[blindkid] Victory in an NJ Town

[Tammy Parson]

That's what we are trying to figure out. Two Doctor's reports clearly state degenerative and progress and both recommend Braille. We are speechless.

Tammy D. Parson

On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ugh, why on earth would they put her back on  print after a
> due-process resolution required them to teach Braille and she is
> obviously successful learning Braille?
> Arielle
> 
> On 4/8/13, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> That is awesome!!! It took me a Due Process settled in Resolution a year ago
>> to get my daughter braille and I just received a Prior Written Notice they
>> are going to have her go back to reading print. I am livid and my daughter
>> is devastated. She had just went from 29 wpm to 57 wpm in her braille
>> reading and now they want to put her behind a CCTV. Congratulations on your
>> Victory.
>> 
>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> 
>>> Just got home from an IEP meeting in a town in New Jersey.  We're feeling
>>> pretty good because the school agreed to Braille!  We didn't even have to
>>> take out the big--Hank Miller case--guns!  It took almost two years to get
>>> them to put the program together, but the student is now learning how to
>>> type, how to use a computer with speech, how to take notes and direct a
>>> human reader, and now will begin to learn Braille!
>>> 
>>> We, the mom and I, are exhausted but happy :-).
>>> 
>>> 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.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
>>> 
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