[blindkid] School cane O/M issues

Carol Castellano blindchildren at verizon.net
Tue Oct 20 00:54:05 UTC 2009


In my experience, the key is getting the O&M to 
see it your way.  Will teachers listen more to 
other teachers than parents?  Unfortunately, yes.
Carol

At 05:38 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote:
>Hi all. Thanks for the advice.  I wrote another 
>note in Joli’s agenda book saying that Joli 
>must take her cane with her to all of her 
>classes and that all of her teachers need to be 
>aware of this.  Her main classroom teacher sent 
>a note back saying that she would discuss it 
>with her O/M teacher.  This makes me mad 
>because I don’t care if the O/M teacher thinks 
>she should have it or not. I think she should 
>have it.  I don’t want the classroom teacher 
>to defer to the O/M teacher on whether or not my 
>child should have her cane with her.  Am I 
>overstepping my bounds to say “I am her 
>mother, and if I say I say she must take her 
>cane with her everywhere she goes, then she must 
>take it regardless of how the O/M teacher feels 
>about it.”? Thanks, Lauren 
>Wibbe 
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