[NFBF-L] training centers

[Roanna Bacchus]

Hi Jorge thanks for your message. Two years ago I had a meeting with my Dbs counselor. She had scheduled a previous meeting, but the meeting location did not open until 9-jj Am and she wanted to meet at 11-jj Am that Friday morning. I wrote an email to the Director of Dbs. In that email, I expained that I wanted to attend the Louisiana Center For The Blind. However, I was encouraged to attend the Rehab Center in Daytona, Beach. I know you went through there Independent Living Skills program. Why do you feel the need to attend one of the Nfb training centers? Research all three of the adult programs at the Nfb training cenjers. Email the directors and tell them what you are wanting to do. Keep in mind that your Dbs counselor may try to send you back to the Rehab Center.

Sincerely,

Roanna Bacchus 

On Jun 19, 2020 3:36 PM, Jorge Alejandro Paez via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I’m wondering if anyone on here ever convinced DBS to send them to an NFB training center?
> I tried applying for Blind Inc.’s adult program 2 years ago as I went through their young adult program in 2010.
> Back then I was in New York and they had no problem sending me since they didn’t have a training center of their own, but when I applied down here they shut me down saying I didn’t show enough cause.
> Anyway that’s something I’m planning on doing once I get my guide dog and finish that whole transition plus take care of most of my undergraduate work, which should take about a year if my planning is right, so I was wondering if anyone had actually done it, and if so what advice/tips etc. do you have?
> Since I’ll have to come up against that at some point.
>
> Jorge
>
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