American Braille Career School
P.O. Box 3686
Salem, Oregon 97302
Phone: (877) 515-4095
Fax: (503) 391-9359
Email: school@Brailleplus.net
Web: http://Brailleplus.net/school

The ABC School was founded to meet the need for braille transcribers in the United States and throughout the world. It is a division of Braille Plus, Inc., an internationally recognized provider of alternate formats for the visually impaired. Through ABC School you can earn your Literary Braille Certification from experienced instructors working in the industry.

American Printing House For The Blind
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: (800) 223-1839
Web: www.aph.org

The Braille Connection is a fast-paced APH curriculum to teach adventitiously blinded students, who formerly were able to read print, to read braille.
Patterns: The Primary Braille Reading Program is a complete program designed specifically for young beginning braille readers, readiness through third reader level.

Braille Review
Web: www.vhighline.net/Braille

A website to review basic braille code.

BRL (Braille through Remote Learning)
Web: www.brl.org

Offers online courses available, including Introduction to Braille course, Transcribers course, and Specialized Codes course.

DotlessBraille
Web: www.dotlessBraille.org

A site whose main goal is to increase braille literacy for all by making braille more accessible for sighted persons.

Exceptional Teaching Aids
5673 W Las Positas Blve, Suite 207
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: (800) 549-6999
Web: www.exceptionalteaching.com

Offers numerous resources and courses, including the Mangold Developmental Program of Tactile Perception and Braille Letter Recognition, The Mangold Developmental Program of Tactile Perception and Nemeth Numeral Recognition, and The Combined Reading and Math Program, all by Dr. Sally Mangold.

The Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093-2554
Phone: (800) 323-4238, (847) 446-8111
Fax: (847) 446-9916
Email: info@hadley.edu
Web: www.hadley.edu

Provides free courses for learning both uncontracted and contracted braille.

Louise Johnson
197 West 1100 South
Orem, Utah 84058
Email: sierra@fiber.net
Web: www.kesterbraille.com

Louise Johnson who taught braille for 20 years, has developed the Kester introductory braille instruction manual. Kester Braille provides a user-friendly script of the way she taught beginning braille. Level 1 consists of teaching alphabet and beginning sounds in braille, and Level 2 teaches three-letter words with short vowel sounds, writing sentences, and numbers 0 to 20. It is written to teach braille reading and writing for children ages 4 to 8, and can be adapted for older children who have difficulty learning. The Level 1 student text and teacher's guide is $30; Level 2 student text and teacher's guide is $35.

Mohawk College Internet Braille Courses
Web: www.mohawkc.on.ca/Discover/CE/disted/humserv/sensloss.html

National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen St.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (800) 548-7323
Fax: (617) 437-0456, fax
Email: orders@nbp.org
Web: http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/JETKB.html

Publishes Just Enough To Know Better, now in its 11th edition. This self-paced workbook is for every mom and dad who just want to know enough braille to help their blind son or daughter learn to read. Using your sight, you will learn to identify the braille alphabet, numbers, contractions, and even a few exceptions to the rule that make braille so interesting. Most of all, you will show your child that braille is a special talent. One volume print book with exercises in braille for $15.00, or free as part of our ReadBooks! Because Braille Matters program. Includes a chart of braille symbols (letters, contractions, and punctuation).

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Braille Development Section (Library of Congress)

The NLS has awarded a contract to the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to conduct NLS braille certification programs. The Librarian of Congress and the NLS Director will continue to authorize and issue certifications for braille transcribers and proofreaders.

All inquiries related to the literary, mathematics, and music transcribing and proofreading courses should be addressed to:

Jennifer Dunnam
Manager of Braille Programs, Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson St
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (612) 767-5658
Email: transcribers@nfb.org

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St.
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: (512) 454-8631
Toll-free: (800) 872-5273
Fax: (512) 206-9450
Web: http://www.tsbvi.edu

The Texas School For The Blind And Visually Impaired, (TSBVI), offers The Braille FUNdamentals program. This program has ready-made hardcopy braille instructional student materials. You can order it at any or all of the four different levels - Primary, Upper Elementary, Middle School and High School. Volume 1 contains Overview and Use, and Volume 2 teaches the alphabet and whole word signs. The other 2 volumes contain the rest of the braille code.
Also visit www.tsbvi.edu/math/math-resources.htm for braille math resources.

Program for Teaching Braille Based on a New Theory of Braille Reading
Web: www.econ.keio.ac.jp/staff/nakanoy/article/Braille/BR/chap2/2-6/2-6.html

Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
742 Harrison Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404-5298

Braille Beginnings is a phonics-based series for teaching braille to young children. Braille Beginnings teaches the braille contractions systematically from the most common to least used, and from simple to more complex. The series includes stories, workbook pages, tests, word lists and activity pages.
Order from:
Karen Condie
7859 South 280 East
Sandy, UT 84079
Phone: (801) 569-9061