[blindkid] BrailleNote use

[Denise Robinson]

Make an addendum to the IEP...if any issues then re convene the IEP and get this straightened out ASAP 


Denise M Robinson
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On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Carly B <barnesraiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> I am hoping to get some thoughts/advice regarding my son's school
> situation. My son is 10 and he just entered 4th grade at the state academy
> for the blind. He's been there since 1st grade. At his IEP meeting last
> spring, I asked that he be provided with a Braille Note for his home use. I
> thought I had requested it starting at the beginning of the summer (2012)
> but that it would be something he would use at home during the school year.
> Somehow this was misconstrued and it was entered in his IEP that he would
> be provided the Braille Note for the summer only. Sadly, the instructor in
> charge of technology (even though I had communicated with him *months*
> prior to the IEP meeting and had gotten his "buy-in" then) did not have the
> Braille Note ready for our son's use until the end of July. It was really
> frustrating to be put off for 4-5 months after our initial request, but
> since I thought that once we had it, we would have it indefinitely, that
> helped.
> 
> Well, we've had the use of it for 4 weeks and I just received a request to
> return it. Reading the IEP a little more carefully (yes, I glossed over
> portions, including that one) I realize now there was a misunderstanding
> about it.
> 
> But my question is: how many of you have technology at home provided by the
> school? I mean, how unusual a request is or isn't this? Early on in this
> process I encountered several TVI's who said they provide Braille Notes to
> their students for use at home and school from an early age. So I got the
> idea that it is somewhat standard.
> 
> Should I request another IEP meeting and make the request again, being
> clear this time what I want? Should I expect to receive it? I mean, the
> Braille Note is available to my son at school for *maybe* 30 minutes a day.
> The amount of Braille material we have at home is quite limited. The
> Braille Note is like a Kindle for Braille books... my son is part-way
> through two books he downloaded from BookShare that he would not be able to
> finish. He needs the extra practice time to increase his proficiency and
> his reading speed. Of course I'm afraid they will say that he doesn't need
> that...
> 
> Anyway, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I just need to figure
> out what to do from here...
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> :) Carolynn aka Brian's mom
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