[blindkid] IEP meeting
Carol Castellano
carol_castellano at verizon.net
Tue Jan 17 20:48:52 UTC 2012
Cheryl,
So sorry you have to go through this struggle.
Did your daughter have a full evaluation before preschool? Do you
have a sense of her levels in the various developmental and
academic/pre-academic areas? Do you have a sense of her needs?
In terms of how much time she might need from a TVI, the answers to
the above questions can be a help in determining that and can help to
make it "stick."
Carol
Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org
At 06:16 PM 1/16/2012, you wrote:
>I feel lost with getting the needed services for my three year old
>who is in preschool. Her vision is currently 20/200 and she has been
>diagnosed with LCA. She currently only has 45 minutes of combined
>O&M and vision instruction with Braille included, I obviously dnt
>feel this is enough, I am unsure of how to justify requesting more
>time and making that stick. Her current tvi is a greater part of our
>problem, she does not use any technology currently or magnitudes,
>not a slant board, she has a brailler though in school only. My
>daughter stands up at the book during circle time instead of sitting
>with her peers leading to some of my discomfort as well. The IEP was
>never signed by me and I periodically rexeived composed pieces in
>the mail. The tvi is refusing to write vision goals for her IEP And
>is in her way refusing to do the learning media assessment and
>functional vision assessment, she stated that the LMA she is too
>young for, and that she has been
> doing the FVA little by little since august...! Anger there....
> She said she would complete it and get it in the mail to me when
> she is done with it, however she stated she is unsure of when it
> will be complete, it is my understanding these need done
> periodically and frequently, I thought every 45 days but, I want to
> simply say we need an independent evaluation now since it isnt
> getting done, but was told I couldnt do this until she got
> something turned in for me to disagree with, please ideas. What do
> I need to walk into this IEP meeting and walk out with the services
> my daughter needs for an appropriate education?
>
>
>Cheryl
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