[blindkid] braille reversals

[Penny Duffy]

Thank you David.  I want to make sure i am
doing everything i reasonably am.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:

> Sounds like you're doing great. The reversals are pretty common as far as
> I understand it. Kendra certainly did a fair amount of reversing at first.
> I've been trying to work on Braille myself and find I'm doing it too.
> Context and practice are most likely the cure. Of corse, it happens with
> sighted kids too. Our kindergartener (typically sighted) still occasionally
> mixes up print B's and D's for example.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Abby is advancing quickly in reading. She is picking up new contractions
> > all the time.  One of the biggest issues right now are her reversals.
>  The
> > letter and contraction reversal.  She has slowly gotten better with time
> > but she still struggles with it.  It was first I adn E she would get
> > confused with now its mostly contractions.  She seems to correct them
> with
> > more practice.  She also figures it out in context while she is reading.
> I
> > tried searching online for information on it. Does anyone know of any
> good
> > links?  Or have any advice.  She is doing great and with practice she is
> > over coming these issues.  I just want to make sure I am doing the right
> > thing.
> >
> > For information Abby (8 years old and second grade) was introduced
> braille
> > 14 months ago She is now reading pretty good and the team is working hard
> > to get her up to reading level.
> >
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--Penny
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