>Maybe even do a small volunteer application for a charity or church where she can get some practical experience in use cases, CRC, OOAD, and general consultancy issues.

This is an excellent suggestion. I know, because it's exactly what I did. :)

I got a mailer from the local Children's Museum. It mentioned that they were looking for a volunteer to computerize their membership list. I didn't have much else to do at the time, so why not? That brought me back into the VFP world, which brought me contracts from some of my friends here, which looks like leading to something even bigger...