[Nfbofsc] FW: For email distribution: NFB Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning Academy, Spartanburg, SC

[David Houck]

From: Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman [mailto:jaduffell at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 8:36 AM
To: Marty McKenzie; David Houck; jfarmer at tvisc.org; Jamie Allison
Subject: For email distribution: NFB Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning Academy, Spartanburg, SC

 

NFB BELL Academy

 


Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning


 Lilly using her learning shades and practicing writing the alphabet in Braille with Ms. Tiffany. <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/bell/az---lillypracticing-writing.jpg> 

Details of the Academy

 Chase wearing his learning shades with his glasses over them making print and Braille party mix in the kitchen. <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/bell/utah---chase.jpg> NFB BELL Academy provides children ages 4-12 with intense Braille instruction through fun, hands-on learning activities. NFB BELL Academy targets blind and low-vision children who do not receive enough Braille and nonvisual skill instruction in school or who could benefit from Braille enrichment over the summer. NFB BELL Academy typically runs Monday through Friday for six hours each day for two weeks. In addition to Braille crafts, games, and other engaging projects, children learn vital independent living skills, benefit from peer learning and mentoring from blind adults, and enjoy field trips to sites related to the NFB BELL Academy curriculum.

English application:  <https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form> https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form. 

Spanish application:  <https://nfb.org/node/2672?lang=es> https://nfb.org/node/2672?lang=es. 
 

English permission and release forms:  <https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms> https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms. 

 

Spanish permission and release forms:  <https://nfb.org/node/2686> https://nfb.org/node/2686. 

 

NFB BELL Academy South Carolina students, from the previous two years, showed significant Braille, white cane and nonvisual skills acquisition and improvement along with increased self-confidence. The lead teacher, Jamie Allison, is a certified teacher and a blind woman who is a Braille reader and white cane user. The state coordinator, Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman is the mother of two blind teenage sons and one sighted preteen son. All volunteers are experienced with teaching nonvisual skills and have a positive attitude toward blindness and all volunteers are background checked. 

 

NFB BELL Academy will be housed on the campus of South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, July 18-29, Monday to Friday, 8:15-3:00 daily. We do not provide overnight accommodations or transportation. Lunch and snack are provided. There is a $40.00 fee; please contact Jennifer if the fee is cost prohibitive.  Any questions or concerns can be addressed to Jennifer at 803-287-5391 or jaduffell at yahoo.com.

 

For information for the concurrent NFB of SC Teenage Enrichment and Empowerment through Nonvisual Skills (TEENS) for ages 13-17/18, non-high school graduates, please contact Jennifer at 803-287-5391. NFB SC TEENS will run the week of July 25. 

 

For further NFB BELL Academy information including programs nationwide; https://nfb.org/bell-academy.

 

Jennifer A. Duffell-Hoffman
NFB BELL Academy, South Carolina Coordinator
SC Parents of Blind Children, State President
Lancaster, South Carolina
Mobile: 803-287-5391
E-mail: jaduffell at yahoo.com

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. 

 

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