[blparent] school issue again

[Nadia Cioffi]

Dear Parents: 

If I were you I'd ask a local ISD if there are resources for the patent to assist the child. A TCVI maybe able to give you an idea we've not come up with on list. I think this is a problem when your trying to help your child --but, I'm not able to think of resources that are low in cost. I know your child's in charter school but it never hurts to ask those in the public school
setting as I'm sure this problem is not new. I highly recommend a Bookshare membership (if the cost is something you can manage). I'd post this question to any educational blindness list like ACB, NFB, Lions, ect and see if anyone had ideas that require less money (if that's an issu). 

Respectfully, 
Nadia 

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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Dianna via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You are correct and how do we go about finding out why we as parents don't
> have access to books to help our children get educated the way we want too?
> I will have some help, but wish I did not have to depend on as much help.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
> Jacobson via blparent
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:30 PM
> To: Judy Jones via blparent
> Subject: Re: [blparent] school issue again
> 
> All,
> 
> Again, my understanding is that Diana is blind but her child is not so her
> child cannot get a BookShare membership.  Textbooks are often made available
> from NIMAS, and there is possibly some additional restrictions because of
> that process.  However, it would be good to know for certain what the issues
> are, as blind parents should be able to get accessible copies of texts to
> assist their children.  There are some complexities here, though.  
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve
> 
>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:02:07 -0700, Judy Jones via blparent wrote:
>> 
>> Are you blind yourself?  Could your child not be registered with 
>> Bookshare to get around the problem?
> 
>> Judy
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dianna via blparent
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:08 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: [blparent] school issue again
> 
>> Let me try this again.  I need access to school books because I am the 
>> learning coach for my child who is attending Chicago virtual charter 
>> school and just started there.  Most of them are on Bookshare, but I am 
>> not a student or a "teacher" so I can't get them.  Is there a way 
>> around this since this school has a blended method of teaching which 
>> includes online, classroom, and print?  The online portion and print 
>> portion is at home with me and I am the "teacher" at home.  I just 
>> don't have a degree.  She has no disability.
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