[blindkid] books and school

Barbara Hammel poetlori8 at msn.com
Thu Dec 4 20:24:00 UTC 2008


The wire screen used in screen doors.  They probably have it at a hardware 
store.
Barbara

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From: "T. J." <tjmaries at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] books and school

> What do you mea by "screen"? Like, the soft screen on winows?
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> T. J.
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> From: Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 9:42:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] books and school
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> T.J.
> It's just a piece of screen taped to a piece of thin particle board. Real 
> simple to make.
> Barbara
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> From: "T. J." <tjmaries at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindkid] books and school
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>> Debby, Can you tell me how the screen board was made? It sounds like 
>> siomething I need.
>>
>> T. J.
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Debby B <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 4:35:03 AM
>> Subject: [blindkid] books and school
>>
>> This happened a lot at the beginning of the year. Winona in tears, "I 
>> need my book", the paras adamant "I am NOT going down there", the teacher 
>> "it's okay, not important today." Me insisting they keep the current 
>> volume, the next one, and any the teacher anticipates skipping to. After 
>> 3 meetings with everyone that problem has mostly resolved. Each class is 
>> only 50 minutes, with 3 minutes between. Most classes are on the same 
>> upstairs hall, resource room is down stairs in another wing. Old school, 
>> small rooms. By the time Winona went down, found the needed book (maybe 
>> in a box?), and got back to class she would have missed the class.
>>
>> Here's another goodie that will be brought up at Monday's meeting. Winona 
>> provided her own protractor, wikki stiks, screen board, crayons, etc. for 
>> math yesterday as she knew what was coming up and figured the TVI 
>> wouldn't have it. Sure enough, she told Winona there was no protractor 
>> she could use. Volia! Winona pulled it out. "Sorry Winona, there's no way 
>> for you to color in this pie graph. Volia! Winona pulled out her screen 
>> board and crayons. I was so proud of Winona for thinking ahead and being 
>> prepared. Otherwise, she would have been simply sitting and listening to 
>> this math lesson.
>>
>> Science teacher no longer discusses things with the TVI, she goes 
>> straight to Winona to work things out.
>>
>> Another item on the agenda for Monday: Winona's "Braille time" was 
>> finally spent doing something other than this ridiculous mPower "testing" 
>> and chatting. Yesterday she was able to Braille her own worksheet, since 
>> the TVI "had no time" to do it.
>>
>> Our middle schools send a text home with each student, then they all 
>> share the school text. Works out great because there is no more "I left 
>> my book at school" excuse! They also don't allow backpacks, although our 
>> blind kids are allowed since they're lugging around more stuff.
>>
>> Oh, and I must share an almost funny, which will also be brought up at 
>> the meeting! The TVI keeps telling all 3 blind kids that there is no way 
>> to hook the mPower to a computer for the teacher to see their work. We 
>> all know there is. Tuesday I substituted in an elementary class which 
>> includes our elementary blind student. It was really interesting to be on 
>> the teacher end of the spectrum. Plus, I got to see the other TVI in 
>> action, which included plugging the student's mPower into the computer so 
>> that I could see her work! Ah ha! Proof that it can be done and is being 
>> done in our own county!
>>
>> Debby
>> bwbddl at yahoo.com
>> www.nfbflorida.org/parents
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 7:58:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] storage solutions
>>
>> Dear Debby-
>>
>> Many times, many times, she is without a book for this reason? I know 
>> things
>> have been ridiculous, and this tops the cake...this is unacceptable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winona is in middle school. Jordan had a resource room that was some
>> distance, if he needed a volume change he had a permanent hall pass (or
>> needed to print something from his BrailleNote) to go to the resource 
>> room.
>> He was always very responsible and used his time wisely. I think Winona 
>> has
>> the same kind of character.
>>
>> Another thing that has been done (the resource room is only so big)is to
>> have a rolling book cart in a room with the whole book in there, one in
>> math, one in science, one in social, etc. This has worked really well. 
>> (All
>> these things were/are in his IEP (his IEP accommodations are ridiculous 
>> like
>> six pages-but IF IT IS NOT WRITTEN down-it always failed somewhere-smile)
>>
>>
>>
>> It helps develop responsibility too, like anyone else if he forgot a 
>> volume
>> or his book then he was stuck or needed to call a classmate. It was also 
>> his
>> responsibility to keep aware of what was coming next, which volume he 
>> might
>> need. This has really helped his ability to self organize and plan ahead.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Plan Ahead" and "Flexibility" are two essentials blind people can't be
>> caught without...they are good for everyone, but really important for the
>> blind student or employee to succeed.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am sad to say I think we had a high of 30 and that may be the warmest 
>> air
>> we see this week. I'll be there shortly.smile. 45? Don't make me laugh. 
>> Even
>> my garage door has been frozen for two days. Why do things always break 
>> just
>> when you are about to spend Christmas money? Smile..
>>
>>
>>
>> Carrie Gilmer, President
>>
>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>>
>> A Division of the National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> NFB National Center: 410-659-9314
>>
>> Home Phone: 763-784-8590
>>
>> carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
>>
>> www.nfb.org/nopbc
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>>
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