[Nfbmd] Independence 2010 - Summer program for Blind Youth

[Amy Phelps]

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is pleased to announce
Independence 2010--a six-week residential summer program for blind and
low vision high school teens. The students of Independence 2010 will
participate in a fun, action packed comprehensive six-week program that
will focus on learning the nonvisual skills which are essential for
teens to successfully transition from high school to college or
employment. Students of Independence 2010 will live in apartments
supervised by adult blind mentors/instructors who will incorporate
budgeting, maintaining a home, preparing meals, doing laundry, and
shopping for groceries.  

 

Independence - 2010 will include cane travel, independent living skills,
assistive technology, Braille, physical fitness, philosophy class,
career exploration, and several confidence building activities including
attending the 2010 National Convention of the National Federation of the
Blind in Dallas, Texas. In addition to learning the skills of blindness,
students will have fun learning from successful blind role models and
participate in exciting confidence building activities such as playing
goalball, attending a summer festival, watching movies under the stars,
enjoying the Inner Harbor and Little Italy to name just a few.  

 

Who can apply: 

Legally blind high school students who are entering into 10th, 11th , or
12th  grades in the fall of 2010 and have open cases with their state's
vocational rehabilitation agency or who have an alternative funding
source 

 

The dates of the program are June 20 - August 1, 2010

 

For more information or if you have any questions, please email me at
aphelps at bism.org or call me at 410-737-2642. 

 

Warm regards, 

 

Amy C. Phelps  

 

 

Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC

Director of Rehabilitation Services 

 

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland

3345 Washington Blvd

Baltimore, MD 21227

Phone: 410-737-2642

Mobile: 410-274-1647

Fax: 410-737-2689

Toll Free: 888-322-4567

E-mail: aphelps at bism.org <mailto:aphelps at bism.org> 

Web site: www.bism.org <http://www.bism.org/> 

 

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