<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">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<br><br><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"><font color="#4040ff"> Dr Denise </font></span></div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"></span> <span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span
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incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.<br><cite>--Albert Einstein</cite><br><br>It's kind of fun to do the impossible.<br><cite>--Walt Disney</cite></div><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 3/25/13, Wagner, Gail Katona Y <i><wagner_g@aps.edu></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Wagner, Gail Katona Y <wagner_g@aps.edu><br>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Technology<br>To: "Professionals in Blindness Education Division List" <pibe-division@nfbnet.org><br>Date: Monday, March 25, 2013, 3:11 PM<br><br><div id="yiv654944331">
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">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
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Gail</span></p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Denise Robinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 23, 2013 5:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] Technology</span></p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">I ditto a million times over Everything Carlton just said...well put</p>
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On Mar 23, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Carlton Anne Cook Walker <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:attorneywalker@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=attorneywalker@gmail.com">attorneywalker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">I see this as an IEP issue, not an ESY issue.</p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">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
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">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
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<p class="yiv654944331MsoNormal">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
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