[Nfbwv-talk] FW: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is Right Around the Corner!
Sheri Koch
slk5111 at Hotmail.com
Fri Jul 13 00:11:11 UTC 2012
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On Jul 12, 2012, at 6:24 PM, "Joyce Porter"
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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
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> Sheri Koch, MS, CRC
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> WVDRS
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> Program Specialist
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> Blind & Visually Impaired Services
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> 4701 MacCorkle Ave., SE
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> Charleston, WV 25304
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> sheri.l.koch at wv.gov
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> From: Waldron, Marijane K
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> Subject: FW: July Update - DST and IT Professional Deadline is Right
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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.
>
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