[Nfbf-l] Holly Idler on DOE BLOG

[Holly]

Thank you all, Your words means more to me then you will ever know.
Holly

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Joe Minichiello <jbmini at comcast.net> wrote:

> Congratulations holly you are helping to open doors for the young  people
> of
> the blind community. Joe Minichiello
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Holly
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:46 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Holly Idler on DOE BLOG
>
> http://educationfl.wordpress.com/
>
> Holly Idler: The Coach, The Cheerleader and Part of Their
> Team<
> http://educationfl.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/holly-idler-the-coach-the-c
> heerleader-and-part-of-their-team/>
> Posted on October 27,
> 2011<
> http://educationfl.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/holly-idler-the-coach-the-c
> heerleader-and-part-of-their-team/>
>  by Florida Department of
> Education<http://educationfl.wordpress.com/author/flcommonground/>
>
> *Note from Florida Blind Services Director Joyce Hildreth: Holly Idler from
> the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired recently
> received the Dean W. Tuttle Professional Education Award from The Hadley
> School for the
> Blind<
> http://www.hadley.edu/PR_detail.asp?t=20111020-Hadley-Presents-Annual-
> Student-Awards>
> *
> <
> http://www.hadley.edu/PR_detail.asp?t=20111020-Hadley-Presents-Annual-Stude
> nt-Awards>
> *, which is considered to be the Heisman Trophy of furthering education for
> persons with visual disabilities, especially with John W. Heisman being
> visually impaired himself. **We are very proud of her, and I asked her to
> share how her knowledge has affected her client instruction:*
> <http://educationfl.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/idler.jpg>
>
> Holly Idler receives Dean W. Tuttle Professional Education Award
>
> As a teacher at the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually
> Impaired, I teach Orientation and Mobility to our adult clients. Here at
> the
> Center, the clients are taught assistive technology, home management,
> personal management, Braille and mobility. Being visually impaired myself,
> I
> want to assist my clients by giving them tools to make their day-to-day
> activities and responsibilities easier to manage in a more effective
> manner.
>
> Here are just a few ways Hadley has influenced my teaching style:
>
>    - In use for thousands of years, the abacus is an efficient, accurate
>    tool for doing math, by people with or without vision. I've taken a few
>   classes using this device, and enjoy reviewing new techniques and
> competing
>   with clients, during breaks, to see who can solve a math problem first. I
> am
>   getting better, with practice.
>    - Guide dogs are just one of the many mobility aids our clients can
>    choose to utilize to get from point "A" to point "B" in a safe,
> effective
>   and graceful manner. Many of my students are new cane users, and are
>   interested in learning about guide dogs and possibly applying for one in
> the
>    future. One of the key points of the class, *Guide Dogs*,  that stood
> out
>    to me was how much the owner's daily routine would change once they got
> a
>   dog - they have to allow time to feed, walk and groom the dog each
> morning,
>   prior to going to work or college.
>    - I teach orientation and mobility classes and have to be careful with
> my
>    students who have diabetes. Mobility activities can cause their blood
> sugar
>    to drop during a lesson. In the *Diabetes: Toward
> Self-Management*<
> http://www.hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=DIA-121
> >
> course,
>   I learned that having the client drink water BEFORE the lesson can help
> the
>   body regulate the sugar levels. It is still important to drink water
> during
>   and after a lesson.
>    - Joyce Hildreth, the Florida DOE Division of Blind Services Director,
>    once said persons with visual impairments need to look at
> self-employment
> as
>    a viable option. I took two employment classes, *Finding
> Employment*<http://www.hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=EMP-121>
>    * *and* **Self-Employment with a Minimal
> Investment*<http://www.hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=EMP-221>
>   *. *These classes provided some insight on what type of person would be
>    cut out for self employment and what he or she would need to accomplish
> when
>   creating their business plan. I feel I now have the knowledge to
> encourage
>   my students to go in whatever direction they want to go in, including
>   starting their own business - and at least one has!
>    - One of the classes that I enjoyed the most was *Using Raised
> Markers*<http://www.hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=URM-121>
>    *. * This class discussed many different options of marking and labeling
>    household items such as the microwave and stove, personal items: such as
>   shampoo and conditioner, ways to identify canned foods and medications,
>    independently without having to know Braille.**
>
> I take Hadley classes myself, for my own education. If I can learn one new
> piece of information to share with my clients/students, my family or my
> coworkers, then the time the class took was worthwhile. I am not just their
> teacher. I am their coach, cheerleader and a part of their team.
>
>
> --
> "God gives you 86,400 seconds in a day. Take one to say Thank You."
> Walter A. Ward
> _______________________________________________
> Nfbf-l mailing list
> Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfbf-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/jbmini%40comcast.net
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfbf-l mailing list
> Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfbf-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/hbeanie%40gmail.com
>



-- 
"God gives you 86,400 seconds in a day. Take one to say Thank You."
Walter A. Ward