send them to me, but hopefully in the
> future I will remember to include this as one of my requests
> (handouts, lecture notes/presentations, evaluations).
>
> Anyway, I hope this helps a bit, and good luck.
>
> Sarah
>
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