Pine Tree Guide Dog Users
Presents
Tips for Navigating Unfamiliar Places

When: Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern Time

Where: Zoom (see below for details)

Who: Guide dog handlers, white cane users, blindness professionals, friends & family members

No matter your level of vision, or whether you travel with a guide dog or white cane, join PTGDU’s annual spring membership meeting via Zoom to hear The Seeing Eye’s certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist and Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, Kristen Oplinger and Outreach Specialist and guide dog handler, Chelsea White as they share tips and strategies for effectively navigating inside places like stores, restaurants, medical offices, and more. Everyone is welcome!

Speaker Bios

Kristen Oplinger, M.A., COMS, GDMI

For the past six years, Kristen has been a guide dog mobility instructor at The Seeing Eye. Previously, she spent 7 years as an Orientation and Mobility instructor with the Department of Veteran’s affairs, teaching basic long cane skills and complex independent travel skills to veterans through the West Palm Beach Blind Rehabilitation Center and the Lyons New Jersey VISOR Program. She enjoys utilizing her O&M degree combined with her knowledge of guide dogs, both in her daily work at The Seeing Eye and in presentations such as this one!

Chelsea White

Chelsea has worked for The Seeing Eye for over 20 years as an Outreach Specialist. She travels all over North America to educate people about guide dogs and The Seeing Eye’s program. She has partnered with Seeing Eye dogs for over 30 years and is currently working with her fifth Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Brooke.

Zoom Information

Topic: Pine Tree Guide Dog Users Annual Spring Meeting

Time: May 4, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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