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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When our TVI and special ed officials told us how
hard they were working, my husband told them that we didn't want them to work
harder, we wanted them to work smarter. There is so much "reinventing the
wheel" going on in special education! In our area it appears that TVIs are
coddled because they can't find people to do the job regardless of the quality
of the work. They think some services are better than none but on
reflection, I wonder if some of the services my son has received have been more
harm than help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sally Thomas</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=carltonwalker@gmail.com href="mailto:carltonwalker@gmail.com">Carlton
Anne Cook Walker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ksims@opsb.net
href="mailto:ksims@opsb.net">ksims@opsb.net</A> ; <A
title=Pibe-division@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Pibe-division] Rewriting the
book</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Kristin,<BR><BR>I wish this were the case. Currently,
even though she doesn't know every contraction, all of Anna Catherine's books
are fully contracted. (I support and actually pushed for this last
year. As a result, she has really advanced in her contraction knowledge
-- using about 80% of them with proficiency now.)<BR><BR>Thus, even though
there might have been a reason to do this for a child using uncontracted or
"partially contracted" braille, that is not the case here.<BR><BR><BR>So, can
I assume that the teacher simply did not bother looking for the book in
BookShare. Thus, it appears that she spent one week of her time, spent
one week of the aide's time, and kept Anna Catherine from having the entire
book for 6 days longer than her classmates (for an assignment that needed to
be completed in 7 days) for no good reason.<BR><BR><BR>We have an IEP meeting
on Friday, and I want to know if I will have egg on my face by bringing up
this matter? I don't want to embarrass the TVI, but she has the
administration wrapped around her little finger regarding "all the time" she
spends on preparing materials for Anna Catherine. While I don't doubt
that she's spending this time, it appears that the time is being spent
foolishly. It seems she is working hard rather than working
intelligently. <BR><BR>If there was no good reason for all of these
extra hours to be spent -- and for withholding the entire text from my
daughter until the assignment was almost over -- I want to say so at the IEP
meeting. It appears to me that Anna Catherine is suffering as a result
of the TVI's lack of skills/knowledge. Something has to give.<BR><BR
clear=all><BR><BR><BR>Carlton<BR><BR>-- <BR>Carlton Anne Cook Walker<BR>213
North First Street<BR>McConnellsburg, PA 17233<BR>Voice:
717-485-3383<BR>
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