[humanser] ACCOMODATIONS

[Jan Bailey]

I always  had several readers and drivers, and only told them what they 
absolutely  needed to know.
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at comcast.net>
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [humanser] ACCOMODATIONS


> Good morning, Serena,
>
> Is that not where the resippiant of said service comes in, to educate a 
> prospective driver/tutor as to the bounds of his role?
> for today, Car
>
> 05:50 PM 12/28/2013, you wrote:
>>I can see one drawback about hiring a driver for home visits.  Would
>>the driver know anything about the blind social worker's specific home
>>visit requirements, I.E., what the sw has to assess for or monitor?
>>Or would the driver simply be a driver?  A driver's knowing about the
>>specific requirements of the home visit could be detrimental to the
>>sw.  The driver could try to take over the assessment/monitoring
>>process.  Similar to how some human readers who know about the course
>>material blind students are studying try to act as tutors.
>>
>>Serena
>>
>>On 12/28/13, JD Townsend <43210 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > ON ELECTRONIC RECORDS:
>> >
>> > My hospital is moving rapidly into electronic records for mental health
>> > services.  Their idea is for me to dictate as do our psychiatrists.  I 
>> > used
>> > to do this when the hospital had medical transcribers.  To work in the
>> > electronic records it will require a bit of new software and some 
>> > scripting
>> > work, however I do believe that this solution will provide me with the
>> > independence and freedom to get that part of my job done.  Always
>> new skills
>> > to learn.  Some clinicians who are less computer savvy are having more
>> > trouble than I am.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > DRIVING:
>> >
>> > I took a job in Brooklyn that required me to visit families in their 
>> > homes
>> > over half of my work time.  Once I moved into the City I was able to do 
>> > all
>> > my visiting using buses, subways and my feet.  Of course traveling 
>> > around
>> > via these methods in a rural setting would not be possible.  Often we 
>> > need
>> > to move to where the work is, rather than to wait for the opportunity 
>> > to
>> > come to us.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I know of one blind social worker who works in hospice.  She travels 
>> > with
>> > her team as they do their assessments together.  The job required that
>> > driving license, but she went for the interview anyway and won the
>> > supervisor over with her professional, competent, engaging manner and 
>> > they
>> > decided to make an exception to their rule.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A blind supervisee is doing her assessments over the telephone rather 
>> > than
>> > doing the required home visit, she feels that the information would be 
>> > best
>> > taken in the home, but this is the adaptation the agency she works for 
>> > has
>> > agreed upon.  Sometimes there are compromises to be made on both our 
>> > parts.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have not known anyone who made home visits who regularly used a 
>> > driver,
>> > but people do suggest that option from time to time.  For me a bus, my
>> > Braillenote with GPS, and time to do my notes, would take preference. 
>> > I do
>> > like to do things on my own, sometimes a good thing, sometimes not.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > JD Townsend LCSW
>> > Helping the light dependent to see.
>> > Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol System
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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