[blparent] Accessible Homework?

[Veronica Smith]

Teach your children to read early and you can do it yourself.  Gab was 
reading by the time she went to pre-school.  We worked alot on letters and 
their sounds and sometimes I would just have to have her spell the words one 
letter at a time. smile! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible Homework?


>I just talked to someone about that this very morning, since my daughter
> will be in kindergarten this fall, and I have the same concerns.  Regular
> communication with the teacher is important, and maybe getting some 
> sighted
> assistance to go over with you some of it will be important.  I have a
> friend whose child is in kindergarten this semester, and maybe she can 
> help
> a little when Angelica is in this fall.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex" <heyitslu at gmail.com>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:24 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Accessible Homework?
>
>
>> Hello, all!  I am new to the listserve; thus, please forgive me if
>> these issues have previously been addressed.  I am a blind, single mom
>> and of an autistic, sighted, nearly 5-year-old boy, who will enter
>> kindergarten in the fall.  We live away from family and have few
>> friends in this area, who can provide frequent sighted assistance.  My
>> son already participates in the special education program at an
>> elementary school.  IEP's and progress reports as well as information
>> from his teacher and therapists have been made accessible; however,
>> homework assignments are not truly accessible.  His speech therapist
>> has pictures of vocabulary words, which accompany worksheets, games,
>> and lists of questions.  although not required, this is our first look
>> at homework, and I am extremely apprehensive regarding the future.  I
>> am concerned that I will not be able to assist him in completing
>> assignments.  I am also concerned about getting assignments in an
>> accessible format.  Although my son is starting to read, he only reads
>> when he feels like it, and he is not able to relate events of a day,
>> tell a story, etc.  How have you helped your children with homework,
>> particularly if your child is sighted but has other sensory and/or
>> communication challenges?
>> The speech therapist and I discussed this issue earlier today.  She
>> has proposed to e-mail me homework assignments or send them home on a
>> flash drive.  She has also agreed to outline the pictures in glue.
>> She said that she would label them for me, but she does not know
>> Braille and wants me to make the labels.  I don't have a problem
>> making labels, but making labels in the future will require
>> considerable planning in the future on everyone's part.  Also, the
>> school my son attends does not have a "Vision Rehabilitation Teacher",
>> and I was told that the Vision Teacher is only to assist visually
>> impaired students.
>> Does the school system have a legal obligation to make homework
>> assignments, IEP's, progress reports, etc.  accessible to me?  If so,
>> who usually ensures that these things are accessible?
>> Any advice and information you can provide would be greatly
>> appreciated.  The IEP is up for review in March.  I am trying to move
>> into this elementary school's zone because they are willing to work
>> with me but just don't seem to know how.  If we go to the elementary
>> school for which we are zoned, I am concerned the atmosphere will not
>> be as accomodating, and I will need to make sure that any
>> accomodations I need in order to properly support my son are well
>> delineated prior to entering that school.
>> Warmest regards,
>> Lucy
>>
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