A lot of good suggestions have been made in the previous postings. One thing I would like to add is this: Emergency braking is definitely a skill you will want to practice, but I think what a true novice would want to do first is to just become familiar with your new scooter and its basic operation. Spending time in the sort of parking lot that has been described is a good place to start and those country roads around your home should also provide some good practice.
I wouldn't worry about doing much emergency stopping until you think you have a pretty good feel for your machine. When you attempt to do hard braking it is important to be able to tell when you are approaching the point where your wheels are about to lock up and start skidding. I don't think you can reasonably expect to be able to make this determination until you've logged some miles on your bike under non-emergency conditions. You definitely don't want to go out to one of your early practice sessions and end up dumping your new scooter doing an emergency stop due to a wheel lock up that you had no idea was about to happen.
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