[rehab] mobility instructors and guide dog elligability

[Gene Bourquin DHA]

RJ,
Usually the dog guide schools ask a series of standard questions about applicants orientation and mobility skills .  It is typically not the cane skills, but rather the orientation skills that are important.  Dog guide users must constantly tell a dog where to go, and so schools do expect an applicant to have good orienteering skills.  The mobility instructor does not make any determination and I've never seen a question thats asks the mobility instructor if the person is appropriate for a dog.  The school collects a lot of different information and does its own assessment and determination.

Gene 
 
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> From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
> To: rehab at nfbnet.org
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:43:32 -0400
> Subject: [rehab] mobility instructors and guide  dog elligability
> 
> I was talking with my councilor with rehab, and she told me, that the orentation and mobility instructor is going to evaluate me to see wheather or not a guide dog is right for me.
> How can a mobility instructor make this determination? Say John smith wants to get a guide dog, and he applys for one. Could his mobility instructor say something to the effect of, "Mr. Smith isn't ready for a guide dog at this time due to his pour cane skills." This question is for the mobility instructors on this list. RJ
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