CHAT
Early Intervention for Children who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Deafblind
9-14-26 

Rylee Landau to Everyone: New York! 

Andrea Amestoy to Everyone: Boise Idaho 

Tricia Weis to Everyone: Wisconsin 

Cory Levy to Everyone: Ohio 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: Grand Prairie, TX 

Angelika Bunz to Everyone: Angelika Bunz Aldine ISD Houston, TX 

Melissa Nazal to Everyone: Portland, Oregon 

Erin Rupe to Everyone: Colorado 

Nicole Quintana to Everyone: New Hampshire 

Julie Kochevar to Everyone: Minnesota! 

Jen Pierce-Ager to Everyone: Alberta, Canada 

Natalie Parsley to Everyone: Temple, TX 

Scarlett Smith to Everyone: Scarlett Smith Mesquite Texas 

Rebecca Hommer to Everyone: Maryland 

Staci Maynard to Everyone: Kentucky 

Kristine Lofranco to Everyone: Houston 

Robin Dinerstein to Everyone: Long island NY 

Baylee Allen to Everyone: Dublin, Texas 

Stacey Camp to Everyone: Ohio 

Steve Tennison to Everyone: Region20 San Antonio TX 

Felicia Luna to Everyone: Castroville Texas 

Kim Brockington to Everyone: Justin, TX 

Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: Rowlett Texas! 

Courtney Janke to Everyone: Bay City, Tx 

Vicky Garrison to Everyone: Temple, TX 

Hillary Keys to Everyone: Dallas, TX 

Alex Driver to Everyone: Lufkin :) 

Nicole Resendez to Everyone: Rockport<tx 

Heather Lightfoot, COMS to Everyone: Southwest Austin, TX 

Melanie Stetzer to Everyone: Justin, Tx 

Beth Pieters to Everyone: Council Bluffs, Iowa 

Beth Pieters to Everyone: Does the doctor follow IDEA to determine if the child has VI? 

Christi Valtierra to Everyone: As part of the FVE we need the eye report. Do we still proceed without it? 

Debra Branecky to Everyone: So what if the FVE says the child does not qualify? 

Andrea Amestoy to Everyone: I would love templates of the fva/lma and coms used for 0-3 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: Am I understanding this correctly if a child has some vision loss based on an eye report but the evaluations show no deficits, they still need some level of ECI services? 

Hillary Keys to Everyone: The FVE/LMA and COMS evaluation give us the data we need to figure out the appropriate level of service and help inform the IFSP goals . 

Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Watch for TSBVI/Texas Deafblind Project news on how to provide that public comment in the coming days! 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: That makes sense. Thank you! 

Debra Branecky to Everyone: What happens if the child is in daycare and TSVI isn’t coaching parents like it should be 

Nicole Resendez to Everyone: Are COMS required at IFSPs after the initial? Even if the child does not qualify for O&M and are being re-evaluated? 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: Related to that question….what does the paperwork look like if the COMS and team agree the child doesn’t need O&M or a new O&M eval? 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: How is this conversation and agreement documented? 

Patrice Chrstian to Everyone: It would be very rare for an infant not to get O&M 

Michael Roberts to Everyone: Thank you 

Hillary Keys to Host and panelists: Cheering, Mari!!! (Just to you guys - not everyone!!!) 

Debra Branecky to Everyone: Once again what about a daycare situation 

Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: I did an every other week situation where I did an evening every other week in the home. 

Baylee Allen to Everyone: How should we approach coaching families who interact little with their child during visits? 

Angelika Bunz to Everyone: How do we sign up for those? 

Debra Branecky to Everyone: Yes please! 

Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/37175/65352 

Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/37177/65357 

Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/37181/65361 

Beth Pieters to Everyone: Thank you! 

Patrice Chrstian to Everyone: Thank you so much!! 

Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: Thank you Mari!!! 

Alex Driver to Everyone: Thanks Mari! 

Bradley Jackson to Host and panelists: Thank you! 

Hillary Keys to Everyone: Thanks, Mari! 

Kristine Lofranco to Everyone: Thank you! 

Heather Lightfoot, COMS to Everyone: Thanks, Mari! 

Jean Escalante to Everyone: Thank you! 

Hillary Joy-Sims to Everyone: Thank you! 

Toni Vychron to Host and panelists: Thank you 

Mari Hubig to Everyone: Mari Hubig mhubig@esc11.net