[blindkid] Incorporating the Expanded Core Curriculum into thelives of visually impaired children at home

[Sally Thomas]

A way that TVI's can have the biggest impact on the ECC is by having high expectations and encouraging parents to do the same. There is a maddening double standard for these kids (or at least what I've seen for my son)--the kids manage thousands of dollars worth of equipment, multiple ways to access the curriculum and then are told they can't walk down the hall like the other kids. Mixed messages!

Sally Thomas

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> On May 17, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Carol Castellano via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Yes and this is why it's so important for parents to find us and see role models.  First comes the awareness that these things can be done, then the expectations get raised, then people learn how.
> 
> Carol
> 
> At 07:55 PM 5/16/2015, you wrote:
>> Hi Marianne this is a good point.  I can't believe that some parents just won't teach independent living skills at home.  I understand that some of them probably don't know what to teach their children.
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> Carol Castellano
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