[blindkid] Fw: NOW school therapists in private setting WAS Rolling tip

[Marie]

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Marie" <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:26:01 
To: Doreen Frappier<dcfrappier at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: empwrn at bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: [blindkid] NOW school therapists in private setting WAS Rolling tip

Thank you Doreen!  I highly encourage everyone to pursue this as part of a FAPE in the LRE. 

Unfortunately, our school district is not easy to work with and we chose not to pursue legal action. Jack is progressing well without their interference which is unfortunately what his school district therapists were.

Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Doreen Frappier <dcfrappier at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:44:32 
To: <empwrn at bellsouth.net>; NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind children\)<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Rolling tip

Marie,
I just wanted to mention that we still received O&M, speech and Vi services even 
though we put our VI twins in private preschool for an extra year. I took them 
to the local elementary school for services during the school day a couple of 
times per week. This also helped to get them familiar with the elementary school 
they would be attending the following year.

Doreen




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From: Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
To: Blindkid email <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, September 21, 2010 6:48:16 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Rolling tip

Hello everyone,
Jack is growing so fast that it's time to get him another cane. We are thinking 
that we will get him a slightly longer one this time and were hoping to get one 
with a rolling tip or buy a rolling tip. With Jack's small hands and his 
modified grasp he gets very fatigued attempting to tap tap and tends to do 
constant contact with his cane. We thought a roller tip might be a bit more 
conducive to constant contact. We also thought we might get a longer one since 
when his grip fatigues, he tends to put the cane between his right hand and 
right hip to hold it. A longer cane would make this a bit easier. He actually 
does more side to side sweeping holding the cane this way--hard to explain but 
it works for him.

And no we don't have an O & M instructor. We lost our school services when we 
decided to keep him in preschool this year.

So anyone know where I can get a straight unfolding cane with a rolling tip or 
know where I can buy a rolling tip to fit a straight unfolding cane...I did not 
see any at the NFB store but if it's there somebody please point me in the right 
direction.

Thanks!

Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his own way at 
his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com 

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