[blindkid] Braille reading speed and more...

Fri Mar 16 15:03:32 UTC 2012

Carolynn,

A video is worth a thousand words. As Carol pointed out, you need to see
what he is doing at school and they need to see what he is doing at home.
Reading speed is based on reading real books.
Jerry Johns is the leading reading expert in the field--you can look him up
on the internet and she link below (I take video of of my kids so their
parents can see (and also so the child can see)--other parents actually
come to the lessons-so there are options--after you open the link, watch
the video then click on the reading speed link within the doc and an excel
sheet will pull up for you) which go to the actual reading speeds of
children throughout their schooling. I use these standards for my students
also--of course if I get them later in their schooling it takes longer to
catch them up. If they do not begin braille until HS, there has to be a
true passion to reach these goals.
<goog_351114646>Standards for Reading
Speed<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/standards-reading-speed>Denise

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Carol Castellano <
carol_castellano at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Carolynn,
>
> A couple of other things you might do:
>
> In addition to making a video of your child reading at home, maybe the
> school would make one of him reading in school.
>
> Also, contact your local public school and find out in general how they
> test for reading speed, fluency, and grade level.  Then request that your
> son be tested the same way.
>
> Carol
>
> Carol Castellano
> President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> Director of Programs
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
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>
> At 05:32 PM 3/15/2012, you wrote:
>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> I'm so glad we are talking about IEP stuff because I have another question
>> for all of you. I have a 9 year old third grader who has been reading
>> Braille for about 2 years now. He attends the state academy for the blind
>> because our home district was not providing services (although they said
>> they were) and he was not making any progress at all.
>>
>> Last spring his IEP goal said he would improve his reading speed from 30
>> words per minute to 60 words per minute, and that he would know 130
>> contractions. I just received a report that said he has met his goals.
>> Wow!
>> Except... I'm not seeing it at home. For the reading speed, it states that
>> he is reading a word list of familar words. Now, I thought reading speed
>> would be measured by having him read something real... not a reading list.
>> I guess we didn't specify that, though. And for the contractions, at home
>> my son refuses to read anything contracted because he hardly knows any. As
>> soon as he runs into a contraction he says, "Oh! Contraction! I don't know
>> what this is!" Very rarely he'll know it. So it hardly seems he knows 130.
>>
>> Also, he totally reads with his left hand and does not use his right hand
>> without constant reminders. I mean, constant. He drops his right hand off
>> the page within a second or two and has to be reminded again and again.
>> When I brought this up with the school I was told that he's reading with
>> both hands just fine there. Really???
>>
>> So how do I bring this up with the school? His Braille teacher and I are
>> on
>> good terms, but still I'm not sure how to approach her. Any suggestions
>> are
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> <weary smile> --Carolynn
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-- 
 Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision
509-674-1853

Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons all done with
keystrokes: www.yourtechvision.com

"The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
doing it." --Chinese Proverb

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are incredibly
slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
imagination.
--Albert Einstein

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
--Walt Disney