[blindkid] Monocular issues

[Carol Castellano]

Thanks Carlton and others who replied.  I'll pass the info along to 
the families.
Carol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org

At 04:57 PM 6/24/2010, you wrote:
>Carol,
>
>My take on this is to go back and look at the statute (not surprising, given
>my previous life as an attorney).
>
>The IDEA and its enabling regulations mandate that students with a visual
>impairment are entitled to special education services if the student has an,
>" impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a
>child's educational performance."  Additionally, the braille provision
>mandates that the IEP team's consideration of braille must include, " an
>evaluation of the child's future needs for instruction in Braille or the use
>of Braille ."  One last important provision to remember is that the IDEA
>includes within its definition of special education, "instruction in
>physical education."
>
>So, the loss of vision in one eye is important to the determination of
>eligibility for special education services because it may:
>
>(1) adversely affect the educational performance of the student
>
>(2) may be a consideration for the IEP team regarding the future need for
>braille (if the remaining vision is not definitively stable)
>
>or
>
>(3) the student's physical education needs modification as a result of the
>monocular vision.
>
>
>
>Take care,
>
>
>Carlton
>
>--
>Carlton Anne Cook Walker, cTVI, NCLB
>Voice: 717-658-9894
>Twitter: braillemom
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