[humanser] Important Announcement!

[Kathy McGillivray]

Sounds like a great idea.

Kathy McGillivray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:40 PM
Subject: [humanser] Important Announcement!


> The following message is from Yolanda Garcia, NFB Human Services Board
> Member.  She has tried to post it to this list for the past few days with 
> no
> results, so I am posting it for her.  I hope many of you can take 
> advantage
> of this opportunity at our seminar on July 5.
>
> See you at convention.
>
> Melissa
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> The NFB national convention is just a few days away, and I'm sure everyone
> is excited to attend the Human Services Division meeting to network with
> other likeminded professionals. A couple months ago I submitted an
> announcement about our therapeutic tool swap and just wanted to remind
> everyone what it's all about once again.
>
>
> As professional counselors, clinicians, practitioners, case workers, and
> therapist, we are always looking to expand our toolbox of resources to 
> help
> with the direct practice of our clients. Purchasing many awesome 
> therapeutic
> tools and collecting literature are essential to enhancing our resources,
> but can become expensive. Not to mention we may not know where to begin
> looking for popular techniques with populations that are out of the scope 
> of
>
> clients we work with. Sometimes, there just isn't enough time in the day 
> to
> peruse around on the internet as well. Additionally, we may get some very
> cool resources from fellow colleagues at work; however, they may not 
> always
> be blind friendly formats of literature or experiential exercises that can
> be made accessible.
>
> Our goal for the Swap is to have everyone attending bring their favorite
> therapeutic tool/resource to share with the group. We will give everyone a
> couple of minutes to explain what they brought and how it's worked well 
> for
> them and the services they provide to their clients. Items can include a
> favorite book, handout, or worksheet packet scanned and saved on a memory
> stick so that others maybe able to download them on their note takers or
> laptops. You may also bring burned copies of DVD's or CD's with relaxation
> techniques or different intervention styles that can be distributed. Or
> perhaps you have modified an activity/game/exercises tactually that you 
> use
> with your clients and would like to show it to people to touch so that way
> attendees can go home and make their own replica. You can get as creative 
> as
>
> you want with this therapeutic toolbox swap. We just ask that if you 
> decide
> to bring copies of printed handouts or materials that you make numerous
> amounts of copies to distribute. We roughly have at least 50 members who
> attend every year but believe that making 30 copies of any material would
> suffice provided that not everyone receives a copy.
>
> If you do not own a laptop/ notetaker, or are unable to bring anything
> scanned and saved on a memory stick, we ask that you be willing to take
> people's names and email addresses and send them a copy of the
> materials/literature once you arrive home.
>
> Please help ensure that this new agenda item be successful by 
> participating!
> I've got my tools ready to bring, how bout you?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Yolanda, Human Services Board Member
>
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