[stylist] Back from Turkey, (not sure my first message went through)

Fri Oct 24 00:52:39 UTC 2008

I hit the send too soon.  I wondered if anybody recorded this for posterity?
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 06:47 PM 10/23/2008, you wrote:
>congratulations Robert!
>good job to you and all!  many in Turkey will benefit from this!
>
>now, there's the matter of:
>And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like a
>couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
>
>
>
>At 04:43 AM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
> >My oh my! Wasn't there a lot of traffic on the stylist list while I was out
> >of country! Much about the book and movie Blindness, health being off topic,
> >city of lawrence proclamation, poets wanted, and much more.
> >
> >And as for my trip to Turkey, I did go as a member of Blind Corps (BC). I
> >was one of 9 instructors. BC was started by Mike and Fatos Floyd (I am on
> >the board). This was our second trip to work with both the professionals in
> >blindness education and rehabilitation, as well as blind individuals in need
> >of training. BC has a mission to bring to third world countries what we know
> >here in the US about providing training to the blind. The blind and the
> >government in Turkey are wanting to make changes in services to the blind of
> >their country. They are aware of the positive results of Structured
> >Discovery Learning (SDL) that more and more training centers in the US are
> >going to. Here in Nebraska we've been using it for over 30 years. And so has
> >several other states and our own NFB centers. (Nebraska modeled ours after
> >what doctor Jernigan established in Iowa back in the early 1970's). We
> >provided materials to study on SDL and basically setup and ran a two week
> >training center with the same basic classes found in most training centers
> >using SDL. We had all students using sleep shades and long canes. We had
> >classes in philosophical discussion, cane travel and Braille. There was one
> >in home management covering skills like cooking, sowing, cleaning. A class
> >in computers. A class in home maintenance covering skills like measurement,
> >general carpentry, etc.  A class in techniques of daily living covering
> >skills like hand writing, making writing guides, labeling, organizing your
> >clothing, grooming, etc. We had daily seminars in which we had topics of
> >discussion ranging from employment, to what is reasonable help, attitudes,
> >parenting as a blind parent, the importance of expectations, why use sleep
> >shades in training, and more. For many of these discussions we used my
> >THOUGHT PROVOKERS; I and Fatos were the two staffers who handled these
> >discussion times. In the main, we all taught in all skill areas. We went in
> >knowing we'd have something like 48 to 54 students to deal with. We ended up
> >at the end of the two weeks having served 64. People started arriving on
> >Saturday the 4th, with the training officially starting on Monday the 7th.
> >We had a day and a half off from the 7th to Friday the 17th. Most evenings
> >we had classes up to 10:00 PM; classes started at 9:00 AM. Students wanting
> >a certification for credit for attending the training had to complete 120
> >hours during the time of the two weeks. We all got along very well; students
> >were mostly very eager to learn. Many of our students knew basic English.
> >And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like a
> >couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
> >
> >So as for a telephone meeting for interested parties? I'm planning to hold a
> >Division board meeting on Sunday the 26th during the timeframe we've
> >normally had the Stylist telephone conference. So what I am thinking is, if
> >you all wished to have a gathering with out me on the 26th, that would be
> >fine; you know, not all of us can make each meeting and they really
> >shouldn't hinge around me. So on list, discuss if you all wish to meet this
> >coming Sunday (not saying we are locked into Sunday nights.) And yes, I'm
> >open after this coming Sunday.
> >
> >And as for my thoughts on the book and movie Blindness, I'm happy we are
> >making a public protest. The movie is not a super big block buster that will
> >change the lives and minds of our nation, (though it should not be allowed
> >to happen without our comment), but I'm not wanting to make it a super big
> >deal about knocking it down or around. (I don't think it will get an academy
> >award.)
> >
> >President NFB Writers' Division
> >Robert Leslie Newman
> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> >Division Website-
> >Http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >
> >
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