[blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 110, Issue 17

Thu Jun 20 01:21:42 UTC 2013

here is the direct link
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/brailledcl-6-19-13.pdf

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Darcirae Hooks <draehooks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> We are taking our son to math tutoring 2xs per week to get him caught up.
> He will be in 5th grade but just starting 4th grade math. The excuse is,
> that having to learn nymyth takes so much longer.
>
> I guess my frustrations are unfounded. At least he is getting a good
> understanding of the code and the math.
>
> Best wishes,
> Darci
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 19, 2013, at 16:27, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Trudy,
> > That's the same problem here in FL. The TVI is teaching her to read and
> write Nemeth but said it wasn't her job to teach her how to do the
> computation.
> > Which is a whole different way of writing it, if you ask me!
> > Currently, my soon to be 7th grader will be able to go to school in the
> Fall and read a Nemeth problem and copy that problem in Nemeth but nothing
> other than that. If she wants to work it out she'll have to use the limited
> vision she has and do it in print.
> > Things have to change.
> >
> > Tammy D. Parson
> >
> > On Jun 19, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Trudy Pickrel <tlpickrel at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Penny
> >>
> >> I was not able to read the letter.  Would love to have the link.  We
> are going thru The fact that many TVI in MD do not know how to teach Nemeth
> on the Braille writter. Or in other words our children are in 5and 7th
> grade and not able to produce math on a Braille Writter.  They are falling
> years behind in Math due to fact of not being able to keep of with the out
> put of braille.
> >>
> >> Trudy L. Pickrel
> >> President
> >> Maryland Parents of Blind Children
> >> www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org
> >> TLC by the Lake's Standard Poodle's
> >> www.tlcbythelake.com
> >> 301-501-1818
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: blindkid-request at nfbnet.org
> >>> Subject: blindkid Digest, Vol 110, Issue 17
> >>> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> >>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:37:56 +0000
> >>>
> >>> Send blindkid mailing list submissions to
> >>>   blindkid at nfbnet.org
> >>>
> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> >>>   http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
> >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> >>>   blindkid-request at nfbnet.org
> >>>
> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at
> >>>   blindkid-owner at nfbnet.org
> >>>
> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >>> than "Re: Contents of blindkid digest..."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Today's Topics:
> >>>
> >>>  1. NOPBC 20/20 Raffle: Please buy and/or sell tickets!
> >>>     (Laura Bostick)
> >>>  2. Fwd: [Pibe-division] Fw: Braille Letter has Cleared! (Penny Duffy)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 1
> >>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:49 -0500
> >>> From: Laura Bostick <laura.l.bostick at gmail.com>
> >>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,    (for parents of blind children)"
> >>>   <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Subject: [blindkid] NOPBC 20/20 Raffle: Please buy and/or sell
> >>>   tickets!
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>>   <CAC1J7iCK7xCAiqRTzd2g+mgeLxeAgKj19b-TFaZGwvjFK5iXhA at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >>>
> >>> The National Organization of Parents of Blind Children is once again
> >>> selling 50/50 raffle tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn at the
> >>> convention banquet in July, but you need not be present to win. Last
> year's
> >>> prize was over $900!
> >>>
> >>> All families attending the NFB convention in Orlando, July 1 - 6, are
> >>> encouraged to see Laura Bostick, Raffle Coordinator (cell
> 832-971-7571), at
> >>> the convention to help sell tickets.  There is a prize for the person
> >>> selling the most tickets.
> >>>
> >>> Want to sell tickets in advance?  Or not attending convention but want
> to
> >>> be in on the raffle?  No problem!  Contact NOPBC Treasurer Pat
> Renfranz at
> >>> prenfranz at gmail.com right away.  All transactions must be completed
> by June
> >>> 20.
> >>>
> >>> Remember, you do not need to be present to win!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 2
> >>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:46 -0400
> >>> From: Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com>
> >>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,    (for parents of blind children)"
