[blindkid] School cane O/M issues
Carol Castellano
blindchildren at verizon.net
Tue Oct 20 00:54:05 UTC 2009
In my experience, the key is getting the O&M to
see it your way. Will teachers listen more to
other teachers than parents? Unfortunately, yes.
Carol
At 05:38 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote:
>Hi all. Thanks for the advice. I wrote another
>note in Joliâs agenda book saying that Joli
>must take her cane with her to all of her
>classes and that all of her teachers need to be
>aware of this. Her main classroom teacher sent
>a note back saying that she would discuss it
>with her O/M teacher. This makes me mad
>because I donât care if the O/M teacher thinks
>she should have it or not. I think she should
>have it. I donât want the classroom teacher
>to defer to the O/M teacher on whether or not my
>child should have her cane with her. Am I
>overstepping my bounds to say âI am her
>mother, and if I say I say she must take her
>cane with her everywhere she goes, then she must
>take it regardless of how the O/M teacher feels
>about it.â? Thanks, Lauren
>Wibbe
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