[blindkid] IEP meeting

[Carol Castellano]

Cheryl,

So sorry you have to go through this struggle.

Did your daughter have a full evaluation before preschool?  Do you 
have a sense of her levels in the various developmental and 
academic/pre-academic areas?  Do you have a sense of her needs?

In terms of how much time she might need from a TVI, the answers to 
the above questions can be a help in determining that and can help to 
make it "stick."

Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

At 06:16 PM 1/16/2012, you wrote:
>I feel lost with getting the needed services for my three year old 
>who is in preschool. Her vision is currently 20/200 and she has been 
>diagnosed with LCA. She currently only has 45 minutes of combined 
>O&M and vision instruction with Braille included, I obviously dnt 
>feel this is enough, I am unsure of how to justify requesting more 
>time and making that stick. Her current tvi is a greater part of our 
>problem, she does not use any technology currently or magnitudes, 
>not a slant board, she has a brailler though in school only. My 
>daughter stands up at the book during circle time instead of sitting 
>with her peers leading to some of my discomfort as well. The IEP was 
>never signed by me and I periodically rexeived composed pieces in 
>the mail. The tvi is refusing to write vision goals for her IEP And 
>is in her way refusing to do the learning media assessment and 
>functional vision assessment, she stated that the LMA she is too 
>young for, and that she has been
>  doing the FVA little by little since august...! Anger there.... 
> She said she would complete it and get it in the mail to me when 
> she is done with it, however she stated she is unsure of when it 
> will be complete, it is my understanding these need done 
> periodically and frequently, I thought every 45 days but, I want to 
> simply say we need an independent evaluation now since it isnt 
> getting done, but was told I couldnt do this until she got 
> something turned in for me to disagree with, please ideas. What do 
> I need to walk into this IEP meeting and walk out with the services 
> my daughter needs for an appropriate education?
>
>
>Cheryl
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