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

[Arielle Silverman]

Beth,
What reason is the district giving for not sending Nathan to BCLC if
they are willing to send other kids there? Just wondering.
Arielle

On 10/28/12, 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
>>Sign<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?OrangeCountyDeafAdvo/fb8e0d0ade/f4b9a7f060/8c
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>>Thank you,
>>
>>Beth Koenig
>>Executive Director
>>Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
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