From Melody.Roane at dbvi.virginia.gov Sat Mar 25 02:17:30 2017 From: Melody.Roane at dbvi.virginia.gov (Roane, Melody (DBVI)) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 21:17:30 -0500 Subject: [Nfb-dc] Are You Ready To Be an Agent of Change with the Blind and Vision-Impaired Youth of Virginia? Message-ID: Hello everyone, This is Melody Roane from the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired in Richmond, VA. We are hiring three individuals who are successful college students or young professionals to serve as mentors for our summer youth program, Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered! (LIFE.) If you are selected to be a mentor, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience to prepare you for your career choice, and you will get to take part in confidence-building activities such as whitewater rafting, high rope adventure course, zip lining, improvisation training, etc. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most talented instructors in the Field and learn from them. You will work with up to twenty-two blind high school students from around the state of Virginia who are eager to be encouraged and inspired by you. Please see the attached information for instructions to apply for a mentor position. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 804-371-3323. We look forward to talking with you soon! Have a great day! Melody Roane, director Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired From: Chittum, Greg (DBVI) Subject: Mentor Recruitment Letter - 2017 Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered (LIFE) Program Good afternoon! VRCBVI is seeking 3 college students or young professionals who are blind to be mentors for our 2017 Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered (LIFE) Program. Please share the attached recruitment letter with candidates who may be interested in applying for these seasonal (summer) positions. Applications are due April 14, 2017. Thank you! Greg Chittum, Orientation and Mobility Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired 401 Azalea Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23227 Phone: 804-371-3204 Email: greg.chittum at dbvi.virginia.gov Twitter: @VRCBVI_Strong Facebook: VDBVI Worldwide Web: www.vrcbvi.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Mentor Recruitment Letter 2017doc.doc Type: application/msword Size: 437760 bytes Desc: not available URL: From arielle71 at gmail.com Mon Mar 27 19:56:50 2017 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:56:50 -0400 Subject: [Nfb-dc] Paid research opportunity at Johns Hopkins Message-ID: If you are totally blind or have minimal light perception, and no cognitive disabilities, please consider participating in the study below. Study participants are compensated $30 per hour, plus travel. The Neuroplasticity and Development Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University is seeking participants for a psychology research study. The purpose of this study is to investigate how lifetime experience shapes the human brain. We are particularly interested in how the brain adapts to the absence of vision. To answer this question we use neuroimaging to compare the brains of individuals with different life histories: adults who grew up with normal vision, those who were born blind, and those who became blind later in life. Participating in this research study involves having an MRI scan. During the scan participants listen to sentences and sounds, touch objects, and answer simple questions about what they hear and feel. The study typically lasts between 1 and 3 hours and participants are compensated $30 per hour for their time. To qualify for this study you must be a healthy, totally blind adult between the ages of 18 and 75 with no metal or electronic devices in or on your body. Prior to taking part in the study we would ask you to complete a pre-screening interview over the phone to ensure that you qualify. The screening interview takes between 15 and 30 minutes and those who take part in the interview receive a $15 Amazon gift card. To learn more, please contact the lab either by calling (410) 870-9895 or emailing plasticity_lab at jhu.edu. Thank you for taking the time to read this announcement.