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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Laura Bostick [mailto:lbostick@latech.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Susan Harper'; 'susan buchanan'; 'Barry McDaniel'; 'Melissa Bankhead'; 'patty harris'; 'Judy Grooms'; 'Broussard, Chandra'; iluvcarr@gmail.com; mrsoneal@yahoo.com; mdaniels@ebrpss.k12.la.us; aebrooks225@gmail.com; paige.morra@gmail.com; sommer.hart@yahoo.com;
'Renee Griffin'; 'Mary Cranford'; claneyblueberry@aol.com; klf4706@slp.k12.la.us; MYERS, LAJUANA; Stephanie; 'Stephanie Cavanagh'; 'Rhonda Riley'; 'Mary Coburn'; 'Veronica Poe'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Rok, Kaitlin'; 'Myra Guillot'; 'Williamson, Ramona'; 'Thompson, Julie'; Eric Guillory; Janet Bernhardt; Bobby Simpson; Sheena Manuel; caseywest94@hotmail.com; Edward Bell; Corbbmacc O'Connor; 'darick williamson'; Krystal Guillory<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fall courses - Louisiana Tech Teaching Blind Students (TBS) graduate program
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<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Please forward this note to anyone who may be interested in taking courses in Louisiana Tech’s Teaching Blind Students Program.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">Reminder: The fall quarter starts September 4!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">You must be admitted into the university to take courses at LA Tech Please contact me immediately if you plan to take courses in the fall and you have not yet been admitted.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The following courses will be offered in the Louisiana Tech Teaching Blind Students (TBS) graduate program in the Fall quarter:<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Fall 2014 (9/4/14 – 11/13/14)</u>:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">EDCI 436 Braille I/UEB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Offered as an online course with scheduled weekly class meetings via the free Group Skype video-conferencing platform. No campus visits are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Students develop proficiency in reading and writing the Unified English Braille code using the slate & stylus and the Perkins braillewriter.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">EDCI 581/Visually Impaired Child in the PK-12 Classroom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">An overview course addressing the foundations of the education of blind/visually impaired children with and without additional disabilities. Educators will learn efficient
practices relating to the continuum of educational placement options for blind/visually impaired children, as well as the history and future trends of the field.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script","sans-serif";color:#002060">Laura Bostick, MAEd, NCLB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instructor, Professional Development <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">318-257-4554<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="lbostick@latech.edu">lbostick@latech.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 3158<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ruston, LA 71272<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="www.pdrib.com">www.pdrib.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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