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

[Beth Koenig]

They say they are meeting his needs. The problem is they are clearly
not meeting his needs. He is not learning much if anything at the
school. We saw great improvement in him when the parents sent him to
BCLC over summer vacation and when school was out last month. He has
learned his letters a-e in the short time he was at BCLC and now knows
the days of the week. The district says they can meet his needs and
then they don't. He only sees color and light and their O&M is
teaching him diagonal technique instead of two point touch. We are
using two point touch at home with the parents but he regresses when
he comes back from school. And there are many more examples. Every
time we have tried to work with the district they have rejected what
we say. It's horrible and it's been over a year and a half of this.
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 Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>ebc8056c>
>>>*
>>>
>>>Thank you,
>>>
>>>Beth Koenig
>>>Executive Director
>>>Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
>>>
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