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VRCBVI Job Opening!!
by becky.keller＠dbvi.virginia.gov 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Good morning everyone! The Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired is looking for a new team member! Please see the information and link below, and contact me if you have any questions. Take care and be well, Job Title: Orientation & Mobility Specialist Location: Henrico - 087 Position #: 00034 Closing Date: Open Until Filled Quicklink: https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/postings/212524 <http://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/postings/212524> *Becky Keller, MA, NOMC, COMS* *Lead Orientation and Mobility Instructor* Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired 401 Azalea Avenue <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+Azalea+Avenue+Richmond,+VA+23227+(804&entry=…> Richmond, VA 23227 <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+Azalea+Avenue+Richmond,+VA+23227+(804&entry=…> (804) 371-3093 <(804)%20371-3093> becky.keller at dbvi.virginia.gov Facebook: VDBVI <https://www.facebook.com/VDBVI> Worldwide Web: Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired <http://www.vrcbvi.org/> YouTube: VRCBVI <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwsqnBw28gUNgMMSkH_eYci37g9XY6Qzd> "Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." *-Arthur Ashe* **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the intended recipient), you may not read, print, retain, use, copy, distribute, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message (including any attachments).

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NOMC conference call
by debandjeff＠allophone.com 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Hello Everyone, I hope that all of you are doing well, and keeping warm. Since it has been quite a while since our last opportunity to get together, I would like to have an NOMC conference call in the next few weeks. This would be an opportunity to catch up, and to discuss some of the current concerns, as well as the teaching challenges that we all are working through. Some possible dates would be February 23rd, or 25th, March 2nd, 4th, or the 9th. Please let me know which of these dates will work for you, There is some flexibility in regard to these dates, so a different evening would be possible as well, if none of these will work for the majority of you. Please let me know your availability. Jeff Altman MA NOMCT CVRCB

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On the Hunt!
by npearlnj＠gmail.com 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Good afternoon! I recently received my NOMC and employment through my state has fizzled out due to COVID. I know I am not the only one effected by this pesky virus, however if you know of any employment opportunities within a state agency or private agency, I?d be appreciative if you could pass them along to me. I am keeping my options open and looking into other avenues, but right now I just want to work. I hope you all are staying healthy and safe! Respectfully, Nickie Pearl 502-489-4457 njp at twc.com

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On the Hunt.
by npearlnj＠gmail.com 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Good afternoon! I recently received my NOMC and employment through my state has fizzled out due to COVID. I know I am not the only one effected by this pesky virus, however if you know of any employment opportunities within a state agency or private agency, I?d be appreciative if you could pass them along to me. I am keeping my options open and looking into other avenues, but right now I just want to work. I hope you all are staying healthy and safe! Respectfully, Nickie Pearl 502-489-4457 njp at twc.com

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NOMC Demographics Survey, final call
by ebell＠pdrib.com 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Thanks to those of you who have completed the NOMC survey. This is my third and final ask for participants. If you have not yet done so, I would appreciate your completing the survey. https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6048424/NOMCDS Thanks Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu www.pdrib.com ************* "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould

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Searching for Mentors for Summer Youth Program
by becky.keller＠dbvi.virginia.gov 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

Hello all, Please forward the attached mentor recruitment information to anyone you feel would be a good fit for our teen adjustment to blindness training program. Thanks in advance for your assistance! Take care and be well, *Becky Keller, MA, NOMC, COMS* *Lead Orientation and Mobility Instructor* Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired 401 Azalea Avenue <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+Azalea+Avenue+Richmond,+VA+23227+(804&entry=…> Richmond, VA 23227 <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+Azalea+Avenue+Richmond,+VA+23227+(804&entry=…> (804) 371-3093 <(804)%20371-3093> becky.keller at dbvi.virginia.gov Facebook: VDBVI <https://www.facebook.com/VDBVI> Worldwide Web: Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired <http://www.vrcbvi.org/> YouTube: VRCBVI <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwsqnBw28gUNgMMSkH_eYci37g9XY6Qzd> "Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." *-Arthur Ashe* **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the intended recipient), you may not read, print, retain, use, copy, distribute, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message (including any attachments).

