[NFB-Idaho] This is about our BELL and Beyond student Caleb This would be good for convention 2024FW: Production of Interacting with the Blind Video

[President of NFB Idaho]

From: Jeff Riechmann [mailto:courageouskidsclimbing at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 2:06 PM
To: president at nfbidaho.org
Subject: Fwd: Production of Interacting with the Blind Video

 

I'm not sure if you are aware of this, so I thought I would try to bring you up to speed.

 

In 2021, Courageous Kids Climbing coordinated one of our Climbing On Stuff events. These events are opportunities for school age kids who are blind or visually challenged to look at things with their hands. To date, the kids have spent an afternoon with the Nez Perce tribe and looked at race cars, army tanks, an army helicopter, an Air Force fighter jet and learned about smokejumpers.

 

At the 2021 event, we had one teemage come out to learn about the Idaho State Police and Lewiston Police. During the event, Caleb was asked how law enforcement officers can assist him. Caleb explained.

 

As a result of this, Caleb developed a training program for law enforcement on how to better interact with the blind.

 

This training has reached around 100 first responders across Idaho.

 

Caleb's lesson plan has been taken by the Disability Action Center North West and they are converting it into a video. There is already considerable interest in Washington and Idaho to add the completed video to their on-line training for Pease Officers Standard Training.

 

There is more detail, but I tried to keep it brief!

 

Jeff Riechmann

Executive Director

Courageous Kids Climbing

 

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Vicki Leeper <vicki at dacnw.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Production of Interacting with the Blind Video
To: Earl Hoover <ehoover at icbvi.idaho.gov>, Jeff Riechmann <courageouskidsclimbing at gmail.com>, Jeff Klone <jklone at cityoflewiston.org>

 

Hello all! 

Just to keep you up to date, we finished our first full day of filming the Interacting with the Blind training video. This first part was just the narration. We used 5 people who are blind to narrate the separate segments.

Next up will be the “B roll” which will cover the actual demonstrations of what’s being talked about. Caleb will be involved heavily in this portion. And I will be reaching out to the City of Lewiston for policemen to be involved.  We are looking into possibly mid to late April for that, I want the outdoor weather to be nice by then. I’ll be in touch!

Thanks for being a part of this great project!

Vicki Leeper 
Outreach Coordinator
vicki at dacnw.org
505 N Main St., 
Moscow, ID
208-883-0523
www.dacnw.org

 

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