National AgrAbility Project

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National AgrAbility Project

• Education Volunteer
• Services

by Douglas B. Carmon Easter Seals National
AgrAbility Project Manager
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Educational Services

• OT/PT Training Curriculum
• Bridge gap between rehab and healthcare
  professionals not routinely exposed to farmers
  with disabilities
• OT/PTs first, then other rehab/healthcare
  professionals, and finally pre-service university
  level students
• Partnership (National, State, Healthcare
  Organizations)
• Classroom face-to-face learning, online
  continuing education modules

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Educational Services

• OT/PT Training Curriculum
• OK training program
• Stillwater, Oct 8-9 2004
• Academic / geographic expansion of program
• Program access

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Volunteer Services

• General Volunteer Services
• Collection of resources
• Illinois AgrAbility Unlimited Program
• Compilation of volunteer management guidelines
• Recruiting, training, liability, reporting
• Resource access

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Volunteer Services

• Peer Support Training Program
• Goals
• Better selection process
• More effective support skills
• Increased number of volunteers
• Increased farmers usage of AgrAbility services
• Decrease liability of volunteers

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Volunteer Services

• CO Peer Support Training Program
• AgrAbility Neighbor-to-Neighbor Peer Support
  Training (AANNPST)
• Robert J. Fetsch
• Reserved space at CO program
• Seminar at your state with Robert Fetsch as lead
• Designated instructors should have
  educational/behavioral/psychology background

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Information Sharing

• Teamwork is the key
• Networking
• Input
• Were here to assist you!

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Contact Information

• Douglas B. Carmon
• National AgrAbility Project Manager
• Easter Seals, Inc.
• Office of Public Affairs
• 700 Thirteenth Street, NW
• Suite 200
• Washington, DC 20005
• 202-347-3066
• dcarmon_at_easterseals.com

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Enjoy Your Workshop!