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Re: Guide Dog Training skill


 

Thanks Jenine for this one, you all have been wonderful.?


On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 12:58?PM Jenine Stanley via <jenine.stanley=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Benson,?

First off, all the best as you enter your O&M journey.?

I¡¯m going to boil it all down to something Lukas Frack once said about using a cane and using a guide dog.?

Paraphrased here:?

Using a guide dog is like learning to play hockey. You have to learn to skate (cane training) before you can learn to follow the puck.?

As a guide dog handler, I make use of different tactile cues than I would when using my cane and my sense of space is different but timing, understanding how to interpret feedback and knowing about traffic and street layouts is the same.?

Jenine Stanley?

On Mar 5, 2024, at 10:43?AM, Stumph, Kimberly A via <kimberly.a.stumph=[email protected]> wrote:

Benson, I want to share my thoughts on your questions.
1.Part of the guide dog experience should be the responsibility of every O&M.? The O&M should be able to do the preparatory training and application info for the client.? Upon return, the O&M needs to help with orientation to the new environment and establishing routes.?
NOTE: it is important to become familiar with the guide dog schools as some have a specific way they work with the O&M as a team member.
The O&M instructs the handler, not the dog, so any instruction with the team consists of teaching/supporting the person.? If the appearance is that the dog needs skills, then the handle has been taught how to do it.? Do not hesitate to reach out to the school if you feel the partnership is not safe.? They will usually make a home visit to assess and remediate the problem.
2. The answer to the second question is: about age 25 (LOL).? Kids are constantly changing.? As they grow, their skills and needs change.? When they learn a new skill or route, their confidence dips until mastery ¡­ and there is always something new.
In general, we provide consistent services through age 21, then through any new skills needed for post secondary education or vocational needs.? There will be plateaus at different stages ¡ª and it depends on how you define independence.

I am happy to share more if you want to reach out to me privately.

Kimberly Stumph, MS, MEd, COMS, CLVT, CVRT.
Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Kimberly.a.stumph@...

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Thanks for throwing more light.

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Kimberly Stumph, M.S., M.Ed., COMS, CLVT, CVRT
State of Maine
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Jenine Stanley
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