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for fun at home book that you the mom are getting in a Braille hardcopy but an
assignment from school? And why is it you and not the school?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Patricia Renfranz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:18
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Professionals
in Blindness Education Division List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Pibe-division]
Rewriting the book</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Verdana'>Carlton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, I can
understand your frustration. And your TVI should know about Bookshare and how
to use it (as well as how to look for books from NLS etc). However, you
should know that Bookshare is not perfect by any means. When I use it to
produce a well-formatted, embossed copy of a book, I often have to spend hours
going through the text, even today (MacBeth)! It can be tedious. With an easy
book, it might even be faster to start from scratch rather than using the file
(depends on the book, of course). Especially for young children, I think the
quality issue is a very important one. <br>
Pat<br>
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dblair2525@msn.com<br>
801-582-2293 <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font
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Anne Cook Walker <carltonwalker@gmail.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-To: </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Professionals
in Blindness Education Division List</st1:PersonName>
<pibe-division@nfbnet.org><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></b>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:43:37
-0400<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b><ksims@opsb.net>,
<Pibe-division@nfbnet.org><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>[Pibe-division] Rewriting
the book<br>
<br>
Kristin,<br>
<br>
I wish this were the case. Currently, even though she doesn't know every
contraction, all of Anna Catherine's books are fully contracted. (I
support and actually pushed for this last year. As a result, she has
really advanced in her contraction knowledge -- using about 80% of them with
proficiency now.)<br>
<br>
Thus, even though there might have been a reason to do this for a child using
uncontracted or "partially contracted" braille, that is not the case
here.<br>
<br>
<br>
So, can I assume that the teacher simply did not bother looking for the book in
BookShare. Thus, it appears that she spent one week of her time, spent
one week of the aide's time, and kept Anna Catherine from having the entire
book for 6 days longer than her classmates (for an assignment that needed to be
completed in 7 days) for no good reason.<br>
<br>
<br>
We have an IEP meeting on Friday, and I want to know if I will have egg on my
face by bringing up this matter? I don't want to embarrass the TVI, but
she has the administration wrapped around her little finger regarding "all
the time" she spends on preparing materials for Anna Catherine.
While I don't doubt that she's spending this time, it appears that the time is
being spent foolishly. It seems she is working hard rather than working
intelligently. <br>
<br>
If there was no good reason for all of these extra hours to be spent -- and for
withholding the entire text from my daughter until the assignment was almost
over -- I want to say so at the IEP meeting. It appears to me that Anna
Catherine is suffering as a result of the TVI's lack of skills/knowledge.
Something has to give.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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