[nagdu] drop offs was Re: Pilot test walk

[Abigail Bolling]

I did not do a drop off when I went to get Jada at leader, but I only was there for the three week program. I took a few weeks out of my senior year of High School to get her, so Leader made an exception for me.

Thanks,

Abby

Abigail Bolling
Wright State University: Social Work
“Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music play.” (Julie Anderson-Diamond)
On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Alyssa via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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