Discovering and learning about a young child's visual impairment can be a scary and lonely time for parents. But, this guide for families of children with mild to severe visual impairment provides just the support and guidance parents need.
Written by parents and professionals- including an ophthalmologist, optometrist, and special educators- Children With Visual Impairments cover these crucial topic:
With this compassionate guide in hand, families will have the answers to many of their most important questions. Children With Visual Impairments helps parents to feel better equipped to raise their child, and more hopeful about their child's future.
"This is a wonderful book for parents. I wish I had read it when my son was four months old and newly diagnosed. Finally, one book that gets parents started, all in easy-to-read language written with great sensitivity. As braille is to the blind, and as magnifications is to the visually impaired, so too, this book for parents of the visually impaired." -Kevin E. O'Connor, President National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired
Children With Visual Impairments "is sure to provide parents with the insight and confidence to move forward and make decisions to en able their children to grow and learning optimal ways... It is also a gift to my profession... All teachers should add this to their library." -Donna McNear, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Rum River Special Education Cooperative
"Long overdue, and a most valuable addition to literature...This is a book that at last helps put parents where they belong- in the driver's seat!"- Susan J. Spungin, Ed.D., Vice President, Nation Program Services, American Foundation for the Blind
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