[blindkid] about clearbrook

Sat May 2 19:52:06 UTC 2009

Hi Carol,
No, Justin did not get a fair evaluation, not only that Mrs. Heather 
Fritz invalidated their test since it was not supposed
to be used for a blind student, they used the standerdized test and of 
course he failed in every area wihtout any accomodations nor 
adaptations  worst yet that clinical psych. did not even know him she 
sat in front of him for 20 mins to come up with profoundly mentally 
retarted diagnosis,. that goes to show how incompetent  and how uncaring 
they really are.  the entire team accepted her findings except me and I 
told her to leave the room and to purge that statement from her  eval.  
Yes the Clearbrook assisstant will write up what he has accomplised and 
what are her goals are for month to month basis.

Thank you so much for caring and please pray that Justin will be granted 
by our district to go to Albright Middle
School which really is a cluster school designed especially for VI 
students and they do have regular kids too.

Tina

Carol Castellano wrote:
> Hi Tina,
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding to this message.  It sounds as if 
> the person from Clearbrook is a very valuable part of the team.  Is 
> she able to help you form goals and objectives for Justin's IEP?  I 
> think I remember from Chicago that school goals were a problem, as in 
> they did not have any expectations for Justin.
>
> Do you feel that Justin has had a fair, accurate evaluation?  That is 
> the right place to start when trying to determine what the school 
> should be working on.
>
> Carol
>
> At 11:19 PM 4/13/2009, you wrote:
>> Hi Carol,  The only academic is they reinforce spelling and Justin can
>> write his own notes to me thru a different speech program called
>> Intellitool talk which is actually can not be expand for a blind kid.
>> during 90 mins the YVI do powercord drill which is like braille n speak
>> except it needs computer screen and talking program so you can not carry
>> it around it is not mobile and she said she does not know what is 
>> braille
>> n speak....which already has speech built in. At the end of whatever
>> letter she ask for justin to type and he responds then she turned on the
>> rap braille songs which play for 10 mins. Justin is very smart some
>> spelling  he self taught himselve and he loves to rhyme. He is extremly
>> capable of learning , during week day when I come back from work I do 
>> some
>> braille reading and questions answers and role playing games, I also 
>> do OT
>> PT with a ball, he self feed himself with very minimum assistance. On 
>> Sat
>> while I go to work , Clearbrook assistant Ng, came in and do all of the
>> above plus she give Justin piano lessons reinforcement, do stimulation
>> exercise such as swing, go upstairs downstairs, when weather cooperate
>> then they go for a nice walk to the park and listen to children play and
>> Justin would swing endlessly.  They have great chemistry and she is very
>> caring, God must have send her to Justin because he knew Justin needed
>> this outlet, it is not good for Justin to just be with his parents. 
>> All my
>> sisters and brothers, mom live in Texas and California so I never really
>> have any help nor support, I did all alone, cooking since Mike and 
>> Justin
>> enjoys my authentic Asian cooking,go to two jobs, train staffs at my
>> clinic,write Journal about Justin's life, go to support meeting such as
>> autism, puberty problems with your child etc.... when I come home do 
>> more
>> routines with Justin, keep up with my braille lessons by typing up the
>> printed stuffs and lessons sent from Justin's school and go over with 
>> him
>> during weekends.  I am exhausted yet I can't rest ....there is so 
>> much to
>> do with so little time.  Justin is my angel, my guiding light so I 
>> will do
>> anything for him.
>> Hope I did not bore you with such long respond.
>>
>>
>> With high regards and tremendous respect,
>>
>> Wishing you and your family the very best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Your new found friend  Tina         > Hi Tina,
>> >
>> > Is any of Justin's program academic?  Is he able to learn?
>> >
>> > 90 minutes per month, eh?  What kinds of things does the TVI do?
>> >
>> > Tell us about Clearbrook.  What kind of therapy does it provide?
>> >
>> > Carol
>> >
>> > At 10:13 PM 4/11/2009, you wrote:
>> >> > Hi carol,
>> >>
>> >>thanks for responding quickly.  Right now Justin gets OT,Pt Slt 2x per
>> >> wk,
>> >>vision 90 mins per month and no communication device given to use 
>> at all
>> >>times. At home he gets 69 hours of therapy from Clearbrook 
>> organization.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>help!!!! Tina
>> >> >
>> >> > I am not aware of any such families at this moment, but I will 
>> try to
>> >> > see if others in my state do.
>> >> >
>> >> > Tell us what kind of services your child gets now.
>> >> >
>> >> > Carol
>> >> >
>> >> > At 10:45 AM 4/11/2009, you wrote:
>> >> >>Hi,  Any family with a son or daughter about 12-15 years of age, 
>> who
>> >> is
>> >> >> non-
>> >> >>verbal, austistic and epileptic going to public school?  I would 
>> like
>> >> to
>> >> >>chat and find out how hard is it to get appropriate services
>> >> especially
>> >> >> to
>> >> >>teach braille and get enough hours out of vision therapy.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>TE
>> >> >>
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