[blindkid] Leaving classes early

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Sally and listers,

    A big no-no! I thought the O&M instructor's job was to help him become a 
confident traveler to enable him to be where he needs to be and to mingle 
with his friends. And what does dismissing him five minutes before the other 
students are let out of class say to his peers? Because he's blind he needs 
extra time to get from place-to-place and can't be expected to travel as 
well as they. Definitely kill that from his IEP.

Peter Donahue



 --- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy & Sally Thomas" <andysally at comcast.net>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:38 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Leaving classes early


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
_______________________________________________
blindkid mailing list
blindkid at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
blindkid:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindkid_nfbnet.org/pdonahue1%40sbcglobal.net