DBVI, IEP, BFDWH...ENUF acronyms!

Wow - a busy month for sure.  We met with the Department of the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) and have officially registered Cole with their program.  This program will be able to provide Cole any necessary assistive devices once he is in the Loudoun County Public School system.  They are also going to send a light box with other tools we can use for vision therapy.  Light therapy is different from Vision Therapy (which we researched in 2011) and uses specific frequencies of visible light projected into the eyes to enhance visual efficiency and visual information processing.

We also met with the Occupational Therapist with Loudoun County today to evaluate Cole's need for OT services next year.  This is the third of three interviews.  The first was the intake appointment with Child Find and the second was Cole's vision assessment.  Although the therapist was not able to conclusively commit to providing services, she did say that she felt he could benefit from services.

After the OT evaluation I had a meeting with Reagan's teacher and vice principal to review her Individual Education Plan (IEP).  We confirmed that we will send Reagan to Compass School next year instead of sending her to Potowmack Elementary.  She will continue this year with her current services.  After some negotiations, it was determine that next year she will receive 30 minutes of OT each week, 15 minutes of PT each week (I will take her to the school for these services) and 30 minutes of resource support at Compass each week.  The resource teacher will work with her in the classroom and work with the Compass teachers to ensure they are able to accommodate for her special needs and encourage her appropriately with tasks that are difficult for her.

We had several exciting March of Dimes fund raisers this month and look forward to the walk on May 5th.  Here are two preview pictures from our photo shoot fund raiser with Kara Smith Photography.

We have a great team and are exited to share the 2013 shirt design in just a few weeks!  KeCoRe LLC is also staying very busy with a contract extension with Comcast and a new contract with Boeing to develop an executive forum.   I will be headed to Chicago Sunday for project kickoff meeting all week.

I am always amazed when I see how much changes in a year.  On Monday, April 22nd last year Reagan was back in the hospital having seizures after being seizure free since her brain surgery more than two and 1/2 years before.  Although the year has flown by and Reagan is stable on her medications, we hope to start a new record of Bischoff Family Days Without Hospitalization (BFDWH).  The last year we had more than 365 days without a hospitalization was 2007.  That might sound like a lofty goal after 6 years, but we are ready to kick off Project BFDWH on Monday !