[blindkid] addition to Braille/school question

[DrV]

Hi Leah,
I am a physician & in my subspecialty, I care for very sick kids & adults 
from all over our state & beyond.
Most physicians encourage kids to go to school whenever they can - it is 
really easy to fall behind quickly, & socially it is generally better for 
kids to be in class whenever this is reasonably possible.
When kids are fully out of class too long, there can be a lot of anxiety, & 
when it come time to jump back in, & despite efforts, there can still be a 
fair amount of "catching up" to do with some concepts.
Clearly, there are times, when kids are just not well enough to attend 
school, or not able to participate in a full day - in such situations, docs 
will support what you are describing (though most often it is the parent or 
school personnel who suggests this). Such a program is usually recommend 
when there are physical limitations that, though not permanent, will affect 
a child's performance for a more extended period of time (weeks or months).
As a general suggestion for trying to find the blest blend for a child, one 
consideration would be to try to get as much uninterrupted classtime (which 
is also normal socialization time) as possible & try to get the other 
services (i.e.: O&M, TVI, OT, PT, speech - many of which are "pull out" 
times anyways) in the home environment.
Best wishes,
Eric V


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leah" <leah at somazen.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 09:57
Subject: [blindkid] addition to Braille/school question


>I haven't seen any posts show up in a couple of days, but if the list  is 
>working, I have something to add to the school post. Yesterday at a 
>doctor's appt one of the doctors said they would support homebound 
>schooling for my son because of his medical condition. They suggested 
>flexible homebound schooling, which I don't think is put into place  very 
>frequently in TX: a limited number of classroom hours plus some  home 
>teaching. Given his symptoms, I would agree that this would be  all he 
>could tolerate and remain stable, but I was surprised to hear a  doctor 
>recommend it. If anyone has experience with this, please let me  know. I'm 
>going to have to find a way to combine appropriate services  with these 
>restrictions.
>
> Leah
> mom to John, 4
>
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