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Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research Vol 11, No 1
by ebell＠pdrib.com 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hello, Click here for the newest issue of JBIR https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir21/jbir1101tc.html

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Fw: Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, 4th Edition Interest Survey
by owinm＠yahoo.com 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

Hello NOMC,Please see attached email from APH. They sent?out a survey to seek funds to pay for ?a new revised 4th edition of Foundations of Orientation and Mobility? which they claim is ?the leading text in the field on O&M theory and practice.? ??The survey is about how??the 3rd edition has impacted its readers in the field.? Anyway, I know we are not COMS but there is an ?Other? option so I filled out this survey and expressed how one-sided the older?textbook is; among other things. I?thought you might want to add your two cents.Dr. Merry-Noel Chamberlain Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Begin forwarded message: On Monday, January 25, 2021, 12:59 PM, Heather Spence <hspence at aph.org> wrote: Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, 4th Edition Interest Survey#yiv7581555392 p{margin:10px 0;padding:0;}#yiv7581555392 table{border-collapse:collapse;}#yiv7581555392 h1, #yiv7581555392 h2, #yiv7581555392 h3, #yiv7581555392 h4, #yiv7581555392 h5, #yiv7581555392 h6{display:block;margin:0;padding:0;}#yiv7581555392 img, #yiv7581555392 a img{border:0;height:auto;outline:none;text-decoration:none;}#yiv7581555392 body, #yiv7581555392 #yiv7581555392bodyTable, #yiv7581555392 #yiv7581555392bodyCell{min-height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;}#yiv7581555392 .yiv7581555392mcnPreviewText{display:none !important;}#yiv7581555392 #yiv7581555392outlook a{padding:0;}#yiv7581555392 img{}#yiv7581555392 table{}#yiv7581555392 .yiv7581555392ReadMsgBody{width:100%;}#yiv7581555392 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td.yiv7581555392mcnTextContent, #yiv7581555392 td#yiv7581555392templateFooter td.yiv7581555392mcnTextContent p{font-size:14px !important;line-height:150% !important;}} | | | | | Dear Friends of APH Press, The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) acquired AFB Press in July 2018 and is now the publisher of the Foundations series of textbooks. ? In an effort to lower the expenses associated with the publication of a new revised 4th edition of Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, the leading text in the field on O&M theory and practice, APH Press is seeking additional funding that will allow us to offer the textbook to our customers at a reduced price. Below is a brief survey about how the 3rd edition has impacted its readers in the field. The survey results will be used in the appeal to potential funders. We appreciate your participation in the Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, 4th edition Interest Survey. Sincerely, ? | | Heather Spence Director, APH Press 1839 Frankfort Avenue? Louisville, KY 40206 502-899-2377 | | | | | | | | | | | | Forward to a Friend | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright ? 2021 American Printing House, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a past AFB Press/APH Press customer. Our mailing address is: American Printing House1839 Frankfort AveLouisville, KY 40206-3148 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. | | | |

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Pandemic and guiding technique
by widearc2000＠gmail.com 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

Good afternoon colleagues, I have some deaf blind students who tend to ask to be guided at different activities in their personal lives. some of them have been complaining to me that people who used to offer this service to them in their community activities are no longer willing to make physical contact with them. Because of varying degrees of hearing loss, the individuals are struggling with voice commands and directions. One of the complaints is that people are beginning to grab their canes again and try to pull them around. Most people do not have 6 foot canes but somehow people who are afraid to give an arm feel that this is not too close. Naturally, no blind person wants to be dragged around by her or his cane. Not only is it an abuse of our tool but it also keeps us from previewing where we are walking. Have any of my fellow orientation and mobility instructors come up with good suggestions for deaf blind people who need to be guided more frequently than the rest of us? Jane Lansaw Tulsa Oklahoma Sent from my iPhone

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NOMC Study
by ebell＠pdrib.com 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear NOMC, In December, I sent out a link and a request for you to complete a survey specific for NOMC on basic demographics, working environments, and professional development. This is being done directly through the PDRIB at Louisiana Tech and all your response will be kept confidential. If you have done the survey, thank you. If you have not, please click the following link and provide your answers to the survey so we can have an accurate picture of the NOMC community. https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6048424/NOMCDS Thank you Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu www.pdrib.com ************* "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould

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