[nabs-l] signing up for rehab plus questiom about rehab

[Ashley Bramlett]

Vejas,
I'd say sign up as soon as possible. AnotherAnothe r professional such as 
your TVI should be able to refer you to the services. if you really have no 
one to get you in touch and need the info, just google the department for 
the blind in your state. After calling the main number, they will direct you 
to a local office with counselors who staff your location. Then you get a 
counselor; afterward, you meet, fill out papers for a case, and establish 
goals.

No, no way do you give a letter at first. wait for your case to open and 
establish rapport.
Wait till you almost graduate would be my suggestion. You might mention that 
you need to attend a training center out of state in your initial meeting. 
but don't be too pushy. Just state your goals.

Others may disagree, but I'd have a parent sit in the meeting or at least 
read the paperwork to you afterward. I suggest this so they do not slip 
anything into your case file you don't agree with; the document Is your 
individual plan for employment, IPE.

You also need a copy of the documents you sign. Note that if you open the 
case before you are 18, I think your parent has to sign the papers with you.

So, do it asap. I opened my case as a teenager.

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via nabs-l
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:52 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] signing up for rehab plus questiom about rehab

Hi all,
The time has almost come for me to sign up for rehab.  I have a couple of 
questions:
First, I am 17 and will be turning 18 next November 24, so a little more 
than a month
from now.  Is it best to sign up for rehab now or wait until then? Also, how 
do I
sign up?
Another question is that I have to try to get rehab for getting me into the 
LCB
program.  Because I live in California, they may not give in easily.  I will 
have to
write the rehab counselor a justification letter explaining why LCB and only 
LCB.
I'm not sure whether I should give my letter to the rehab counsellor 
immediately
after I sign up, or a couple of weeks after?
Thank you very much for any advice you can give.
Vejas

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