[nagdu] feeling stuck

[Mark J. Cadigan]

If I may ask, which training center is this?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] feeling stuck


> Most people stay there for 9 or so months but I only planned on 3-4 months
> because I don't need everything and I don't have time to stay there for 9
> months. Most people who attend those start from the beginning - they just
> lost there sight or they were too sheltered and never did anything on 
> there
> own. I'm thinking about extending my training to June (I originally 
> planned
> on staying til April at the latest) if they'll let me go train at Pilot
> Dogs.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:32 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] feeling stuck
>
> How long does this course actually last? Maybe you could go again and do 
> the
> whole period after you get back from getting the dog.
>
> On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:
>
>> My training center does allow guide dogs because I've asked about it
>> when I applied. I will call them and see what they say tomorrow but I
>> just don't know what I would do if they tell me I cannot get one since
>> the training is a commitment. I will definitely explain to them
>> everything. Cindy, my mobility skills are wonderful and I don't need
>> Braille training but I'm mainly there for the technology aspect. Leah,
>> thanks for the advice too, but I don't much like technology and
>> therefore I wouldn't feel motivated to learn it on my own haha. Also I
>> need to know excel and power'point and the alike so I thought getting
>> lessons on that would help me. I want to know all of the above by the
>> fall because that's when I will be attending college and I don't want to
> fall behind because I don't know my technology.
>> Thanks everyone for all the suggestions and I really appreciate it! I
>> guess I'm freaking out because the training center may say no, and I
>> don't think I can drop the training because that will look bad on my
>> part when working with department of rehabilitation.
>> Cheers, Hannah
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:14 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] feeling stuck
>>
>> Well, the only way you can know if you can get out of the training for
>> now is to ask them. Does this center require you to take mobility
>> courses and the like? Do you have good mobility skills? I guess in the
>> end you just have to weigh which is the most important to you and how
>> soon you could get back into training. You would be gone from there
>> for quite a while. How disruptive is that going ton e for you? Good luck
> with whatever you decide.
>> Cindy
>>
>>
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