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SPRING 2009 Volume LI, No CTEVHCTEVH JOURNALJOURNAL SPRING 2009 Volume LI, No. 1 WHAT ’S INS I DE : • Dr. Ne m e t h f i r s t r e c i p i e Nt o f BANA’s Br A i l l e ex c e l l e N c e Aw A r D • Bl i nd te e N – sc h o o l Bu s Di s p A t c h e r • To Be Di r e c t i o N s ... o r No t to Be Di r e c t i o N s ? • re s o u r c e s f o r Ne w tr an s c r i B e r s • cu r r e N t fi nan c i A l stA t e m e N t • And lo t s o f ot h e r Go o D i e s ! THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped me s s ag e f r o m t h e eD i t o r THE CTEVH JOURNAL New Look, And Green!! Editor Marcy Ponzio As many of you may already know, we have a new name – CTEBVI, California Transcribers and Layout Editor Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired. While Kevin McCarthy this transition is taking place, please be aware that any payments for membership or donations to scholarships, etc., should still be made payable to Print Proofreader CTEVH. Check the website from time to time for Cath Tendler-Valencia updates on finalizing the change. The JOURNAL will continue to use CTEVH for now until all legal steps Braille Transcription have been completed to formalize the new name. Joanne Call As this is the Spring issue, we’ve redesigned the JOURNAL and our Layout Editor has given it a fresh Embossing new look. This format will allow for use of more of Sacramento Braille Transcribers, Inc. the page, which will provide the same amount of content as in previous issues but using fewer pages, Audio Recording & Duplication and giving room for even more great articles and Volunteers of Vacaville information. For those of you who print from the .PDF or Word file off the website, this format will be The CTEVH JOURNAL is published four times a year by the more printer friendly as it will use up less ink. California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped, AND, beginning with the Winter 2008/2009 issue, the Inc., 741 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90029. JOURNAL is now being printed on recycled paper. ©2009 by California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Look for the recycle logo on the inside front cover. Handicapped, Inc. except where noted. All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced without the Let me know how you like our new look! consent of the publishers. Also, a big thank you goes out to everyone who volunteered so much of their time and hard work Editorial office for the CTEVH JOURNAL to make the CTEVH 50th Anniversary Conference a and all other CTEVH publications is: great success. Those of us who attend conferences Marcy Ponzio, CTEVH Publications and simply travel from one workshop to another to Braille Publishing the Exhibit Hall to the Banquet and Luncheon, don’t Braille Institute of America realize what it takes to put this all together and 741 N. Vermont Avenue make it seem effortless. It requires a great number Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594 of people who put in a lot of their personal time to Email: [email protected] make this all happen year after year. Thanks again to every one of you for this year’s, past years’, and future years’ conferences. Deadlines for submission of articles: CORRECTION — Winter 08/09: On the Specialists Summer Issue: page, Textbook Formats, the correct spelling for June 12, 2009 Joanna E. Vennieri, should be Joanna E. Venneri. Fall Issue: CLARIFICATION: Literary Braille article in the September 11, 2009 Winter 08/09 issue. See first item in the “Announcements” section. Winter Issue: December 8, 2009 Marcy Ponzio PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER CTEVH JOURNAL SPRING 2009 Volume LI, No. 1 Inside Story: President’s Message ..................................................................................................................................... 4 CTEVH Membership Application .................................................................................................................... 5 CTEVH Donna Coffee Youth Scholarship Application ...................................................................................... 6 CTEVH Katie Sibert Memorial Scholarship Application ................................................................................... 8 CTEVH Gifts and Tributes ............................................................................................................................. 10 CTEVH Financial Statement ......................................................................................................................... 12 Announcements ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Learning Braille with One Hand .................................................................................................................... 29 Blind Teen Uses Keen Skills As Bus Dispatcher ........................................................................................... 30 Our Specialists Say: Textbook Formatting – Joyce Walling Reference to Braille Dots ................................................................................................................. 32 Business Column – Bob Walling To Arms, To Arms! .......................................................................................................................... 35 Computer-Generated Tactiles – Jim Barker DIY Patterns in Illustrator ................................................................................................................. 36 BANA Update – Sue Reilly ........................................................................................................................... 37 Music In Education – Richard Taesch Teaching Early Piano Formats To A Blind Student ........................................................................... 38 LRS Large Print Publications – Joan Hudson-Miller An Update ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Braille Mathematics – Mary Denault Do You Have A Sense Of Direction? ................................................................................................. 42 Computer-Assisted Tactiles – Katrina Ostby Tactile Diagram: A Line .................................................................................................................... 45 Infant/Preschool – Beth Moore and Sue Parker-Strafaci Check It Out! .................................................................................................................................... 46 Literary Braille – Jana Hertz Golden Rules As Your Tools: Essentials For New Transcribers ........................................................ 47 CTEVH Life Members ......................................................................................................................................... 49 CTEVH Specialists 2009 ..................................................................................................................................... 52 CTEVH Awards, Presidents & Editors ................................................................................................................. 53 CTEVH Executive Board ..................................................................................................................................... 54 CTEVH Board of Directors and Committee Chairs .............................................................................................. 55 A me s s ag e f r o m t h e pr e s i D e N t … At the risk of sounding cliché, the list of those deserving further thanks and recognition for the production of such a remarkable conference is indeed too long to mention here. I ask instead that you take the time to refer once again to pages 34-35 of the conference program (also available on our web page) where Sue Douglass acknowledges this most extraordinary group of talented and devoted individuals. Our future conference venues have been set through 2012, which will allow for more comprehensive planning. As the Board is collectively chairing next year’s conference, our intention is to establish the precedent of an accelerated timeline for all conference related preparations. On the heels of our Jubilee – a tough act to follow – preliminary committees for next year are being formed even now. During this year, we will continue to pursue the growth of our membership and the increased conference attendance of parents and families. The wealth of knowledge and progressive thinking represented throughout the workshops and within the exhibit hall is unparalleled in caliber. It is our mission to provide access to this forum for the widest possible group of participants. Christy Cutting summarized a pivotal moment at the end of conference in a recent posting on “Braille-N- Teach,” referencing the evolution of our name. “At the final business meeting on Sunday, March 15, CTEVH members were asked for the final time to consider a name change for our organization. Several suggestions were made but only one motion was offered: CA Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The discussion that followed was lively and informative. There was no support at all for continuing the characterization of blindness and visual impairment as being synonymous.* There was no support for either being considered a handicap. The question was called and the vote taken: It was unanimous! For all intents, CTEVH will begin immediately to become CTEBVI.” *I think it is fitting to
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