Seedlings Braille Books for Children has started a new give-away program called Braille for Beginners (B4B). The goal is to get more braille books into the hands of children with vision loss, ages 0-3, with a special emphasis on possible braille readers who don't yet have any braille books at home. We want to help them and their families become more familiar with braille before they start school. To keep us from being overwhelmed with requests, we will be sending out 'invitations' to participate as we have time (maybe a 2 or 3 a month), but we need to know where the U.S. VI Early Intervention Programs are ... and the contact information of the person in charge of the program. If such a list already exists, please let me know how to obtain it. Otherwise, please let me know if you have a VI Early Intervention Program in your school or agency. If so, email me the name of the program, # of children, and the contact information of the person in charge, so we can develop a list. It would be easiest for us to send a box of books to the head person for her/him to distribute to the E-I Specialists to take to families on their home visits, etc. We are excited about this new program and we thank you for your help! Best wishes, Debra J. Bonde, Director Seedlings Braille Books for Children www.seedlings.org  ~ 734-427-8552 or 800-777-8552 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See Seedlings on Under the Radar Michigan: https://youtu.be/A2l9vDpcv3g

Thank you for including Idaho! We don't have an Early Intervention Program specific to the visually impaired, but our IESDB Consulting Teachers for the BVI do serve birth through three year olds throughout the state. I am excited about your program! If you will give me a few days, I will contact our administative assistant--she can give numbers of little ones in each of our regions, and will pass the number onto you. Jeanne-Marie Jeanne-Marie Kopecky *Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind* Director of Outreach ~ blind/visually impaired *cell: 208-539-2862 fax: 208-934-8352 **office: 208-934-4457* Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist *office:1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330* On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:33 AM Debra Bonde/Seedlings Braille < seedlink@ameritech.net> wrote: > Seedlings Braille Books for Children has started a new give-away program > called Braille for Beginners (B4B). The goal is to get more braille books > into the hands of children with vision loss, ages 0-3, with a special > emphasis on possible braille readers who don't yet have any braille books > at home. We want to help them and their families become more familiar with > braille before they start school. > > To keep us from being overwhelmed with requests, we will be sending out > 'invitations' to participate as we have time (maybe a 2 or 3 a month), but > we need to know where the U.S. VI Early Intervention Programs are ... and > the contact information of the person in charge of the program. > > If such a list already exists, please let me know how to obtain it. > Otherwise, please let me know if you have a VI Early Intervention Program > in your school or agency. If so, email me the name of the program, # of > children, and the contact information of the person in charge, so we can > develop a list. It would be easiest for us to send a box of books to the > head person for her/him to distribute to the E-I Specialists to take to > families on their home visits, etc. > > We are excited about this new program and we thank you for your help! > > Best wishes, > Debra J. Bonde, Director > Seedlings Braille Books for Children > www.seedlings.org ~ 734-427-8552 or 800-777-8552 > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/seedlingsbrlbks> | Instagram > <http://www.instagram.com/seedlingsbraillebooks> | Twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/seedlingsbrlbks> > > > <http://www.seedlings.org/events.php>See Seedlings on Under the Radar > Michigan: > https://youtu.be/A2l9vDpcv3g > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and > Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to > aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. > > Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and > follow instructions to unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the > list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org >