[nabs-l] STEP Program offered by Junior Blind of America

[justin williams]

And Denver is all sourts of awesome. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:04 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] STEP Program offered by Junior Blind of America

Hi Miso and all,
Reasons why the Colorado Center is likely superior to the Junior Blind of
America's program include:

-- Most if not all instructors at CCB are blind as is the director and the
youth services coordinator. This will expose you to blind mentors and role
models. Junior Blind is likely mostly staffed by people who are sighted.
-- The CCB teaches you how to travel in unfamiliar areas, whereas many
traditional O&M programs only teach people how to navigate specific areas.
If you plan to go to college out of state, you can argue this "structured
discovery" O&M training will be much more useful.
-- CCB will teach you how to get around using buses and trains in another
state. Again, important for out-of-state college experiences.
-- CCB has college prep and work experience programs where you may be able
to take a college class and/or get a summer job. I don't know if Junior
Blind of America offers those things.

I haven't done anything with Junior Blind of America since I was fifteen,
but when I did go on a weeklong trip with them at age fifteen, I got the
sense that their philosophy about blindness isn't very progressive. I'm
pretty confident that going to the CCB program instead will be worth the
extra hassle.
Definitely speak with Julie and/or Brent about your problems getting
funding. They are experienced dealing with state agencies including the one
in CA.

Best of luck,
Arielle

On 3/13/13, Koby Cox <kobycox at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be best for me and you to discuss this issue over the 
> phone. Your stay rehab center is going to recommend that you attend 
> their state agency because they don't want to pay for funding for you 
> to go to Denver. If you would like to discuss this further please 
> don't hesitate to contact me either on list or off list.
>
> Koby
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Miso <kwakmiso at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Chris. Currently i applied to Colorado Center for the 
>> Blind. My application got accepted but California has not approved my 
>> funding because there are 'similar programs in California'.
>> Junior Blind of America is a private school for the blind in Los 
>> Angeles which the CA department of rehab is recommending me to go instead
of CCB.
>>
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