SHEP CONNECTION CORNER - March 2023 Newsletter
Do you feel lucky? It’s March!
Strong and Growing!
We want to welcome our new member of the SHEP team, Clinton Patton! He will be spearheading our grant efforts for the orgranzation.
Wooohooo!
Also...IamDB!
We are launching our new program IamDB. This program focuses on the ability of the DeafBlind culture and promotes independent living while keeping the can do attitude through life skills and the ability to strengthen the DB skills through workshops and training. These opportunities will be available upon registration.
IamDB is starting strong and can’t wait to offer the very first workshop of labeling, accessibility training, available cane training, and assistance equipment and how to utilize these electronic devices and how they can apply to your life on a daily basis making independence a perfected ability. We encourage independence for the entire DeafBlind community and we are here readily available to provide any type of skills, mental health stability with dual sensory loss, and a powerful ability to conquer life’s challenges.
Workshops are available through registration by sending us an email, phone call, or send us a message on social media to get registered for any of the workshops starting March 1st.
Don’ t forget to check the March Calendar so you don’t miss out on any events.
See below for workshops!
It’s the luck of the...YOU! It’s all you! Take a look
Look at the IamDB workshops and trainings.
Labeling and identification workshops – using braille labelers/braille dots/readers and identifying money
Equipment accessibility training – how to independently cook/clean/and navigate the world
Cane workshops – Are you in need of a cane or need assistance on using the cane correctly? Let us help
Assistance equipment workshop – Opening your world to different kinds of assistant equipment can make life clear and easy to navigate independently. Equipment for independent living to promote mental health is available upon attendance and training. Please attend and register for this workshop.
SSP and ME- How to effectively utilize my SSP and learning the different ways of communica-
tion.
Every first and 4th Friday of the month there is a coffee chat with the president. Join us!
Details on our calendar and social media!
Need a SSP? Want to be a SSP? We have what you need! Request or register on our website:
Questions?
Contact our Operations manager Vicky Helms. Email vicky@shep-ok.org
RIDDLE ME THIS: What falls during March but never gets hurt?
Answer: the rain
Hahahahha
Give us some funnies on Facebook or email us: humanresources@shep-ok.org We would love to hear from you.
This March we challenge you to take a photo or video of you dancing in the rain.
Find us on Facebook or visit our website www.shep-ok.org
Did you know these awesome facts about Oklahoma?
· The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.
· The nation's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.
The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917