Explore videos and photos showing how to use the program, conduct assessments, and support braille writing activities.
Videos
Training
Overview of the Program
Watch this playlist to get an overview of the program’s major headings and activities.
BOP-K Training: Overview of the Program playlist with transcripts (YouTube)
Assessment
Watch these videos to learn how to use the program’s assessment components to evaluate student skills and track their progress.
BOP-K Training: Assessment playlist with transcripts (YouTube)
Writing
Watch these videos to learn how to use the program’s writing instruction and forms, and how to support students as they develop their braille writing skills.
BOP-K Training: Writing playlist with transcripts (YouTube)
Demonstrations
Perkins Brailler: Inserting Paper
Perkins Brailler: Inserting Paper with transcript (YouTube)
How to Fix a Paper Jam in a Braillewriter
How to Fix a Paper Jam in a Braillewriter with transcript (YouTube)
APH Word PlayHouse Word Making
Video of a child participating in a BOP-K phonics onset and rime activity using the APH Word PlayHouse to create words.
Word PlayHouse Word Making with transcript (YouTube)
BrailleNote Menu
Video of a student locating and playing a story he wrote previously on the BrailleNote, with teacher assistance.
BrailleNote Menu with transcript (YouTube)
BOP-K Ms. Brown Student Storybook
Video of a student rereading a BOP-K student storybook with some teacher assistance.
BOP-K Ms. Brown Student Storybook with transcript (YouTube)
Photos of Hand-under-Hand Support
In the three photos shown here, a teacher is sitting behind a child with her arms reaching around the child. The teacher’s hands are exploring a page or toy, demonstrating an activity from the child’s perspective and modeling hand movements. The child’s hands “ride” on top of the teacher’s. Hand-under-hand technique allows the child to be in control of his or her tactile exploration.
Exploring a toy: This photo shows a teacher using hand-under-hand technique to help a child explore a toy with a bumpy, flower-shaped top. The teacher’s right hand is around the side of the top of the toy, and her left hand is reaching under the top. The child’s hands are partially on top of the teacher’s and partially on the toy.
Exploring a line of braille (2 photos): These two photos show a teacher using the hand-under-hand technique to demonstrate tracking a line of braille. In the first photo, the teacher’s hands are side-by-side at the beginning of the first line of braille on a page. Three fingertips of her left hand and four fingertips of her right hand are on the braille. The child’s hands are on top of the teacher’s with her fingertips almost on top of the teacher’s.
In the second photo, the teacher’s and child’s hands have slid to the right to track the line of braille.
