[Nfbwv-talk] FW: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is Right Around the Corner!

[Joyce Porter]

Can't read this.  

Joyce


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Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] FW: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is
Right Around the Corner!

This looks like an excellent training opportunity; see above attachments.
Share as appropriate.  Thanks 

 

Sheri Koch, MS, CRC 

WVDRS 

Program Specialist 

Blind & Visually Impaired Services

4701 MacCorkle Ave., SE

Charleston, WV  25304 

sheri.l.koch at wv.gov 

Phone:    (304) 356-2380 Ext. 55322

FAX:  (304) 926-1740

 

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From: Waldron, Marijane K
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Koch, Sheri L
Subject: FW: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is Right Around
the Corner!

 

 

 

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Subject: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is Right Around the
Corner!

 

Recently I had the benefit of attending and exhibiting at the National
Federation for the Blind's National Convention in Dallas from June 30
through July 4.  I enjoyed spreading the word about the life skills and
career training options that we offer at World Services for the Blind to the
parents, potential clients, Lions Club members, instructors, and
representatives from colleges and technology firms that I met with.  The
overwhelming response about WSB I kept hearing was "keep up the good work,"
and I was invigorated to learn that our name is recognized throughout the
blind and visually impaired community for the level of service that we are
able to provide to our clients.  It was also wonderful to hear from the
visitors to our booth that their relatives or friends, or in some instances
they themselves, received training from WSB and had a pleasant and rewarding
experience that led to successful employment and sustainable independence.  

 

As I was visiting some of the other booths, I was impressed by the amount of
vendors that that were providing products that made computers and other
technology devices more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
There was a wide variety of new and improved products for magnification,
speech output and GPS systems, all of which will make day to day life more
accessible for individuals with a visual impairment.


 

Persons who are interested in learning more about working with computers or
assisting others to use computer technology would benefit from some of our
technology-based career training programs such as our Desktop Support
Technician, IT Professional, Assistive Technology Instructor or Programming.
It is not too late to enroll for our Desktop Support Technician or IT
Professional training programs.  We will begin the evaluation process for
those programs on August 6, and the programs start on September 4.  

 

Graduates from DST will acquire certifications in A+, Network+ and Windows
7.  Graduates from both the DST and IT Professional programs will be able to
assists users through computer repair issues either directly or remotely,
and as an IT Professional they will also be prepared to manage and maintain
a computer network for a business or organization. 

 

Please contact me so that I can assist your clients in joining us for
training in either of these two programs, and thank you for all of your
support and referrals.  We here at WSB truly value and appreciate our
partnership to provide sustainable independence to the blind and visually
impaired community.

 

Regards,

Emily

 

Emily Perryman

Admissions Coordinator

World Services for the Blind

2811 Fair Park Blvd.

Little Rock, AR 72204

501-664-7100 ext. 225

http://www.wsblind.org/ <http://www.lwsb.org/> 

 

The Mission of World Services for the Blind is empowering blind or visually
impaired adults in the United States and around the World to achieve
Sustainable Independence.