[Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Having the combination of face to face and virtual can give some of the
best options. Virtual allows you more time with the person and then you
meet face to face and can fine tune and connect on that personal level to
go over anything else that is going on.

Denise

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Scott Blanks <scott_blanks at lbcenter.org>wrote:

> 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
> Ph: 510-450-1580 Ext. 263
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [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>
> To: "'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'"
> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] training sessions with clients
>
>
> >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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