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

[Veronica Smith]

Beth, have you contacted the National Federation of the blind and run this
past them?  They have powerful peeps in powerful places and I bet one of
them could help out.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Beth Koenig
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 12:20 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Urgent: please sign this petition to help a blind
kid!

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 10:37 PM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
wrote:
> Who is this kid?  Why isn't he getting sent to the preschool for the 
> blind already?
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you 
> may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and 
> full at evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message----- From: Beth Koenig
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:11 PM
> To: Beth Koenig
> Subject: [blparent] Urgent: please sign this petition to help a blind kid!
>
>
> 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/f4b9a
> 7f060/03005f538c>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/f4b9a7f06
> 0/8cebc8056c>
> *
>
> Thank you,
>
> Beth Koenig
> Executive Director
> Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
>
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