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<DIV>Read through and if found worthy, please forward to others.</DIV>
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<DIV>Joe </DIV>
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inline'><B>From:</B>
<A title=Cecelia.Norman@hknc.org
href="mailto:Cecelia.Norman@hknc.org">Cecelia
Norman</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Cecelia.Norman@hknc.org
href="mailto:Cecelia.Norman@hknc.org">Cecelia Norman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Carrie.Benson@hknc.org
href="mailto:Carrie.Benson@hknc.org">Carrie Benson</A> ; <A
title=laura.thomas@hknc.org href="mailto:laura.thomas@hknc.org">Laura
Thomas</A>
; <A title=sue.ruzenski@hknc.org href="mailto:sue.ruzenski@hknc.org">Sue
Ruzenski</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Announcement: HKNC's Additional Peer Learning Groups
for
your consumers</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>HKNC is inaugurating
its
Peer Learning Groups – a total of twelve (12) different offerings. The
support
groups involve active discussion among registered participants who are
deaf-blind, different days of the week at designated times. These are at NO
COST
and will be through Zoom videoconferencing. Refer to the attached for
descriptions of the peer learning groups. We ask that you familiarize
yourselves
with each peer learning group description.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #323130"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Our first, the COVID19
Live Chat starts this week with five (5) students on Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00pm
EST. The other groups will commence the week of April
20<SUP>th</SUP>.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR:
#323130"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>These
offerings have been uploaded onto HKNC’s website: </SPAN></B><SPAN
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#323130'><A
href="https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups"
target=_blank>https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>
Carrie
Benson <Carrie.Benson@hknc.org><BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 21,
2020
4:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B> DL Regional Representatives
<DLRegionalRepresentatives@hknc.org>; DL Regional Assistants
<DLRegionalAssistants@hknc.org>; DL Deaf-Blind Specialists
<DLDeaf-BlindSpecialists@hknc.org>; DL CA-CSP
<DLCACSP@hknc.org><BR><B>Cc:</B> Cindy Witkow
<cindy.witkow@hknc.org>; Dora Carney <dora.carney@hknc.org>;
Laura
Thomas <laura.thomas@hknc.org>; Laura Rocchio
<laura.rocchio@hknc.org>; Deborah Harlin <deb.harlin@hknc.org>;
Chris Woodfill <chris.woodfill@hknc.org>; Sue Ruzenski
<sue.ruzenski@hknc.org><BR><B>Subject:</B> Announcement: HKNC's
Additional
Peer Learning Groups</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Good Afternoon
Regional
Representatives, Administrative Assistants, Deaf-Blind Specialists, and CA
CSP
Team, </SPAN><SPAN
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"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>HKNC is announcing
<SPAN style="BACKGROUND: yellow">three</SPAN> additional Peer Learning
Groups
(PLGs),</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> which
include:</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in;
TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>1)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Savvy
Shopper</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in;
TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>2)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Living on Your
Own</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in;
TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>3)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Advocacy in a
Deaf-Blind World (ADBW) for ASL users</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>The attached
document
provides group descriptions for the above three. The website will be updated
to
reflect the new groups. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'><A
href="https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups">https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups</A></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>For registered
participants in existing groups, this information is available <B>S:\All
Staff\Peer Learning Groups</B></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Much appreciation
goes
to Laura Benge</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> for her
coordination
of this PLG registration and below are her suggestions in going
forward.</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Wait lists are
being
made for each group. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>We have two Usher
syndrome Support Groups, one for hard of hearing and a second new group
for
ASL users. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Change the
subject
line in the instructions from “Virtual Classes” to “Peer Learning
Groups” –
see 4.b for reason.</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>In the email
itself:</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1 start=4>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=a>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Include case
managers, Reps and group facilitators in the same emails. Even if the
email
is a request for Reps to distribute it’s important the CMs know what is
happening. There has been a lot of misinformation going around and the
more
organized we can be, the more consistency we’ll have. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Suggest that
when
referring to the PLGs people use “groups” rather than “classes” many
consumers are informing their VRCs of these “Classes” and I can see a
lot of
frustration in the future if VRCs think some remote classes are offered
at
no cost and others aren’t.</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Remind the
Reps,
CMs and facilitators that my role is to organize the contact information
and
communication preference - it’s not to convince students of which PLG is
the
best for the, identify accommodations for their group, etc.