> >>>   <blindkid at nfbnet.org>,    New Hampshire NFB State Affiliate Board
> >>>   <nh-board at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: [Pibe-division] Fw: Braille Letter has
> >>>   Cleared!
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>>   <CABb_=QcPAYXnssHLPP=Ew55u2cZ7M=aFzXsKhy6zXN5BGf6omg at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: "Edward Bell" <ebell at latech.edu>
> >>> Date: Jun 19, 2013 3:31 PM
> >>> Subject: [Pibe-division] Fw: Braille Letter has Cleared!
> >>> To: <nclb at lists.nbpcb.org>, "NOMC mailing list" <nomc at nbpcb.org>, <
> >>> pibe-division at nfbnet.org>, "Rehab Mailing list" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Cc:
> >>>
> >>> FYI,
> >>>
> >>> See the attached letter from the U.S. Department of Education that
> calls
> >>> for increased attention to the need for better instruction in braille.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC
> >>>
> >>> REGISTER TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB)
> Exam
> >>> http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/**announcements.php<
> http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php>
> >>>
> >>> Director, Professional Development and Research
> >>> Institute on Blindness
> >>> Louisiana Tech University
> >>> 210 Woodard Hall
> >>> PO Box 3158
> >>> Ruston LA  71272
> >>> Office: 318.257.4554
> >>> Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax)
> >>> Skype: edwardbell2010
> >>> ebell at latech.edu
> >>> www.latech.edu/**instituteonblindness<
> http://www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness>
> >>> ********************
> >>> "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of
> Einstein's
> >>> brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have
> lived and
> >>> died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
> >>> -- Stephen Jay Gould
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harris, Jill" <Jill.Harris at ed.gov>
> >>> To: <ebell at latech.edu>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:30 PM
> >>> Subject: Braille Letter has Cleared!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Professor Bell,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your help with this letter to the field.  It cleared
> today
> >>> and I wanted you to be the first to have it.  I look forward to working
> >>> with you again.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jill Harris, ESQ.
> >>> Office of Planning and Policy
> >>> OSERS
> >>> US Department of Education
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Pibe-division mailing list
> >>> Pibe-division at nfbnet.org
> >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org
> >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> >>> Pibe-division:
> >>>
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/pennyduffy%40gmail.com
> >>> -------------- next part --------------
> >>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
> >>> Name: Braille 6-19-2013 PDF final.pdf
> >>> Type: application/pdf
> >>> Size: 2025632 bytes
> >>> Desc: not available
> >>> URL: <
> http://host.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindkid_nfbnet.org/attachments/20130619/ea1c856c/attachment.pdf
> >
> >>> -------------- next part --------------
> >>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
> >>> Name: Braille 6-19-2013 PDF final.doc
> >>> Type: application/msword
> >>> Size: 84503 bytes
> >>> Desc: not available
> >>> URL: <
> http://host.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindkid_nfbnet.org/attachments/20130619/ea1c856c/attachment.doc
> >
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Subject: Digest Footer
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> blindkid mailing list
> >>> blindkid at host.nfbnet.org
> >>> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> End of blindkid Digest, Vol 110, Issue 17
> >>> *****************************************
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> blindkid mailing list
> >> blindkid at host.nfbnet.org
> >> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindkid:
> >>
> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindkid_nfbnet.org/theparsongang%40bellsouth.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > blindkid mailing list
> > blindkid at host.nfbnet.org
> > http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindkid:
> >
> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindkid_nfbnet.org/draehooks%40yahoo.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindkid mailing list
> blindkid at host.nfbnet.org
> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindkid:
>
> http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindkid_nfbnet.org/pennyduffy%40gmail.com
>

-- 
-- 
--Penny
----------
My Blog - visionfora.blogspot.com

NH Parents of Blind Children http://www.nhpobc.org/
NHPOBC on facebook   https://www.facebook.com/nhpobc