[Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients

[Scott Blanks]

Every client is different--some can only take 1 to 1.5 hours, others have the stamina for a full work day's worth of instruction and stay focused the entire time. Frequent breaks, 5 or 10 minutes every hour, will likely extend someone's ability to absorb information. Try to identify during the assessment process whether the client will be up for a lengthy training session. If you are far from them, talk to them by phone to determine what other activities they participate in. If this person isn't working, or does not regularly take part in many activities which require brain exercise, these are likely alarm bells that a 3-4 hour meeting will not be productive. 

Scott Blanks
Director of Rehabilitation Services
Lions Center for the Blind
Ph: 510-450-1580 Ext. 263
Fx: 510-654-3603
E: scott_blanks at lbcenter.org
http://www.lbcenter.org
2115 Broadway 

Oakland, CA 94612

-----Original Message-----
From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:04 AM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: [Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients

Hi folks. I have been training in clients homes' off and on for quite a few years. I have always done 2 hour sessions because it seems to me that 2 hours is the right amount of time. For those of you that do this kind of training, and if the client is quite a far distance have you done 3 and 4 hours? It seems the client would lose focuss after a while. Hell, I think I might lose focuss after awhile. What is the consensus on this?
thanks for your help
bb
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