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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Pennsylvania Organization of Parents of Blind Children
(PAOPBC) is back!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">All are welcome to attend regardless of geographical location! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Parents of all kinds, children, students, and all supporters are invited to attend! </span> </span><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 14, 2022</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Topic: </b>National Reading Media Assessment (NRMA)</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This assessment has been developed with three purposes in
mind: </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1. to determine the most appropriate reading medium/media
for students who are blind/visually impaired; </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2. to ensure that the reading medium is appropriately
identified both for current as well as for future need; </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3. to ensure that student success is not hampered by
incorrect identification of literacy needs. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The target population for this tool consists of youth with
an identified visual impairment who have enough visual functioning to identify
print letters or shapes by sight.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more information, please contact PAOPBC President, Emily
Gindlesperger, at <a href="mailto:vp2@nfbp.org">vp2@nfbp.org</a> </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Stacie Leap</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Vice President, PAOPBC </p>

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