[blindkid] Leaving classes early

T. J. tjmaries at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 24 14:46:07 UTC 2009


I got a note written in my IEP to leave class early (vision issues and such) in high school (the time I needed it).  I had 15 minutes passing time.  Was nice not to have to worry about being nocked over or anything! 

T. J.




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From: Mindy Lipsey <mindy_lipsey at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:03:31 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Leaving classes early

My son started middle school this year.  Most of the 6th grade classes are in one specific area of the building and his classes are within a few doors from each other.
The only exception is the last period of the day, which is on the lower lever.  He leaves for that class 5 minutes early.  At the end of the last class of the day, he also leaves 5 minutes early to re-charge his ccTV in a private office and to pack up to catch the bus, since his bus is one of the first to leave the school.
So he has the flexibility to leave early, but only when he really needs to.
I had the same concerns about missing a homework assignment, or something important that the teacher says at the end of class.
We asked in the summer for a "buddy" to be assigned to Matthew, someone that already knows about his low vision, and someone that would be in most of his classes anyway.  Luckily, he has a friend that is also in all GT classes, along with his science magnet (Matthew goes to a magnet school), so it worked out.  Rebecca lets him know if he misses anything if he ever does leave early from class.
She also sits next to him in all classes in the front row.
We asked for the buddy system before schedules were made.
Don't forget to ask for a locker on the end of a row, near his homebase classroom.
We took the combination lock off and set it up for him to use a lock and key.  He wears the key around his neck.  The same key fits his gym locker so he only carries one key, and he leaves an extra key at school, along with a back-up key at home.
The O&M instructor walked him through his schedule the week before school started.
Everyone went very smoothly and I worried for no reason!
Hope this helps.
Mindy


 
Mindy Lipsey

 

--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Andy & Sally Thomas <andysally at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Andy & Sally Thomas <andysally at comcast.net>
Subject: [blindkid] Leaving classes early
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:38 AM

My son's O&M instructor has told him that next year in junior high he
will be dismissed from classes 5 minutes early in order to get a head start into
the halls to make it to his next class. I'm wondering if most of the blind
kids out there get this "accommodation."  I personally think it is an
opportunity to miss some afterthought the teacher has and to be singled out and
isolated in the classroom. Walking to classes with friends is one of the few
times kids have for private conversations.  Would you share your experiences
with this?

Sally Thomas
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