I think all I have with just general comments for that’s interacting. In Part 2 we will get on to handling the dominators of the group and learning how to encourage people who are a little bit quieter to participate. Okay Ed, back to you. Ed Haines Okay. Yes, Part 2 is on June 16. when be That’s we’ll doing Support Groups Part 2. And we will be, as Polly said, addressing more practical aspects of low vision support groups. We did have a question from Ann about having people phone in because transportation is a barrier. And, Ann, I will just tell you that that can work. In fact, been speaking fairly often, recently, to virtual low I’ve vision support groups that are throughout the country, and these organizations everyone calls in. not even a There’s meeting place. It seems to be a really popular thing that seems to be growing. a group out of California There’s called Senior Center Without Walls that have some really great low vision support groups. But they do everything else too. They play bingo by telephone, they do all sorts of other groups, but they have low vision support groups. Having people phone in, I think, is workable. People do it and, if interested in how it works, you might want to you’re check out Senior Center Without Walls in San that’s Francisco and see if you can maybe listen in on one of their groups to get an idea about how it works.
I think that’s all I have with just general comments for interacting. In Part 2 we will get on to handling the dominators of the group and learning how to encourage people who are a little bit quieter to participate. Okay Ed, back to you. Ed Haines Okay. Yes, Part 2 is on June 16. That’s when we’ll be doing Support Groups Part 2. And we will be, as Polly said, addressing more practical aspects of low vision support groups. We did have a question from Ann about having people phone in because transportation is a barrier. And, Ann, I will just tell you that that can work. In fact, I’ve been speaking fairly often, recently, to virtual low vision support groups that are throughout the country, and these organizations everyone calls in. There’s not even a meeting place. It seems to be a really popular thing that seems to be growing. There’s a group out of California called Senior Center Without Walls that have some really great low vision support groups. But they do everything else too. They play bingo by telephone, they do all sorts of other groups, but they have low vision support groups. Having people phone in, I think, is workable. People do it and, if you’re interested in how it works, you might want to check out Senior Center Without Walls that’s in San Francisco and see if you can maybe listen in on one of their groups to get an idea about how it works.
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