[Nyabs] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] BLIND, Inc. Summer Program

[Kathryn Carroll]

Please tell your friends about this program. Preparing for the
post-secondary school experience is highly important.

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From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:12 AM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] BLIND, Inc. Summer Program
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 Warm Greetings from BLIND, Incorporated.

It is once again time to start making plans for your summer.  This year the
PREP, *P*ost-secondary *R*eadiness *E*mpowerment *P*rogram, our eight-week
program for blind high school students, will run from June 11 to August 3,
2012.  (Formerly known as Life 101.)

This exciting summer program is for blind high school students and is
designed to prepare them for academic, employment, and social success.  The
PREP curriculum is designed to empower blind youth with the alternative
techniques of blindness they will need to be successful in the college and
the career fields they choose, and to give them the confidence and belief
in themselves they need to find and keep a job.

The core classes include Braille reading and writing, independent cane
travel, Industrial Arts, adaptive technology, and home/dormitory
management, that includes cooking, cleaning, washing and labeling clothes,
personal care, and daily living skills.

PREP students live in apartments with fellow students and adult counselors.
These counselors and instructors serve as successful and positive role
models.  Students shop for groceries, prepare meals, and clean their
apartments as part of their home and personal management training. They
begin to learn how to live independently while still in a supportive
environment. They develop problem-solving skills and come to realize that
they will be able to take care of themselves and take responsibility for
their own futures.

This program is based on a positive view of blindness, that if blind people
are given proper training and opportunity, they can be successful in
education, find meaningful employment, and live full and productive lives.

*Traveling to Dallas Texas
*In 2012, PREP students will enjoy the exciting opportunity of accompanying
BLIND, Incorporated staff and adult students when we travel to Dallas,
Texas to attend the week long national convention of the National
Federation of the Blind, the largest annual gathering of blind teenagers
and adults in the world.  During this convention, our PREP students will
join hundreds of other high school and college students from around the
country when attending the National Association of Blind Students seminar
and participate in other meetings and seminars and learn about new
ground-breaking technology. This annual convention is packed full of fun
and great learning opportunities and experiences.

Throughout the summer the PREP students will also participate in a variety
of fun activities from canoeing and camping, to rock climbing, and shopping
at the mall of America.

For more information: or to complete an application you can visit our
website at www.blindinc.org  or call 612-872-0100 (ext. 251), or toll free
800-597-9558, or e-mail cguggisberg at blindinc.org
Sincerely,

Charlene Guggisberg, Coordinator for Youth and Special programs

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Kathryn Carroll
St. John's University School of Law 2013
(Ph.) 347-455-1521
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