[Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

no, it wasn't my choice, stock state agency contract language.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Blanks" <scott_blanks at lbcenter.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:03 PM
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>I have not included any specific language, as either a contractor or as 
>apart of a company providing tech training, anything requiring the 
>instruction to be face-to-face. With Skype and other chat options, as well 
>as tools like Jaws Tandem and other log in facilities, distance training 
>can be effective, though I honestly find it to be more taxing on me than 
>the in-person work.
>
> Scott Blanks
> Director of Rehabilitation Services
> Lions Center for the Blind
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:58 PM
> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients
>
> hi,
>
> that sounds about right, plus does anyone else have contract language
> mandating training is performed on-site/no skype allowed?
> Bryan Schulz
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie Adkins" <jadkins at mabnc.org>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:30 PM
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>
>>I feel like an hour and a half is the max for most people.  I might be
>>there
>> 2 hours if we have stopped quite a bit to talk.  I have only had one
>> client
>> who could go 3 hours.  She was extremely bright, and as someone else
>> mentioned, she was used to working every day and keeping her mind very
>> active.
>>
>> -----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 1:04 PM
>> 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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