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Sighted Guide Skills Instruction

Taxonomy Code: LR-6400.8000

Programs that teach techniques for assisting blind individuals to move about in an unfamiliar environment. The training focuses on how to make contact with a blind person, if a stranger; the appropriate grasp and stance; how to help him or her take a seat; and specific procedures for guiding the individual up and down stairs, through doorways and aisles, into or through areas in which there is narrow seating, and around obstacles.

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