VR Counselor Huddles: Agencies for the Blind Providing Services Remotely
By Vito DeSantis, Julisa Cully, Linda Mock, Cecilia Gandolfo, Russell Thelin
In April and May 2020, the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) conducted five virtual “counselor huddles” with 106 VR counselors from 11 state VR agencies using the video conferencing platform Zoom. These events brought VR counselors from several Agencies for the Blind together to discuss how they are adapting to working remotely during the time of COVID-19, what strategies they’ve found helpful, and what practices and tools they expect to keep using after the pandemic ends.