Future Reflections
The National Federation of the Blind Magazine for Parents and Teachers of Blind Children
Vol. 26, No. 1 Winter/Spring 2007
Barbara Cheadle, Editor
ISSN-0883-3419
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CONTENTS
Vol. 26, No. 1 Winter/Spring 2007
CONVENTION
FEATURES
Some People Just Get It
by Jennifer Dunnam
More to Life Than Meets the Eye
by Deborah Kent Stein
What It Means to Walk with a White Cane
by Chris Danielsen
PARENT POWER
Parent Leadership Program
by Barbara Cheadle
EDUCATION
Converting Pail-Fillers to Fire-Lighters:
The Active Learning Agenda
by Barbara Cheadle
Patterns of Behavior
by Carla McQuillan
NFB Makes MATHCOUNTS Materials Accessible
The Teaching Cane
by Mary Jo Thorpe
JUST FOR FUN
My First Bag of Tricks
by Anna Dresner, Review by Mary Anne Parks
IEPs
The Pop-Up IEP
by Carrie Gilmer
Transition Is Never Easy�IEP Advice
to a Middle School Teacher
by Michael Gosse, PhD
Avoiding Stormy IEP Meetings
by Randy Chapman, Esq.
LAWS & LEGISTRATION
The Midas Touch
by Marc Maurer
Textbooks on Time�Federal Fact Sheet
BRAILLE
A Parent�s Guide to the Slate and Stylus
(Revised 2007)
by Barbara Cheadle