10/25/2019 Topic: Rotation Interview Feedback Erin Riehle	Hi Lisa, Hope you’re staying warm up there in Alaska. In the resource guide, I1j, there’s a list of questions for interviewing managers to use as a guide. That might work.
10/25/2019 Topic: Sexuality & Healthy Relationships Curriculum Erin Riehle	Update on Marcy’s question. Katherine has agreed to create a curriculum that we can give to all Project SEARCH sites. We’re very excited. We’re currently writing grants to fund the cost - $50,000.00. If anyone knows of any business interested in underwriting the cost please let us know.
10/25/2019 Topic: Welcome New Teams! Erin Riehle	Hi all, a friendly reminder that if you’re new to Project SEARCH you might want to start with the digital trainings available under the Staff Training section. There are currently 7 training courses which highlight the Project SEARCH model.
12/13/2019 Topic: Project SEARCH in small towns and rural areas Erin Riehle	I am working with a school district in Canada who is interested in Project SEARCH. They would like to talk to some folks who are involved in Project SEARCH in a small town or rural area. Anyone willing to chat? If so, I'll look up your email and forward to Eve Minuk in British Columbia. Many thanks, Erin
1/9/2020 Topic: Fidelity Audit Erin Riehle	Hi Annette, It has been updated and is available in the ToolKit as Model Fidelity Tool. Erin
2/9/2020 Topic: Skiller Trainer Questions Erin Riehle	Hi Erin, Many instructors do daily agendas at the start of the morning or the afternoon before but many are done with the skills trainers as part of the discussion.
2/9/2020 Topic: Assessment day tasks Erin Riehle	Great ideas. Thanks Sharmey and David.
2/9/2020 Topic: Updating Resource Guide Documents Erin Riehle	Hi everyone, We are in the midst of editing and updating the resource guide, curriculum and lesson plans. It's a huge job and we'd love your thoughts and ideas. Please let us hear from you about new lesson plans you may be using, your thoughts about curriculum, and any documents you've created that you think would be worth sharing. We'll give you credit on the bottom of the document. Many thanks, Erin
2/10/2020 Topic: Selection Day Tasks Erin Riehle	Hi Adam, I know I'm a bit late. sorry about that. Couple of ideas. Environmental Services: put on gloves, clean a sink according to a set procedure, use a vacuum to sweep an area with glitter or paper confetti Nutrition services: Have a breakfast menu that someone has chosen. Next to that set an empty patient tray and multiple food items. For example, the menu says orange juice - next to the tray sit containers of orange juice and apple juice. if the menu says 2% milk give choices of 2% and whole. Goal is see if they can read the menu and choose the correct items to place on the tray.
3/19/2020 Topic: COVID-19 Info By and For People with Disabilities Erin Riehle	Brilliant resource Paula. Thanks for sharing.
3/27/2020 Topic: APSE information on COVID-19 and policy Erin Riehle	Hi everyone, I'm including the link to APSE's COVID policy update. We miss all of you. Even in the midst of this unusual time you and your teams continue to look for ways to engage the interns and work on job development. We are so proud of all of you! Erin‌ https://myemail.constantcontact.com/APSE-Policy---Advocacy-Updates---COVID-19-Edition.html?soid=1102382228872&aid=An9Qewj-PTo edited by molly.michels@cchmc.org on 3/27/2020
4/3/2020 Topic: Checking on eveyone Erin Riehle	Hi friends, I'm just checking in to see how all of you are doing. Our team is working from home and none of us or our families have tested positive. We hope the same for you. We are holding you in our thoughts and prayers. Please be safe! Erin
4/14/2020 Topic: COVID-19-Ways to Engage Interns Erin Riehle	Hi everyone, and happy Tuesday. I had a call with Delaware teams this morning and wanted to share some of the ways that they are engaging interns during COVID-19. They had some unique ideas: HR at one of the host businesses is giving the interns access to the test site for applications so that they can practice filling out an application and review it as part of class. The school psychologist is leading a daily afternoon class called Relax, Relate and Release meant to assist with the stress of COVID-19. Interns are being taught to create their own daily and weekly schedules in order to maintain routine. One instructor is inviting guest speakers to talk about topics such as financial literacy, credit, taxes, and online banking. One instructor has scheduled office hours by request, encouraging interns to set up appointments. Another instructor has created a YouTube playlist of videos for the interns to watch. Finally, all of the instructors recognized that some of the interns are struggling with how to email. We will be looking at this as an important curriculum idea moving forward. Thanks to all of you for everything you're doing. Be safe! Erin
3/29/2021 Topic: Opportunity for skills trainers, job coaches Erin Riehle	Hello Erin, It was such a pleasure speaking with you yesterday. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to chat, and for your willingness to distribute my research activity across skills trainers within Project SEARCH. I have attached my research poster with some summarized information about the study and participant eligibility, and this link is what participants would use to access the ranking activity: https://app.qmethodsoftware.com/study/4341. An implied consent form is presented first for participants to agree to continue/choose to discontinue. At the end of the ranking activity, participants are provided with a thank-you text with links to access the assessment tool and acceptability surveys. Please let me know if you have any questions. I would be happy to speak to any interested participants if they have further questions before agreeing to complete these activities. Thank you again Erin and I hope to stay connected! Best, Marina

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