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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Denise, you have outlined terrific
and sequential steps to teach Braille. I would just like to add that a blind
certified teacher of the blind can teach Braille and tracking by having the
blind child put his//her hands on top of the blind teacher's hands to understand
the correct method of tracking. The same system can be used when teaching the
child to Braille on the brailler. The blind teacher can have the child first
feel the correct placement of fingers on the brailler and physically place the
child's fingers on a brailler.The blind certified teacher of the blind <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>can model how to type each letter on the
brailler; The blind certified teacher of the blind can <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>puthis/her hands on top of the child’s
hand to notice which finger the child who is blind is <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>pressing <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>on the brailler and correct inappropriate
placement of fingering of keys on a brailler. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I used the above methods to teach a blind
child the entire Braille alphabet, the corresponding contractions for the
majority of letters and some common contractions. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching
Braille to this blind <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>child.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sara Rooz </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Certified Teacher of the Blind and
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