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To make this happen successfully, the planning team learned how to build an
infrastructure in which access was at the forefront of planning. High quality
interpreting costs were expensive, tactile interpreters resources scarce, and recruiting
volunteers/SSPs that had a specific skills set for the discrete needs of the young adults
were even more scarce! Through teaming, the resource pool expanded by
partnerships being forged with interpreting training school programs resulting in a
larger network of skilled interpreters and volunteers. (Visioning and Claiming, role
clarification and responsibilities.)
The Institute's core ingredients:
- Keynote Speaker should always be an
adult who is deaf-blind, providing the
adult role model.
- Mentors are cultivated from previous attendees and gain leadership skills by their
embedded role.
- Interactive role play, resource fair, and team
building.
- Afterwards celebrate, self-evaluate and
review the participants, interpreters, and
volunteers' feedback ensuring continual growth and refinement. (Celebrating and
Letting Go)
During the interview, the person asked me what I had hope to pass
on to the kids, sorry to say I don't think I could have given them
anything, but I am telling you they gave and changed me!
Stephen Head,
Father of a Young Adult
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