[nagdu] Consumer report

[Mark J. Cadigan]

If you don't want to say on list it's cool and you can email me off list, 
but I am looking into applying to Guiding Eyes for the Blind, The Seeing 
Eye, and Guide Dogs for the Blind. What are the things I have to look out 
for in these schools? What do you think they have dun good, and what can 
they improve on. How are the follow-up services? What was your training like 
while you were there?

Thanks
Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Consumer report


> Hi Rebecca.
> That is a sensible suggestion.  But it seems to me it could be handy to
> have a place where people could look at a side-by-side comparison, rather
> than us all answering the same questions every time someone new comes
> along.  Not that I particularly mind answering questions--I'm happy to
> talk about my experiences with TSE, and with GDB, although my GDB
> experience is becoming less relevant with the passing of time.
> A survey wouldn't stop people from asking questions.  It might change the
> questions, maybe.
>
> Tracy
>
>> Why not treat it like any other business? When Mark asked what schools
>> people liked, we all can say "I like Seeing Eye because..." or "I don't
>> like Seeing Eye because..." and trust that Mark will figure out what he
>> wants. Like anything else, he isn't stuck for life with the school he
>> picks today. The school that is right for him as a late teen may not be
>> right for him as a mid twenties adult.
>> Just sounds like we're making this way harder then it should be. Tracy
>> is right, statistics don't cut it, and she's also right about folks with
>> an ax to grind, but why can't we trust Mark to figure out what he wants?
>>
>> We have a concert venue my parents hate due to something that happened
>> some 30 years ago. They refuse to go back there and if you asked the if
>> this was a good venue, they'd say "hell no" and go into why. I've been
>> to this venue and love it. It has its flaws, but so does everything. Why
>> not use the same approach for schools?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:47 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Consumer report
>>
>> I think some kind of consumer report would be great, though I don't know
>> how it could be done right.
>> When I read "A Guide to Guide Dog Schools", it made some schools who
>> have
>> a bad reputation sound great, and some with a good reputation sound bad,
>> so plain statistics don't really do the job.
>> Then you have those who think their school can do no wrong, and those
>> who
>> have an axe to grind from something school X did 20 or 30 years ago.
>> And
>> those who are reluctant to talk about problems.  I find myself sometimes
>> hesitant to "air dirty laundry in public."  But, if someone can figure
>> out
>> how to get around those problems, a consumer report would be a very good
>> thing.
>> Though of course it would have to be updated from time to time, as
>> schools' policies and training change.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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