Guiding Eyes offers unique, hands-on seminars to professionals involved in rehabilitation for the blind and visually impaired, particularly Orientation and Mobility Specialists.

These seminars are designed to help rehabilitation professionals:

• Better advise clients who are considering a guide dog
• Better prepare clients who will be training with guide dogs
• Work more effectively with clients who have guide dogs

Seminar Highlights:

• “JUNO” walks and instruction
• Making the ideal match
• Commands, corrections, reinforcements
• Street crossings
• Maintaining orientation
• Patterning and conditioning for specific travel objectives
• Common Do’s and Don’ts of guide dog travel

Seminar groups have no more than 8 participants. Each participant is assigned a fully trained Guiding Eyes dog to work with under the guidance of a senior Guide Dog Instructor, for two 30-minute city walks.

The seminar includes time with instructors, special needs and admissions staff, and a student currently in guide dog training.

Seminars are held between April and November. For more information contact:

Bev Klayman
Manager of Admissions Services
800-942-0149 ext. 2222
bklayman@guidingeyes.org