[blindkid] Braille instruction for 12 year old

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello Amber:

     UEB is Unified English Braille. Some contractions will go away and new
signs will be introduced to handle typography. Some of the rationale for UEB
is so that English countries around the world can share books. For example,
currently, the braille used in the U. S. is a bit different than the braille
used in the UK. A reasonably skilled braille reader can read books in either
code. The biggest difference for braille in the UK is that no capitalization
is used. UEB also is supposed to simplify the translation rules.

     As for your daughter, you need to make sure she can do the same things
her peers do. She should be able to use a PC to do assignments. She should
have a braille display that can connect with IOS devices or be used on a PC.
This will help with formatting and proper punctuation. As for Nemeth, if she
knows the signs needed for her schoolwork, she can learn more signs as they
are needed. If her peers are making measurements for science classes, there
is an accessible system that will allow her to do the same. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert


-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amber Hall
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:09 AM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List
Subject: [blindkid] Braille instruction for 12 year old

Hello, 
I'm having issues with my 12 year old daughters VI teacher wanting to
dwindle her Braille instruction time to nothing. 
we had our case conference in March and it was to my understanding she would
be in for 20 minutes a day. It's not a lot but hard to find any other time
to pull her out of class. 
The problem is the 20 minutes is either being missed, used to give a test/
istep, or to come by and say " how r u doing? Are u having any problems? "
To my daughter. 
Can any TVI 'a on here give me some things she can work on with my daughter?
I feel like my problem is her missing or not using the time. But my daughter
isn't having any issues right now. My first thing to say was a the things
blind kids can't see that sighted kids get by looking at it, could b touched
on. 
It just stresses me out, knowing she could b challenged instead of " getting
by". 
Any comments  or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
This isn't a great description of the situation,it's the shortened version.
I'm at work. 




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