[blindkid] Crystal: My daughter is turning 5...

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I would contact the national Foundation for the Blind.  Their website is http://www.nfb.org  I'd also contact the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children at http://www.nfb.org/nopbc   I live in Oregon, the Eugene area, so I don't know the services you have there.  The school for the blind in Salem, is mainly for multi-handicapped children...I don't know if that sounds like your child.  I advise that you go there and check it out.My 20 year old stayed in our local system.  Two other of my children who are blind, went to Salem, but they are severely handicapped.  Have you visited your school system?  Have you asked what services are available to your daughter?
Bye for now,
Gloria



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From: "Crystal Abel" <websurfergirl19 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:38 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] My daughter is turning 5...

> 
> My daughter, Tatiana, is turning 5 on January 5th. I am wondering if I can
get some advice from you? I do not have a School for the Blind close to me. The
one in Salem, Oregon is 2 hours away from me. I have been home schooling my boys
and here they do standardized testing for home schoolers starting in third
grade. I do not know how the school system works for when she is in
Kindergarten. Tatiana is developmentally delayed and still doesn't crawl or
walk yet. She has a whole slew of endocrine problems and is totally blind with
nlp. She also has seizure disorder and a Mic-Key button because of feeding
issues. Developmentally she is about at 2-3 years of age in her communication
skills and less than that physically. We live in Rainier, Oregon right across
the river from Longview, Washington.
> 
> I am wondering about if I put her in the mainsteam public school system
what can I expect? What will they be doing with her? Do they just not do
standardized tests with her? Please tell me your experiences putting your child
in mainstream public school. Thanks!
> 
> ~Crystal
> 
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