[blindkid] Braille reading speed and more...

Carol Castellano carol_castellano at verizon.net
Fri Mar 16 17:12:03 UTC 2012


And to go along with these reading standards, here is a link to the 
California Braille standards:

<http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/documents/braillereadstand.pdf>http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/documents/braillereadstand.pdf 


Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
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At 11:03 AM 3/16/2012, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
>CEO, TechVision, LLC
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>"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
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>
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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
> > www.blindchildren.org
> > www.nopbc.org
> >
> > 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
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