[blindkid] O & M evaluation, FVA

Carol Castellano carol_castellano at verizon.net
Mon Apr 13 18:26:59 UTC 2009


Hi Marie,
Still looking for opinions?
Carol

At 11:49 PM 4/2/2009, you wrote:
>Opinions needed please
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>Jack is 3 ¾ years old. He will be 4 at the end of May.
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>Jack’s right eye vision is 20/320 and he has light perception in the left
>eye.
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>We have noticed that when Jack is outside he looks down at his feet except
>when he has a specific visual target to follow or go to.
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>Jack has difficulty walking in a straight line outside.
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>Jack appears sometimes to have a balance problem when walking outside
>because of the way he kind of holds his hands and arms up (not casually down
>at his side).
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>Indoors, he navigates familiar places very well except for objects that are
>not regularly in his path.
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>Indoors, he navigates unfamiliar places fairly well except he will bump into
>objects a few times until he has the layout memorized.
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>Jack has fine motor issues which may make holding a cane difficult. His
>fingers don’t bend. His hands are small.
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>Jack navigates his current preschool environment just fine except that he
>needs physical assistance descending stairs and curbs. He needs verbal cues
>for going up curbs and surface changes.
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>Jack currently attends a preschool that is located inside a local K-3
>elementary school.
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>Next year, he will not have that option. We will either be sending him to
>private daycare/preschool or perhaps keeping him at home. Our LEA will
>provide therapy consult services only next year.
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>Our school year ends around May 20.
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>Jack will return to public school for kindergarten the school year that
>begins after he turns 5 (year after next).
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>Should we ask for an orientation and mobility evaluation now? If no, when
>should we ask for this?
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>Also, Jack’s functional visual assessment was completed prior to our
>learning the true extent of Jack’s visual impairment. The TVI wrote, “Jack
>will be a visual learner like his peers.” Since then, I asked for another
>FVA but was told that they are done only every three years or unless there
>is a significant change. At the time, we told them that our ophthalmologist
>suspected that Jack was legally blind but was sending us to another doctor.
>Instead of doing a FVA, the TVI provided the teacher with some low vision
>tips. Should we ask for another FVA?
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>All opinions and experiences welcomed. Thank you all.
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>Marie (mother of Jack, 3 yrs old with Apert Syndrome)
>http://www.allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com
>Learn more about Apert Syndrome
>http://www.thecraniofacialcenter.org/apert.html
>Get information and support at Teeter's page
>http://www.apert.org
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