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Any experience with Colorado Center for the Blind? (self.Blind)
submitted by pants_party
Hello all! I’m an adult and may soon have the opportunity to attend the Colorado Center for the Blind’s Adult Independence Training program. Do any of you have any experience with this school or the program? If so, do you feel it helped with your independence and/or has it taught you any important skills? Would you recommend the school/program or a different school/program? Thanks in advance for your input!
EndlessReverberation 3 points 5y ago
Another vote of confidence for the NFB training centers from me. I attended the Louisiana Center for the Blind, and it changed my life.
themanje 1 points 5y ago
Yay! Another one!
LUCKYNOLUCK 3 points 5y ago
I just came back from the CCB It was great. You live in apartments with a roommate. You have a washer and a dryer in your apartment. Every morning you take the city bus to school that would be the CCB. It’s like a 10 mint ride. The CCB pays for your bus pass but if you lose it you have to pay for a new one. You have 5 different classes Braille, tech, mobility, cooking and philosophy. The CCB has trips they just came back from rock climbing. Next is white water rafting. It usually takes people 6 to 9 months to finish the program. You could finish earlier if you have some skills already. If you have questions just ask me.
cae_jones 3 points 5y ago
I attended the Louisiana Center for the Blind, which I'm given to understand is similar but with a more rural/suburban focus compared to CCB's more urban/suburban.
While I had many complaints, it was overall a very positive and helpful experience. There were clients from a variety of backgrounds with a variety of skill-levels, ranging from "terrified of stairs" to "send them to the next town because that's the only challenging assignment left", and it seemed to me that both ends of the spectrum and those in between gained from the experience.
The exact combination of student and instructor probably matters a great deal, though I noticed something about which students wound up with which instructors that makes me think they might deliberately try to predict who would gain most from which instructor, assuming more than one has an opening. Maybe it was just a coincidence, though.
Basically, it was very helpful, and do keep in mind that they aren't going to fix everything in a client's life, just give them the tools to work on it themselves.
Good luck, and I'll be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the training. And just to be clear, I think the Colorado Center is similar enough to LCB that I wouldn't recommend one over the other, presently.
While I had many complaints, it was overall a very positive and helpful experience. There were clients from a variety of backgrounds with a variety of skill-levels, ranging from "terrified of stairs" to "send them to the next town because that's the only challenging assignment left", and it seemed to me that both ends of the spectrum and those in between gained from the experience.
The exact combination of student and instructor probably matters a great deal, though I noticed something about which students wound up with which instructors that makes me think they might deliberately try to predict who would gain most from which instructor, assuming more than one has an opening. Maybe it was just a coincidence, though.
Basically, it was very helpful, and do keep in mind that they aren't going to fix everything in a client's life, just give them the tools to work on it themselves.
Good luck, and I'll be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the training. And just to be clear, I think the Colorado Center is similar enough to LCB that I wouldn't recommend one over the other, presently.
themanje 1 points 5y ago
I did an internship at the LCB about 13 years ago. When we’re you there? It’s nice to see an LCB graduate on the board!
cae_jones 1 points 5y ago
I was there in 2016 and a month or so in 2017.
[deleted] 3 points 5y ago
I would like to visit it someday. There is a video tour by $1 on YT. I think she is a former student and teaches independent living.
pants_party [OP] 2 points 5y ago
I’ve been watching her videos, too! I think I’m getting a good idea of the area through her channel. The center itself has a good video on their website as well.
HisSweetpea13 2 points 5y ago
Heard amazing things about it
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