[stylist] Where my head is

[KajunCutie926 at aol.com]

Been there, Robert?  I think I live  there...
 
But you know there is nothing I loved better than  mentoring at my 
children's schools.  Yes it took up more time than I  imagine but the rewards made 
up for all the time spent.  I wondered if I  could ever become a juggler to 
make it all work better but in time it all fell  into place ....
 
Bravo to you...just make sure you do take that bit of  time for you 
whenever you can.
 
Myrna
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2011 12:07:14 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
newmanrl at cox.net writes:

Hi you  all:



My head has been buried in a series of writing projects  that have ---- 
eaten
up all my spare time and has even made me skimp on  some of my home and NFB
duties! (Ever been there?)



What I've  been doing is --- acting as a mentor for a new vocational
counselor hired  by my old employer, the Nebraska Commission for the Blind
and visually  Impaired. I've been wrapped up with that for almost 2 months. 
I
will be  spending the next week with her, out in Carney, Nebraska (3 hours
from  where I live in Omaha). In assisting her to learn about her job 
duties,
and  to try and instill a super positive philosophy of blindness, I decided
that  besides our talking and her observation of me modeling what her  job
requires, I decided that it would be helpful to her to have a hard  copy
rendition of --- her duties, including short sections of --- well,  what to
say! (that was the first document/manual) The second is all about  providing
Job Seeking Skill instruction. (Again, I give the steps, then I  dramatize
them.) the third document is how to, from the get-go, like at the  first
meeting on up through the application, the case acceptance, the  development
of the Individualized Plan for Employment, the learning   of blindness
skills, going for vocational training like school, on up to  the time to 
seek
employment, and finally the 90 days of follow-up after the  consumer is
employed, then is closed from services.(This to has suggested  activities 
and
wording on how to weave vocational counseling and  expectations/ownership ,
into all phases of the consumers time as a client.  



It sort of blossomed into a longer stent of writing then I had  planned for.
(You know, how some storys just seem to take on a life of  their own.) 
Funny,
I'm getting paid for the mentoring, but not for the  writing! 



Robert Leslie Newman 

President, Omaha Chapter  NFB

President, NFB Writers' Division

Division  Website

<http://www.nfb-writers-division.>  http://www.nfb-writers-division.net

Chair, Newsletter Publication  committee

Personal  Website-

<http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/>  http://www.thoughtprovoker.info



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