[il-talk] Fw: Project HIRE: Transition to Employment

[Robert Gardner]

FYI.  

Bob Gardner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Susan Walter 
; Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:39 PM
Subject: FW: Project HIRE: Transition to Employment


B. J. LeJeune, M.Ed,CRC, CVRT 
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision



Hello Transition Specialists, 

 

Just a reminder again that here at Mississippi State University we are initiating an exciting new opportunity for recent high school and college graduates and seniors who are blind or have low vision to be involved in an on-line intervention to enhance their employability.  We are recruiting almost 100 students from all over the country who will be involved for 8 weeks of supplemental activity in either September - November or January-February.  Students will be randomly assigned to a group, so we are hoping to get all our candidates lined up by September 1.  The purpose of the program is two-fold.  First, we are hoping it will be beneficial to the participants in preparing them to find employment, but it is also a research project to develop evidenced based practice which we hope will be replicable and available nationwide.

 

Attached are 2 email flyers about the program, one for college students and one for both high school and college students.  We can send braille and large print as well if anyone is interested.  Please post this on your office bulletin boards and help pass the word to interested students.  Students can sign up on line through our website at www.blind.msstate.edu .  Please contact me if you have any questions.  

 

Thanks for your help!

 

BJ

 

B. J. LeJeune, M.Ed,CRC, CVRT 
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision
Mississippi State University

P. O. Box 6189

Mississippi State, MS  39762
bjlejeune at colled.msstate.edu 
662-325-2694