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Article: UNIQUE GUIDE DOG PROGRAM SET FOR EXPANSION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 20, 2008
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San Francisco State University issued the following press release:
When a visually impaired person starts using a guide dog they can look forward to increased independence and a new canine companion - but not before they have undergone a month of intensive training. The University's Special Education Department, together with the nonprofit Guide Dogs for the Blind, is preparing the professionals who train both visually impaired clients and guide dogs.
The program is the first university-based program of its kind in the world. "The International Guide Dog Federation set goals to upgrade the training of instructors by 2010, and we were the first to rise to the challenge," said Sandra Rosen, ...