[blindkid] Leaving classes early

[Bonnie Lucas]

Amen!!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Leaving classes early


> 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
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