[blindkid] Ohio Services

[Carol Castellano]

Bonnie,
You can access training videos here:

<https://www.nfbnrma.org/admin/teachers/training.php>https://www.nfbnrma.org/admin/teachers/training.php 


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 08:49 PM 4/10/2013, you wrote:
>Kim, I just tried to look at the test because I recently met a mom who has a
>visually impaired child and I am composing an email with links and
>information. I just wanted to get an understanding of what the assessment is
>like. Is it possible for a nonteacher to just look at what the test intails
>and how it works? I hope to have this family on this list soon.
>Thanks.
>Bonnie Lucas
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kim Gulf Images [mailto:kim at gulfimagesphoto.com]
>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 3:39 PM
>To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
>Subject: Re: [blindkid] Ohio Services
>
>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
>
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
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