WHAT WE DO -Our Talk shows and Programs

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 Danita Applewhite PhD,CRC (aka "Professor Apple). Founder/CEO of White  Apple Institute, Talk Show Host, Disability Advocate, Army Veteran,  Speaker, Author, Retired Psychology Professor and Vocational  Rehabilitation Counselor.                                                                            Our  audience is inspired by a variety of self-help topics and motivated  with tips on managing pain, stress, and related disabling conditions  experienced in the classroom and on the job. Since 2009, Dr. Applewhite,  along with fellow veterans. volunteers and student interns have helped  thousands of “nontraditional” persons with disability enhance their  performance, succeed in the workforce and prevent DROPOUT from school,  work, and life!    

The DAN is a new community outreach program of  White Apple Institute (WAI). The network is composed of  Persons with  Disability and a supportive group of neighbors who want to recognize  those striving to help themselves succeed as contributing and productive  citizens. They meet to help White Apple Institute identify the  Unserved/Underserved in their communities and restore HOPE by telling  their stories and hearing others. Members invite “disability  and veteran friendly” businesses, schools and social groups that really  want to recognize and help those who are striving to help themselves. 

 The  Differently-Abled Network meetings are a WIN-WIN for recruiters to  increase their pool of potential employees and students, while sharing  career tips and job opportunities. It is also a WIN_WIN  opportunity for those who are willing to ASK for what they NEED to  SUCCEED to finish school/college goals and SUCCEED in the WORKPLACE! 

For a CHANGE spend your change on Veterans who are striving to help themselves!

Coming December 2018! A unique program of White Apple Institute,   featuring Veterans with various mental, physical, and Non-visible  disability (service-connected or not) sharing their story and asking DAN  members and other supporters nationwide to LISTEN to them ASK for what  they NEED to SUCCEED at school and work.  Student Veterans with  dependents are priority.  

You must listen to this show if YOU or someone you know is 

• Having difficullty with performance in the classroom or on the job that resullt in chronic quitting or being fired?   
• Feeling like you are too old or disabled to  finish the goals you started long time ago? 
• Dealing with STRESS  from an emotional or financial crisis that could cause you to dropout of school, work, and life? 
• Losing hope in the STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE, overwhelming class, work, family or parenting schedules and CHRONIC PAIN? 
• embarrassed about discussing your dreams and goals because people may laugh about your mental and/or nonvisible disability.
• dealing with discrimination because of disability, race, or sexual orientation? LGBTQ friendly and safe.

DAN Members help

•  identify and serve Veterans and other Persons with Disability who  are unserved or underserved, in their family and community, for a  variety of social, mental, and cultural issues.   
• seek out those AT-RISK of hopelessness, joblessness, and  homelessness while striving to help themselves.                                   
• encourage their neighbors to share their stories on the White  Apple Institute TALK SHOWS at shelters, food banks, job fairs, amd other  sites, 
• train as Peer and Professional Mentors to listen, advise, and  refer people to organizations that partner with White Apple Institute
• serve as guests, producers, and promoters for our Talk Shows via Internet podcasts. 

Sponsors Place their B.E.T.S. On Our VETS to 

• help address the needs of women and men veterans who are presently  not eligible for needed VA services, for a variety of reasons. 
• support the community outreach effforts of White Apple Institute  and it's partners  to reduce hopelessness, joblessness, homelessness,  and suicidal thoughts affecting veterans in today's world.
• help veterans with "a hand up vs. a hand-out" to manage emotional  and financial crisis with "real" solutions that end the problems that  cause many veterans to Drop-Out of school, work, and life 
• provide urgently needed funds , unavailable by other programs and  related to maintaining success in the classroom and workplace (i.e.,  test fees, accommodations, equipment, transportation, medications for  mental and physical health, child care, basic needs and more.)