[blindkid] Urgent: please sign this petition to help a blind kid!

[Beth Koenig]

We are running out of time. They are refusing to write in the IEP,
everything we can do is being done. Please continue to ask questions.
The school district is trying to cobble together their own program.
They already have students going to the preschool school for the blind
(BCLC). But are denying Nathan to be sent there. The schools TVI's and
other specialists do not have experience working with blind
preschoolers. We have tried to work with the school but they are not
listening to anything we say. The parents have seen that this is
hurting their son. Last year Nathan was the only verbal child in his
class and this year the district continues to block him from getting
help from specialist that have experience. And there own people keep
doing the wrong things, all of which are simple to fix. They didn't
even have a TVI at the beginning of the school year to work with him.
Thanks,
Beth Koenig
bethko at gmail.com
(714) 699-DEAF (3323)
Director of Deaf Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
1525 Durant Street 303
Santa Ana, CA 92706
http://www.deafadvocacy.org
Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equality and
independence in all areas of life.


On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 10:29 PM, DrV <icdx at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Beth,
> What is the issue?
> Why can't he attend?
> When my elder son was little we drove him to the Blind Children Center in
> Los Angeles & it didn't cost us anything. We did pay for gas. Our school
> district didn't have a problem with it.
> Is the recommendation written into his IEP?
> The California School for the Blind does outreach assessments - we have
> found their input to be incredibly helpful at times where we needed some
> outside expert recommendations.
> Best wishes,
> EricV
>
> On 10/28/12 10:11 PM, "Beth Koenig" <bethko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I am forwarding this petition at the request of the parents, please excuse
>>the cross posting.
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>>Support Sending Nathan to the Preschool School for the Blind!
>>     Hi Supporter,
>>
>>Nathan is a blind four year old. We are working with Nathan''s family to
>>help make sure that he receives the training that he needs to succeed in
>>school and grow up to be a competent adult. Nathan has every hope of being
>>able to be mainstreamed. However, in order to give him the foundation to
>>succeed he first needs to learn the adaptive techniques of the blind. He
>>also has to learn things like how to learn over a bowl, make friends, and
>>so many other things that we take for granted every day.
>>
>>Please go sign this
>>petition<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?OrangeCountyDeafAdvo/fb8e0d0ade/f4b9a7f06
>>0/03005f538c>to
>>send Nathan to the Preschool to the Blind so he can get the best
>>foundation possible.
>>
>>*Click Here to
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>>Thank you,
>>
>>Beth Koenig
>>Executive Director
>>Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
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