[Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

Sat Nov 5 01:49:06 UTC 2011

doreen,
bill will enjoy seeing david again. the address is:
2122 palm beach lakes blvd.
west palm beach, fl
the hall is just west of i-95 on the south side of the road.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doreen Franklin" <doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

Carolyn
it is on my calendar and I am planning on attending. I plan on bringing 
David with me so David and Billy can "catch up" on old times .... LOL!

Have a great day!

Doreen

From: "lappland at bellsouth.net" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

doreen,
the childrens christmas party will be from 6-7:30 pm on saturday, december 
3, 2011.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doreen Franklin" 
<doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

Carolyn
Please keep us posted on the kids activities ... do you have the date for 
the Christmas party -- I'd like to put it on my calendar to hold the date.

Thanks!

Doreen

From: "lappland at bellsouth.net" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

i love the idea of decorating the cane. good thinkin!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doreen Franklin" 
<doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [blindkid] ideas needed / THANKS

I just want to say THANK YOU for all of the ideas and comments from everyone 
... we are doing some of the things that were suggested, and I just need to 
incorporate more ideas and step it up!

As an FYI ... we did Trunk or Treat at church yesterday and Torrie took her 
cane (Tinkie) all decked out too -- we put lace on it to match her 
Tinkerbell's fairy outfit. She even took it to school today! She had it in 
her hands, and I was at least thankful for that little step!!!

I am just very thankful for NFB and these yahoo lists .... not only for 
suggestions but the great support and encouragment from everyone!!!

Hope everyone has a safe Halloween ....

Doreen

From: Doreen Franklin <doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net>
To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; Blindkid List 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>; "Blindhomeschooler at yahoogroups.com" 
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:16 PM
Subject: [blindkid] ideas needed

Hi to all ...

we are looking for some help with our 7-yr old, first grade daughter who is 
visually impaired. She needs a cane but refuses to use it with us. She will 
"use" it during her O&M instruction of 30-minutes, but I have no idea if she 
uses it, or uses it safely, during the rest of her time at school. Most 
times with us, she holds it off the ground, like a shephard's crook. She has 
also not accepted her visual disability and has told me "Mom, I can see." 
And the school has non-verbally told her that last year in kindergarten as 
well as this year -- she has a CCTV in class; she does not have Braille. She 
is being re-evaled this year and I have been told "best practice is to use 
her vision." I backed off to be more collaborative instead of being near the 
door to due process. It is killing me, but I want to be more collaborative.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you get around it? I can 
tell her about safety, but I know all she hears is "blah blah blah." She has 
said numerous times she HATES her cane, and I don't know how to get around 
it to make her see that she is safe with it and unsafe without it. She has 
gotten several bruises on her legs and her eye and all of those times have 
been because she has not used her cane. Again, she is hearing "blah blah 
blah." She did very well while at the national convention in July ... but 
within 2 weeks, she was not using her cane safely. There are no role models 
for her in school ...

Any and all suggestions would be appreciated ....

Thank you!!!!

Doreen
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