2006 Graduate Services

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Graduate Services

1. The program's policy on home-based instructional follow-up is best described as (choose one):

  • Our program cannot currently provide in home instructional follow-up to graduates.
    • (none)
  • In-home instructional follow-up is available for our graduates throughout the U.S. and Canada.
    • (Fidelco, GDA, GDB, GDDI, GDF, GEB, Leader, Pilot, Seeing Eye)
  • In-home instructional follow-up is available to graduates within a specific area.
    • (Freedom: We place dogs in the Northeast where we can do follow-up as needed., GDTX: Texas only, KSDS: Kansas and Nebraska, SEGD: Florida, Georgia, N.C. and S.C.)

*For programs that offer home-based follow-up:

2. The school can provide at home instructional follow-up upon graduate request within:

  • a few days of the request 
    • (GDB, GEB, KSDS)
  • a few weeks of the request 
    • (GDDI, GDF, Pilot)
  • Schools that checked both options:
    • (Freedom, GDA, GDTX, Leader, SEGD, Seeing Eye)
  • No answer given:
    • (Fidelco)

3. Telephone-based support for graduates is best described as:

  • The program has instructors available during office hours to immediately answer graduates' questions.
    • (some, listed below)
  • An instructor returns a graduate's phone call for advice/assistance on a same-day basis.
    • (GDB, Pilot)
  • An instructor returns a graduate's phone call for advice/assistance within a few days.
    • (Fidelco, Freedom, GDA, GDDI, GDF, GEB, KSDS)
  • Schools that checked more than one option:
    • (GDTX: second & third, Leader: all, SEGD: first & second, Seeing Eye: first & second)

4. The school has vet staff available during business hours to speak with graduates regarding health-concerns they have about their guides.

  • Yes.
    • (Fidelco, GDA, GDB, GDF, GEB, Leader, Pilot)
  • No.
    • (Freedom, GDDI, GDTX, KSDS, SEGD, Seeing Eye)

5. School veterinarians are available to consult with a graduate's local vet as necessary.

  • Yes.
    • (Fidelco, Freedom, GDA, GDB, GDF, GDTX, GEB, Leader, Pilot, Seeing Eye)
  • No.
    • (GDDI, KSDS, SEGD)

6. The school has counseling staff available to speak with graduates regarding stressful or difficult issues concerning their handler-dog partnership.

  • Yes.
    • (Fidelco, GDB, GDDI, GDTX, GEB, KSDS, Leader, Pilot, Seeing Eye)
  • No.
    • (Freedom, GDA, GDF)
  • No answer:
    • (SEGD)

7. The school offers graduates assistance in placing retired guides if they request it. (Please choose the most accurate reply.)

  • Yes, we have a program for placing retired guides with screened volunteers.
    • (some, details below)
  • Yes, we first offer the dog back to its raiser and then to screened applicants from our waiting list, if necessary.
    • (Freedom, GDB, GEB, KSDS)
  • Yes, we'll help find a home for a retired guide if a graduate has no other option.
    • (Fidelco, GDDI, Seeing Eye)
  • Schools that checked more than one of the above options:
    • (GDA: second & third, GDF: all of the above, GDTX: all of the above, Leader: first & third, Pilot: all of the above, SEGD: all of the above)
  • We are not able to place retired guides in adoptive homes.
    • (No participating schools checked this option.)

8. The school can offer kennel services for a guide, if a graduate requests that.

  • Yes.
    • (Freedom, GDA, GDB, GDDI, GDF, GEB, KSDS, Leader, Pilot, SEGD, Seeing Eye)
  • No.
    • (Fidelco, GDTX)