[blindkid] Ohio Services

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Cheryl,
The NFB has a new reading assessment called the National Reading Media Assessment. Here is the link http://www.nfbnrma.org/
You can ask your school district for this assessment. It is my guess the assessment will surely show the need for Braille. It is ridiculous to think a child can complete homework visually reading at 98 pt font. The assessment is cut and dry as to whether a child should be a Braille reader. There is even a parents portion of the assessment. 
I think there is a general rule that a child requires about an hour a day for Braille instruction and one hour per week of O&M services. 
Hope some of this helps!

Kim Cunningham


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On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Michelle Ballard <mballard at bex.net> wrote:

> We live in Toledo Ohio and my son attends a Toledo Public School and is mainstreamed for most subjects, but attends the grade school that houses the TVI. He has access to her everyday. He also gets O&M through school once a week for an hour. TPS also has their own braillest. He is currently in the 5th grade. I guess it depends what part of Ohio you are moving to for services. Most rural areas mainstream and you see TVI so many hours per week.
> Hope you get some answers and if you are moving near our area I may be able to answer more!
> 
> Michelle B
> 
> 
> On 4/6/2013 4:06 PM, Carol Castellano wrote:
>> Hi Cheryl,
>> 
>> I've forwarded your query to the president of our Parents of Blind Children in OH.  Hope she can assist.
>> 
>> 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.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
>> 
>> At 08:52 AM 4/6/2013, you wrote:
>>> Hello, I am currently thinking of moving to Ohio, and I wanted to find some people to talk to about what the services are like there. If anyone could be of help to maybe talk to me a little bit about it. The tvi's we have in our cou Ty all want my daughter to do the 98 point font that was stated in her functional vision assessment and they have a lack of concern for the Braille learning, we have a great tvi we want to get within our reach in Ohio, I'm just wondering how other services are.
>>> 
>>> Cheryl
>>> 
>>> 
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