[blparent] My story and request for help- training centers

[Arielle Silverman]

The program is designed for a 6-9-month stay, but plenty of people go
for just two or three months and still get a lot out of their time
there. There's nothing forcing you to go the whole nine months or not
at all.
Arielle

On 4/23/13, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> So do government-ran training centers. I trained at Iowa, and I was
> there for nine months. The Nebraska center requires 6 to 9 months as
> does Hawaii, Kansas, when they had one, Illinois; in fact, any center
> I've ever heard of requires this much time. Most centers, private or
> not, require 6 to 9 months, at least the good ones insist upon this. Of
> course, consumers always have the right to dictate this and can stop
> whenever they want or feel ready, though I don't advise this to most.
>
> Bridgit
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> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:52:37 -0400
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> From what I understand, Pipi lost a lot of her vision after her daughter
> was born.  This is why though I am of the opinion that though the nfb
> centers provide wonderful training and are probably the best training
> centers, from what I know they require a 6 to 9 month commitment not
> everyone can simply get up and leave their home for that amount of time.
>
>
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