I suggested, and Melanie agreed, to first try to find Jennifer using free or inexpensive resources on the Internet. I believed this would be the simplest tactic to use and that this tactic would have a fairly high chance of success. Also, since Melanie is rather strapped for cash, I wanted to present her with inexpensive options for locating her daughter.
As Melanie does not have a computer, it was agreed that I would do all the searching on the computer, explaining to Melanie by phone the resources I was using. However, I did see her in person a few weeks ago, and I brought my laptop along. I showed Melanie some basic computer skills, such as how to access e-mail and also showed her how to log onto the Classmates.com site and how to access different features on the site. I informed Melanie that her public library probably had computers available that people could use for free. She was unaware of this fact and seemed excited by that.
The plan was that I would train Melanie in basic computer literacy so that she could access search sites on her own and continue to look for Jennifer if I did not find her. Of course, now I have found her and Melanie and Jennifer can communicate by telephone. But I will still train Melanie to become more computer literate so that she can use e-mail and perform basic searches for information on the Internet.
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