[Nfbmd] STEP program

[Lindsay Upschulte]

My name is Lindsay.  Currently, I live in Illinois, but I am thinking
about moving to Maryland eventually, or maybe going there for college.
 I know the NFB Youth Slam only takes place every other year, but are
there any other camps I could participate in?  I am a junior in high
school.  I wou8ld enjoy meeting other blind individuals, too.  There
is  STEP program in St. Louis, and many other states have one, that
teaches independence.  Are there any camps of this type in the
Washington D.c./Baltimore area?  I would be open to any type of camp,
but I do need to find one for learning independent living, and I would
love to go to one in Maryland.  Please let me know if any of you know
anything!

-Lindsay

On 11/2/09, Frye, Dan <DFrye at nfb.org> wrote:
> List Colleagues:
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> As part of my work on the Maryland State Rehabilitation Council, I am a
> member of a committee charged with pulling together the triennial statewide
> needs assessment, a document that identifies priorities and strategies for
> serving consumers of rehabilitation and which gets forwarded, as part of our
> state plan, to the federal Rehabilitation Services Administration for its
> review. Specifically, I'm working with OBVS personnel to target the needs of
> our community for this report. IN an effort to get direct feedback on what
> services would be useful to list in this written compilation of needs, DORS
> has asked the affiliate to let it sponsor an informal focus group at state
> convention this year. I'll be there along with other OBVS staff to receive
> community feedback. To help you prepare, DORS staff has asked that I
> circulate the following document so that people can begin thinking about the
> kind of information that is needed for this report. Fortunately, the
> questions are broad enough that they will lend themselves to virtually
> anything we want to discuss as a community. I have no expectation that
> people will be limited to the three minute timeframe that is referenced in
> this document; instead I envision that we'll hold a free-flowing dialogue,
> governed in terms of format more by numbers attending and the variety of
> ideas to be shared. Since I'll be present, be sure that I will advocate for
> adequate time to be made for thoroughly explaining any positions that
> individuals, or our organization as an entity, may wish to convey. I hope
> that many will be able to attend the focus group on Friday afternoon from
> 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Room. Here is the document, both pasted
> below in this message and attached as a Word document, for your attention:
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> Statewide Needs Assessment Focus Group
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> Carousel Hotel
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> November 13, 2009
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> 1:00 - 2:30 pm (Pennsylvania Room)
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> DORS Triennial Statewide Needs Assessment
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> ü      Help DORS identify the unmet rehabilitation and employment needs of
> individuals with blindness or low-vision
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> ü      Help Maryland plan for meeting the rehabilitation and employment
> needs of unserved and underserved populations
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> Below are questions to be posed to the group with each person being granted
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> 1.         What are the unmet rehabilitation and employment needs of
> individuals who are blind or visually impaired?
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> 2.	What can be done to meet the unmet needs of individuals who are blind or
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> 3.	More specifically, what are the unmet rehabilitation and employment needs
> of blind or visually impaired individuals who are considered unserved or
> underserved?  Unserved and underserved populations = racial and ethnic
> minorities; rural and urban populations; and other disability and economic
> sub-groups.
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> 4.	What suggestions do you have to meet those unmet needs?
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> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Associate Editor
> The Braille Monitor
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