[blparent] Two practical books

[Amber Boggs]

V are you in NM? My husbands uncle lives there and is also blind.
AMber
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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Thank you, I will pass this info to the VI teachers here in Albuquerque 
> that I know. Veronica
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> From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>; <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:53 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Two practical books
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>> Happy New Year!  Eric Calhoun, wanting to let you know about 2 books. 
>> The
>> first is by blindkid moderator Carol Castelllano, entitled, Making It 
>> Work:
>> Educating the Blind&Visually Impaired Student in the Regular Classroom,
>> Br17492, in 3 volumes.  This is a practical guide that offers techniques
>> for making the public-school experiencesuccessful for blind and visually
>> impaired children, and covers skills, toolsand principles for 
>> constructing
>> an effective programin the classroom.  Congratulations!
>>
>> The second and last book is Independent MovementAnd Travel in Blind
>> Children: a Promotion Model, code BR17388, by Joe Cutter. This book is in 
>> 2
>> braille volumes, and Joseph advocates a team approachto creating a 
>> positive
>> learning environment that fosters mobility and self-reliance in blind
>> children, (sounds like me when I was young!), discusses the philosophy of
>> cane travel,including the appropriate time to begin cane teaching and its
>> use, and ways to encourage the development of cane travel skills for 
>> home,
>> school,and community.
>>
>> Any thoughts please?
>>
>> (Carol was mentioned in the November-December issue of Braille Book
>> Review, from the Library of Congress, Ational Library Service for the 
>> Blind
>> and Physically Handicapped.)
>>
>>
>> Eric from Los Angeles:
>>
>> Do something positive in 2009.  Know when someone is hurting, and give
>> them hope; know when someone is helpless, and give them help.  Be loving,
>> be caring, be sharing.
>>
>> And,
>>
>> Happy New Year!!!!
>>
>>
>>
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