[blindkid] reading speed?

[Lydia Anne Schuck]

Hi Julie,  as I read your email, it occurred to me that your daughter may either need to increase her reading speed so she just won't want to take her fingers off the page, or may need more challenging content.  One way we worked on reading speed was that I got the same book my daughter had, and we took turns reading.  I read fairly fast, without telling her what I was doing, to force her to get used to moving her hands faster.

The social things are tough.  We used something called social stories, which I won't go into here, but the stories reinforce positive behaviors.  Or your daughter may need a defined behavior plan with goals she wants to reach because she will get a reward.  This worked for us.  You can search "social story" on the web.  They are often used with kids who have autism and do not understand social situations.

Lydia 
----- Original Message -----
From: Julie <julietnan at aol.com>
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Sent: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:57:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [blindkid] 6 yr old having trouble staying focused while reading

My 6 yr old daughter is having trouble staying focused while reading braille. Actually, while doing most school work. She is at or above grade level in math, reading and spelling so its not an academic issue more of a behavior issue that her teacher is getting frustrated with.
She fidgets a lot while reading. She doesn't keep both hands on the paper, she twirls her hair, makes funny words, wants to talk instead of read, etc. She is the youngest in her first grade class, 6 yrs old with a july birthday. She is a bright girl but I am wishing we had waited until she was 6 to start K . We had similar behavior issues in K last year and I wanted to hold her back so she could catch up emotionally/socially but was discouraged from doing so because they were concerned she would be bored which would lead to more behaviors. Any suggestions, ideas, strategies on ways to help her focus? Have any of you had "focus goals" put into the IEP? Im thinking of asking for focus goals and behavior goals.
Her behaviors are things like  interrupting, wanting immediate attention, impatience, and sometimes being sassy with teachers. 
Thanks in advance you guys have always been so helpful and supportive!
Julie
 

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