</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>In each email
blast, <B>bold</B> the fact that these PLGs <B>are for deafblind
individuals
who are 16 years and older. </B>Many parents and professionals have been
reaching out after the NCOP email blast. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></OL></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Century
Gothic",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>I know this is a
learning experience for all of us, but if we can be proactive about
organization, it will help me manage these intakes in a timely manner and
minimize the frustration the group facilitators are feeling from
inconsistent
information from multiple sources. </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for all
your
support in disseminating the three new groups to your consumers.
</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Sue, Chris, Deb H,
Laura R, Laura B and Laura T</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'> Carrie Benson
<<A
href="mailto:Carrie.Benson@hknc.org">Carrie.Benson@hknc.org</A>>
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 14, 2020 4:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B> DL Regional
Representatives <<A
href="mailto:DLRegionalRepresentatives@hknc.org">DLRegionalRepresentatives@hknc.org</A>>;
DL Deaf-Blind Specialists <<A
href="mailto:DLDeaf-BlindSpecialists@hknc.org">DLDeaf-BlindSpecialists@hknc.org</A>>;
DL CA-CSP <<A
href="mailto:DLCACSP@hknc.org">DLCACSP@hknc.org</A>><BR><B>Cc:</B> DL
Regional Assistants <<A
href="mailto:DLRegionalAssistants@hknc.org">DLRegionalAssistants@hknc.org</A>>;
Laura Thomas <<A
href="mailto:laura.thomas@hknc.org">laura.thomas@hknc.org</A>>; Laura
Rocchio
<<A href="mailto:laura.rocchio@hknc.org">laura.rocchio@hknc.org</A>>;
Sue
Ruzenski <<A
href="mailto:sue.ruzenski@hknc.org">sue.ruzenski@hknc.org</A>>; Deborah
Harlin <<A
href="mailto:deb.harlin@hknc.org">deb.harlin@hknc.org</A>><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Announcement: HKNC's Peer Learning Groups<BR><B>Importance:</B>
High<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Good Afternoon
Regional
Reps, Deaf-blind Specialists and CA-CSP Members,</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>HKNC is inaugurating
its
Peer Learning Groups – a total of twelve (12) different offerings. The
support
groups involve active discussion among registered participants who are
deaf-blind, different days of the week at designated times. These are at NO
COST
and will be through Zoom videoconferencing. Refer to the attached for
descriptions of the peer learning groups. We ask that you familiarize
yourselves
with each peer learning group description.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Our first, the COVID19
Live Chat starts this week with five (5) students on Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00pm
EST. The other groups will commence the week of April
20<SUP>th</SUP>.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>These
offerings have been uploaded onto HKNC’s website: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'><A
href="https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups">https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/peer-learning-groups</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Laura Benge will be
the
contact person, where she will take the individual’s name, email/phone/VP
and
state contact information, preferred communication mode, and choice of peer
learning group. She will have this information in an email to the individual
and
send to the first facilitator identified in the group and to the regional
representative.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Send the attached to
your
current students, former students and consumers. Also send to your VR
partners,
families, state deaf-blind projects and other service providers, including
members of your state deaf-blind interagency teams. Include Sue, Carrie and
I in
your email distro.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>We’re excited to be
offering these opportunities and through your dissemination of the attached
with
a customized email from you, we are confident these groups will fill up
quickly.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR:
black'> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal><B><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Sue, Laura R, Deb and
Laura T</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
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Benson</SPAN><SPAN
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