[nagdu] Videos

[Bryan Brown]

Tracy,

    When I applied to FIDELCO the video took place of the home visit, I'm 
not sure if that is the case with everyone who applies to FIDELCO but that 
was the way it was done with me, I also had a telephone interview that took 
about an hour. I'm pretty sure that they can get a good idea of your speed 
by how fast you are walking on the video. Tarik is not my first guide, he is 
my first from FIDELCO, but he is not my first guide. When I applied I had a 
good idea of what characteristics I wanted in a guide, that may have played 
a part also. I have very good orientation skills and very good mobility 
skills, both of those attributes, "I believe" can be recognized through a 
video pretty well.

That's just how it worked for me, I'm not sure if that's the way it's always 
done, maybe if the school had some deeper concerns they might have sent 
someone out to visit with me. I think also by skipping the home visit, they 
can save some money and speed up the process.

    Bryan and Tarik from FIDELCO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Videos


> Are these videos in place of, or in addition to, an instructor visit
> during the application process?
> If they're in place of a visit, I wonder how effective they are?  Of
> course, I'm not a video-oriented person, since I can't see them.  But it
> seems like a person would see a lot more, um, in person.  Could one really
> tell speed accurately, from a video?  Would one catch things like my
> habbit of occasionally talking to my dog as we walk down the street?
> Not to mention that I like to meet an actual person, face to face.  When
> TSE came out to see me during my application, we walked with my old dog,
> then did a Juno walk, and the instructor even showed me the way they do
> corrections, which is different than GDB.
> It just seems to me that both parties get a better feel for things in 
> person.
> Tracy
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