[blindkid] music camps

[Heather]

One other music book I would recommend is "Who's Afraid of Braille Music?" 
Some IEP Suggestions as well.  If you are going to request braille music, 
have some local volinteer braillists in mind, that you know are proficient 
with braille music, in case the school says "We can't do that.  Our braille 
sources only know literary and nemeth code braille, it can't be done."  Some 
things for your daughter.  Have her contact the principal and find out ahead 
of time who her teachers will be, have her phone or email them asking for 
the ISBN numbers of her text books and have her call NLS, RFBandD, etc, to 
find her own text books if possible.  Have her contact volinteer braillists 
to have any books done up that are not already available on tape, CD or in 
braille.  If she has a book player such as a victor reader stream, have her 
download her own text books from Audible Books.com NLS's Website and RFBand 
D's website.  If it is too late to have her do this, because of time 
constraints, start a step by step plan to have her doing this by the next 
semester.  Also, have her start getting everything ahead of time from 
teachers, accept for tests, and scan it herself.  Obviously math won't work 
so easily with scanning and then producing a usable electronic, print or 
braille document, but for english, history, etc, this should be easy.  Her 
aid, or TVI or whoever will still have to do up tests for her, as it would 
be unfair for her to see the test before the  other students, but having her 
take tests for, say, history on a USB thumb drive would be a good step.  The 
goal is to simulate what happens in colege, and one good way to take tests 
with little hastle for the student, the professor or the other students is 
to have the professor come to class the day of the exam with the test on a 
USB thumb drive or an SD card that the student can just put into their lap 
top or braille note.  That way they can take the test, along with everyone 
else, and then simply save the document, pop out the thumb drive and hand it 
to the professor while the other kids are handing in their test papers. 
This is a good safe environment to try this system, have it fail and fix it 
or have it mostly work, and tweek it, before she is facing college.  If she 
has an aid, start cutting the chord, with the aid only coming with her if 
absolutely neccessary, and making it clear to that aid, right now, and in a 
friendly way, that they are not your daughter's friend, she needs to make 
friends with her peers in high school, they are not your daughter's teacher, 
and your daughter should seek out her teachers for tutoring help and issues 
with the subject material, and they are not your child's parent, and any 
problems the teachers have should be directed to you or to your daughter, 
and if the aid or the TVI's in put is needed, they will certainly be saught 
out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Barbara.Mathews at sce.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] music camps


> Debby,
> My daughter is learning to read braille music from two sources.  One is 
> the book, How to Read Braille Music, which comes in print and braille. 
> Kyra learned the basics reading that book.
>
> The other is Richard Taesch's book, Introduction to Braille Music.  She 
> got the braille edition for herself and the print edition for her piano 
> teacher, both from NLS.  Using this book, they devote a portion of each 
> lesson to braille music reading.  The piano teacher doesn't know braille 
> music, but it works.  The key is a teacher who is willing to do it.
>
> Regarding the IEP for freshman year, a couple of thoughts:  Request O&M 
> lessons on the high school campus before school starts.  Try to get as 
> much info as possible about where Winona's classes will be ahead of time 
> so she can work on the routes.  And ask for the band music in braille if 
> she makes progress learning braille music.
>
> -Barbara
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debby B [bwbddl at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 01/23/2010 05:30 AM PST
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind children\)" 
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] music camps
>
>
>
> Should have added: We're also preparing for high school transition. 9th 
> grade next year! Yikes! Any suggestions as we prepare for the IEP?
> Thanks!
>
> Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
>
> Anyone know of a good music camp? Winona especially wants to learn Braille 
> music this summer.
> Last week she performed with the All-State Honor Band. This weekend it is 
> 4-County Honor band. In two weeks it is Solo and Ensemble competition. She 
> says, "It would be so much easier if I could read my own music and work 
> anytime I want without waiting for someone to read it to me!" She's 
> wanting to be a band director or music teacher, so Braille music is going 
> to be important.
> Thanks!
>
> Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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