[blparent] New Member Intro

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Rhonda.  My stepson just turned fourteen last week.  He has many of the 
same issues with destroying property that Devan seems to have.  We've worked 
some on reading, but not too much, because if Stephen is interested in the 
material, he's a great reader.  If he isn't interested, forget about it. 
Anyway, if there are things you don't feel comfortable discussing on the 
list, feel free to write to me at jopinto at msn.com.  I'm still feeling my way 
on this one--Stephen lives with his mom most of the time, but he comes here 
on a lot of weekends and school breaks.  I also have a toddler of my own who 
lives here all the time.

Anyway, good luck with a big challenge, and please don't hesitate to ask 
questions, either on the list or to me privately.  This group is great at 
pooling their knowledge and coming up with solutions!


Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

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From: "Rhonda Scott" <earthmagic7 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:41 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] New Member Intro

> Thanks for the welcomes, everyone.
>
> Deven is 10. It's very challenging for me more times than not to be 
> patient,
> try to think from a different perspective rather than my own. In general,
> being a child now is much different from being a child when I was. But 
> then
> we have added emotional stress, and Deven has his challenges as well. I 
> feel
> embarrassed to admit that sometimes it's hard for me to think of getting
> close to him because of some of the things he does that are very 
> destructive
> to other people's property, and to his room. But all that may not be meant
> to discuss here.
>
> I'm glad nothing is considered obvious though, because I'm sure some of 
> what
> I ask will seem pretty simple when I find the answers.
>
> 1 of the first things I would like to start engaging in with Deven is to
> make us some flash cards with multiplication tables. I'm guessing I will
> need a sighted person to do the print for me.
>
> In terms of print/braille books, I'm thinking it might be easiest for me 
> to
> have the same books Deven has. It really is hard to keep his attention, 
> and
> I think if he has his own print only copy, and I have my own braille copy,
> even a copy that includes the print, it might be easier to get him to read
> his copy without getting distracted by looking over my shoulder, trying to
> distract us from our task by talking about the braille he's seeing, or if 
> I
> can't read along with him, he will tend to skip words, or make up his own
> words so he doesn't have to read what's there.
>
> Well, I need more coffee now. I'm just pretty pumped up to find a place to
> learn some things.
>
> Rhonda
>
>
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