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Subject: Blind Literacy Survey 2006 -
REMINDER
Source: Jacqueline McKim, Planner, Data
Coordination
Intended Audience: Superintendents, Directors, Principals, and Program
Managers of Public or Private (Non-Profit) Schools or Agencies Serving Blind
Students
Date: January 24, 2006
A SELS message was sent out December 14, 2005, asking districts/agencies to
complete a one page survey regarding students who are blind. Thanks to those
districts/agencies that submitted a response to the survey.
For those districts that have not yet responded, the deadline for submitting
the survey is January 31, 2006. If your district does not have blind
students, please complete a survey indicating such.
To complete the survey, the following information is needed regarding blind
students ages 3 through 21 as reported on the Federal Quota Registration
(enrollment as of January 2, 2006):
The number of students who:
1) Receive materials in Braille and Braille-related services,
2) Receive materials in Braille and Braille-related services BUT no longer
receive Braille instruction,
3) Use a slate and stylus or other Braille writing device,
4) Received transition planning services with cooperation from
Rehabilitative Services for the Blind as part of their IEP, and
5) Have been or will be referred to Rehabilitative Services for the
Blind during this school year.
To complete the Blind Literacy Survey, please go to the following web
address and follow the instructions:
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/BLSurvey.html.
Contact the Data Coordination Section at (573)
751-0993 or
Jackie.McKim@dese.mo.gov with questions regarding this survey. |
