Month: April 2013

Dear Guiding Eyes, Illinois Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (IAER) is the state organization of professionals who provide education and rehabilitation services to people with visual impairments. Our group includes teachers of visually impaired, orientation and mobility specialists, rehabilitation therapists, university faculty, and counselors from across Illinois. Each year,… Continue reading Guiding Eyes receives Community Partner award

by instructor Kate Peterson After approximately four months of hard work, our potential guide dogs enter the fourth and final phase of training.  By this point, each dog has the basic skills necessary for successful guide work.  The dogs have already learned how to target curbs, cross streets, navigate around obstacles and how to protect… Continue reading The final stages of guide training