[nagdu] drop offs was Re: Pilot test walk

[Alyssa]

Leader used to do them too. In fact, when I was there for amp, they did. LD gives each of their clients a gps device. They used the gps systems and their own wit to complete a drop off. They didn't do one when I went into class for Sophie. Seeing Eye doesn't do them at all. I think they're stressful, but great practice for reality.
Alyssa and spoiled rotten Melody 

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> On Aug 29, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think getting directions from passers-by is a skill, one that's worth
> learning and takes a bit of practice.
> In my first couple classes at GDB, we did a drop-off route.  The trainer
> would let each student out of the van somewhere, and the student had to
> find his or her way back to the downtown lounge.  My first time in class,
> I was shy of asking strangers for directions, and the drop-off started me
> getting over that real quick.
> GDB has since stopped doing the drop-off because people thought it was too
> stressful.  I thought it was fun, myself. And good practice for those
> times I've gotten lost.
> Tracy
> 
>> It's kind of like the little tests that some mobility instructors
>> give their students, you know, go to such-and-such and bring back
>> something.  I'm assuming though that instructors are nearby in
>> case of a problem? And how perfect does the walk have to be? And
>> what about asking questions of passers-by? Are you allowed to do
>> that if you get really lost? Is it testing your orientation
>> skills or your dog handling skills? They aren't necessarily the
>> same thing.  I can be lost but still work well with my dog.  (I
>> know, because I have such a cruddy sense of direction that it
>> happens).  Well, I'd best get going.  It's time to go to work.
>> Sigh.  Thank God, and I mean literally thank God for a three-day
>> weekend coming soon.    Peace,    Debby and Miss Neena
>> 
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