[Pibe-division] Technology

Dr. Denise M. Robinson dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 25 17:19:44 UTC 2013


It will be easier to take this from an IEP side versus ESY...definitely more issues with the district in trying to get ESY versus putting it out their direct with an IEP...and IEPs easily go through a summer

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--- On Mon, 3/25/13, Wagner, Gail Katona Y <wagner_g at aps.edu> wrote:

From: Wagner, Gail Katona Y <wagner_g at aps.edu>
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Technology
To: "Professionals in Blindness Education Division List" <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013, 3:11 PM



 
 




Thanks to those that responded. Sounds like we are all on the same page. It is just what I was/am thinking, but how frustrating to always/still be running into
 walls. We will continue………….. 
Gail 
   


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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 5:31 PM

To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List

Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Technology 


   

I ditto a million times over Everything Carlton just said...well put 

Denise M Robinson 

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On Mar 23, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Carlton Anne Cook Walker <attorneywalker at gmail.com> wrote: 



Gail, 

   


I see this as an IEP issue, not an ESY issue. 


   


In creating the IEP, we look at present levels.  We perform assessments and use our professional knowledge and judgment to determine student needs (and strengths).  These needs drive all other aspects of the IEP. 


   


If the assessment of present levels indicates that the student has a need in the area of technology instruction (or a need will arise within the next 12 months), that need must be listed on the IEP. 


   


Next, all needs listed on the IEP must be addressed by the IEP.  Instruction, goals, accommodations/modifications, and/or supports to school personnel must be provided in order to meet the needs of the student (whether to remove the need
 altogether, such as to provide speech therapy for articulation, or to ameliorate its effects upon the student, such as providing materials in braille or providing instruction in technology).  The availability of school personnel during the school year is NOT
 a legal reason to withhold services to meet a documented IEP need. 


   


However, the IEP team can decide to provide instruction outside of the school day or the school year.  Certainly summer instruction is an option.  No, it is not technically ESY.  Some schools call it ESY.  Some schools simply make provision
 for this summer instruction in the IEP because (1) the school cannot meet the need under its current procedures and/or the school does not have personnel qualified to provide the services and (2) the IEP team agrees to delivery of IEP instructional services
 in the summer.  It does not matter what the instruction is called -- it matters that the student receives the instruction. 


   


On a side note, while summer programs are terrific, regular instruction is also vital.  The school could construct with its own instructors or with outside providers to provide necessary services.  Technology lends itself very well to distance
 education.  Of course, a hybrid method could be used with intensive technology instruction in the summer followed by assessment/maintenance services during the school year. 


   


   


In all these matters, the student's needs are key.  Availability, cost, etc.  are NOT appropriate (or legal) factors to consider.  So long as needs are documented, they must be met.  Creativity and flexibility can help all team members
 find the solutions to the bureaucratic problems that can arise. 


   


   


   


   


Hope this helps, 


   


Carlton  


   



   

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