[blindkid] change status from digest to other...

[Lidia Schroeder]

Hi,

could you please change my setting from the digest for to the other or do I have to unsubscribe, then resubscribe?  

Thanks so much!

Lidia

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Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:23 pm
Subject: blindkid Digest, Vol 59, Issue 23
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>   1. Re: Pressure on the school/Evaluations (holly miller)
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:04:59 -0500
> From: holly miller <hollym12 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Pressure on the school/Evaluations
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> Thanks Eileen!
> Were you happy with Overbrook?  I was just looking at their website 
> lastnight.  Kind of neat that they do an outreach program helping 
> blind schools
> in China!
> 
> Hank is already getting speech 30 x 2 & OT 30 x 1.  He also gets 
> reading as
> a small group pull out 90 min x 5
> All that is expected to stay the same for next year.  Frankly I'm 
> not 100%
> convinced how much benefit he's getting from speech anymore but it's
> something I want to speak w/ the ST about before making up my mind.
> He got PT in K but has outgrown the need (I'm ok with that).
> 
> I *finally* got the draft of next year's IEP in the mail today 
> (meeting is
> Thursday).  It does show pre-braille instruction 1x45.  And that's 
> the only
> mention of braille in the whole doccument (aside from the parental 
> concernsthat I wrote)   Not a single thing in there about *using* 
> braille next
> year.  Not a single thing about any kind of braille equipment or 
> materialsbeing provided. Not even a single goal relating to braille 
> skills.  No ESY
> for braille. No dialog about why braille is considered not 
> appropriate.  No
> mention of O&M anywhere.   I know it's just a draft, I know it 
> changeablebut it shows so very very clearly what their attitude is 
> towards this.  They
> will give him braille instruction to shut me up but they don't 
> actuallyexpect him to use it. And if they pretend O&M doesn't 
> exist, maybe it will
> go away.   I've been waiting to see this to see when push came to 
> shove what
> they would put in writing.
> 
> Monday morning a letter will be delivered to the superintendant (he 
> used to
> be our sp-ed director).  I am taking one last stab at resolving it 
> at a
> district level and if I don't have what Hank needs by the end of 
> the week, I
> expect we will start due process proceedings.  I know some think we 
> are well
> beyond that point already but I have to admit, the whole idea 
> terrifies me
> :::sheepish look::::   I need to know I took every reasonable 
> opportunityand 5 more days isn't going to make or break anything.
> 
> I am so glad I have you guys to keep me focused.  I'm pretty sure 
> they could
> have had me convinced I was crazy if I didn't have the support!
> Holly
> 
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:47 AM, <EMMOL at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Holly,
> > I don't know about the number of requests, but yes, you want to 
> request a
> > Functional Vision Assessment, a  Learning Media Assessment, and  
> an O&M
> > Evaluation.
> > Are there any speech &/ language concerns? If so, you would want  a
> > Speech/Language Evaluation.
> > Are there any fine motor or sensory concerns? If so, you would 
> want an
> > Occupational Therapy Evaluation
> > Are there any gross motor concerns? If so, you want a Physical 
> Therapy> Evaluation.
> > Sorry, if you discussed these other areas previously and I missed 
> it, but
> >  if
> > he needs the evaluations, request them now. It is easier in the 
> long  run.
> > My son's initial evaluations were completed by Overbrook School 
> for the
> > Blind in Philadelphia. We later had some contact with PCO. They 
> seemed> knowledgeable at the time, but we just had one 
> visit/evaluation there
> >  relating to some
> > possible light perception.
> > Good luck. Keep us posted.
> > Eileen
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