Guide Dogs wolid like to thank the following supporters and subject matter experts that made this project possible. Thank you for your advice, support, passion, contributions, expertise and for the fun we had in developing this course for training Guide Dog Mobility Instructors.
Organisations and management, including:
- Guide Dogs Queensland Board
- Guide Dogs Queensland Senior Management Team
- Guide Dogs New South Wales & ACT
- Guide Dogs Victoria
- Guide Dogs United Kingdom
- Guide Dogs for the Blind (USA)
- Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs
- Seeing Eye Inc.
- The IGDF Board
- The IGDF Education Committee
- Lee Buckingham – GDQ General Manager Guide Dog Services
- Elisha Roberts – GDQ General Manager – Client Manager
- Tim Stafford - Director of Canine Affairs, Guide Dogs (UK) - Board Director, IGDF
- Paul Adrian - IGDF Education Committee
- Lukas Franck – IGDF Education Committee
- Marc Lyell – Senior Guide Dog Mobility Instructor & Cadet Educator
- Danielle Prebensen – GDQ Guide Dog Assistant Administration & Special Projects
- Pat O’Brien – GDQ Manager Research, Learning & Development
- Jeremy Hill – GDQ Allied Health Manager – Senior O&M – COMS
- Natalie Paterson– GDQ O&M Specialist
- Dr Janet Cheong – GDQ Clinical Psychology Registrar
- Dr. Natalie Fraser DVM - Guide Dogs Queensland>/li>
- Gill Bolton – GDQ Guide Dog Services Administration Officer
- Jenny Tucker – GDQ Pathways Practice Manager
- Melissa Andrews – Senior GDMI
- Kerree Cheney – GDMI
- Jason McKee – GDMI
- Carolyn Rose – GDMI
- Laura Moss – GDMI Trainee
- Nicole Rogers – GDMI
- Tatjana Kander – GDMI Trainee
Other contributing subject matter experts and support, including:
- Dr Bronwyn Scott – Ed. D. O&M COMS CVI Specialist at Independent Pathways
- Dr Sandra Rosen – Coordinator O&M Course San Francisco State University
- Dr Lil Deverell – PhD and O&M Specialist
- Dr. Ursula White - Consultant Optometrist - Education Low Vision Assessment Clinic’(ELVAC)
- Stephen Vincent – Associate Professor QUT Low Vision Clinic
- Dr Jaclyn Burke – Ophthalmologist at the Valley Eye Clinic Brisbane
- Dr Juanita Pappalardo - Ophthalmologist at the Valley Eye Clinic Brisbane
- Deirn Geard – Assistive Technology Specialist & Guide Dog Client
- Hélène Guérette - O&M Specialist Institute Louis Braille
- Carole Zabihayo – O&M Specialist Institute Louis Braille
- Janine Howlett – Senior Occupational Therapist & Master of Disability Studies (O&M)
- Melissa Bowden – Guide Dog Mobility Instructor – Guide Dogs NSW & ACT
- Gina Chik – Guide Dog Trainer – Guide Dogs NSW & ACT
- Jane Russenburger – Senior Director, Breeding & Genetics Guiding Eyes
- Eldin Leighton – PhD Former Conslitant to the Seeing Eye & Founder IWDR
- Paul Metcalf - Guide Dogs Victoria
- Drew Baxter - Guide Dogs Victoria
- Susan Armstrong – Vice President of Client, Training and Veterinary Operations – Oregon – Guide Dogs for the Blind (USA)
- Amy Gunn – Apprentice Program Manager – Guide Dogs for the Blind (USA)
- Kylie Gersch – Guide Dog Mobility Instructor & GDMI Educator - VASED
- Desley Hegney - RN, BA (Hons), PhD Adjunct Professor Schools of Nursing University of Adelaide & University of Central Queensland
- Dean Laird MACud, HAASA, Cert Aud Owner of My Hearing Centre
- IGDF Administration – David Maynard & Clare Pritchett
