[nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found After5-MileBarefootWalk

Wed May 19 19:05:46 UTC 2010

To be honest, I'm not exactly sure. But I'll check into it. I would imagine 
the guide dog couldn't be taken off of  school grounds if the parent showed 
up there with his/her guide/service dog. If the  parent had to enter a 
classroom I would imagine they'd check in with the teacher... At the school 
where I give presentations, visitors (parents and the like) if going to the 
school for a specific amount of time during the day while school's in 
session, have a visitor's pass. They check in at the front office and return 
the pass upon leaving.
Hope and Beignet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found 
After5-MileBarefootWalk


> How would this work if you had a parent with a guide dog who
> needed/wanted to visit their kid's school? My understanding is that the
> school system cannot arr a parent from visiting their child's school.
> Anybody know?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Hope Paulos
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:33 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found After
> 5-MileBarefootWalk
>
>>From what ai understand-- I watched a video on this situation... The
> mother
> was the person handling the dog and only met them after school. So I'm
> not
> even sure if the dog attends school with the child.  You're correct,
> Katrin,
> re: allowing entrance of the guid/service dog into classrooms. I do
> presentations all the time at schools (and I have my teaching
> certification/finger printing)  which allows me access to classrooms
> with my
> guide dog.
> Hope and Beignet
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Katrin Andberg" <katrin at maplewooddog.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:44 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found After 5-Mile
> BarefootWalk
>
>
>> Actually I believe the differentiation as with all things regarding
>> service
>> dogs or guide dogs is the word "reasonableness."  Someone correct me
> if I
>> am
>> wrong but there is no law saying the school has to allow the dog in
> the
>> classroom.  Service dogs or guide dogs, even with an adult partner,
> would
>> need special accommodation anywhere that the general public is not
>> permitted
>> access, such as a classroom during teaching school hours.  If I were
> to
>> say
>> go to an open to the public function at my town high school, then yes
> I
>> would have to be granted entrance with my guide/service dog.  But if I
>
>> were
>> trying to gain entrance to a classroom where there where children
> being
>> taught then I would need special permission as that is not a place
> open to
>> the general public.
>>
>>
>>
>> For the dog to be allowed in the classroom with a disabled child the
> dog
>> must be the most reasonable accommodation.  And in most cases there
> are
>> other more reasonable ones.  Such as the child's 1 on 1 aid that most
>> severely disabled children have.  Also since the parent is generally
> the
>> handler of these dogs in these cases and not the child, there needs to
> be
>> someone present to handle the dog and that is not the school's
>> responsibility at all to provide.  So unless the parent wants to go to
>> school with their child to solely handle the dog (which has actually
>> happened in some cases I have heard about) then it generally doesn't
> make
>> much sense if you ask me.
>>
>>
>>
>> And as I understood it CCI does not place service dogs with young
>> children,
>> they place companion dogs with them.  But again someone correct me if
> I am
>> wrong on that knowledge.
>>
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>>
>>
>> Katrin Andberg
>>
>> Katrin at maplewooddog.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------
>>
>>
>>
>> The autistic kid can have a service dog at school IF IT IS TRAINED to
> help
>>
>> his disability.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, I think dogs in schools can be challenging because of the
>> imaturity
>>
>>
>> of the other kids.  When kids are given service dogs, the parents go
> to
>> the
>>
>> classes to learn about the dog as the kid does. The parents are the
> ones
>>
>> legally responsible for the dog's care and actions.  I guess this can
>> work -
>>
>>
>> CCI issues dogs to kids all the time and for many years.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it is different for blind kids and guide dogs. It is much more
>>
>> imperitive that a guide dog is not being destracted by everyone
> petting it
>>
>> because it has to watch out for obstacles - unlike a service dog for a
>>
>> sighted kid. Petting those won't always cause a dangerous situatin to
>> arise.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>>
>>
>>
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