[blindkid] transcribing time

[Carol Castellano]

Any possibility that the transcriptionist can do the worksheets in a 
simpler, yet still effective, way?

Carol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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At 01:05 AM 3/30/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Joy,
>My boys are in second & seventh grade.
>This still happens to us from time to time; no system is perfect.
>But to have this happening consistently is a huge concern.
>Have you identified which step in the process is the problem?
>At different timepoints over the years, we have identified different 
>problem/rate limiting steps.
>We have found that certain teachers need to be reminded from time to 
>time that the materials need to be turned in ahead of time.
>The TVI needs to be in communication with the classroom teacher(s).
>It usually takes about a month at the beginning of the school year 
>to get the process down each year.
>
>We have always requested both an early school year IEP meeting AND 
>an additional end-of-the-year IEP meeting to sum up how the year 
>went & to prepare for the following year.
>Once the next year's teacher is identified, the TVI meets with them 
>& requests that they provide the bulk of the handouts & worksheets 
>that would typically be used by that teacher the following year. All 
>that gets brailled & modified over the summer & is delivered to the 
>teacher at the beginning of the school year.
>That way it reduces the load fort he braillist during the year.
>Here they would really like things a week ahead of time, though they 
>have recently been pretty good about accommodating shorter 
>turn-around requests.
>We still get print/non-accessible stuff from time to time. When it 
>happens more regularly, we speak up & things generally re-set & get 
>done in relatively timely fashion again.
>If this is a regular problem, then is may be well worth calling 
>together an IEP meeting to address workflow & expectations & to 
>personalize this by focusing on the impact on the child (guilt can 
>do wonders), or it may be helpful to meet with the head of special 
>ed in the district or the head of the VI program.
>Best wishes,
>Eric V
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
>To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 14:46
>Subject: [blindkid] transcribing time
>
>
>>Dear friends,
>>Where can I find an estimate of the time it takes to transcribe materials to
>>braille? Is it even possible to estimate the time needed for worksheets for
>>a third grader?
>>My child comes home with worksheets for math with lots of clocks,
>>thermometers, money, graphs, and more. Our transcriber in the district does
>>a great job on them.
>>
>>We have an awesome transcriptionist who does a lot of work on her own time,
>>and I think the district ought to pay her for it. But I don't want to sound
>>like I am saying she can't get her job done in the time allotted. She works
>>hard and well. I want the district to realize they probably need to pay
>>overtime or hire a second person to cover all the materials that she has to
>>do.
>>
>>Has anyone had this issue? How did you deal with it?
>>Joy Orton
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