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Looking to Interview A Parent or Teacher of a Child with Blindness and Additional Disabilities (self.Blind)
submitted by lavendergaia
I am a Special Education Master's student at Texas Tech University focusing on Orientation & Mobility. As part of our curriculum for this semester, we are required to learn about teaching O&M with the presence of additional disabilities. For an assignment, we are to interview the parent or teacher of a child/former child with both a visual disability and at least one other disability. Please see below for the exact request:
>Interview a parent of a child or an adult with additional disabilities, preferably NVI/CVI, or a professional working with this population. Discuss the collaboration elements that were used for the child’s education/transition/rehabilitation planning.
If anyone would be willing to be interviewed by me, I would certainly appreciate it. The answers you provide would be solely for this assignment and not reproduced anywhere else. I'm happy to interview via phone, email, Zoom, or even in person if you're in the South Florida area.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration!
>Interview a parent of a child or an adult with additional disabilities, preferably NVI/CVI, or a professional working with this population. Discuss the collaboration elements that were used for the child’s education/transition/rehabilitation planning.
If anyone would be willing to be interviewed by me, I would certainly appreciate it. The answers you provide would be solely for this assignment and not reproduced anywhere else. I'm happy to interview via phone, email, Zoom, or even in person if you're in the South Florida area.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration!
scarlettoharabegonia 3 points 1y ago
I am the mother of a child with VI due to CVI. He has other neurological differences and learning disabilities. We are also in Texas.
I would be happy to talk to you.
Does your professor know that Texas artificially capped special education services at 8.5%? I mention this because many students with CVI were denied functional visual assessments or were given very high ratings by the district to avoid offering VI services. I was working with an advocate and an attorney, and it still took 7 years to get the district to identify my son as a student with VI. 8 to get VI services. So the process of collaborating on an IEP, transition plan, etc. has been far from what it should be (at least in Texas).
I would be happy to talk to you.
Does your professor know that Texas artificially capped special education services at 8.5%? I mention this because many students with CVI were denied functional visual assessments or were given very high ratings by the district to avoid offering VI services. I was working with an advocate and an attorney, and it still took 7 years to get the district to identify my son as a student with VI. 8 to get VI services. So the process of collaborating on an IEP, transition plan, etc. has been far from what it should be (at least in Texas).
Laser_Lens_4 1 points 1y ago
Why aren't you interviewing the actual disabled person?
scarlettoharabegonia 2 points 1y ago
Students with disabilities generally don't join the ARD committee until high school. Many never join.
But parents are always members of the ARD Committee. And a TVI should be on the committee if the student has VI.
But parents are always members of the ARD Committee. And a TVI should be on the committee if the student has VI.
lavendergaia [OP] 2 points 1y ago
That's a good question! I believe the purpose of the assignment is to understand the inner workings of the multidisciplinary team. How the O&M might work with TVI, OT, PT, paraprofessionals, etc. Especially if this work was coordinated when the person was young, they might not understand the intricacies of how all of their different professionals work together.
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