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Get a Wiggle On: A guide for helping visually
impaired children grow
Raynor, Sherry & Drouillard, Richard
(80 pages, 1996)
Blind Children’s Fund
4740 Okemos Road
Okemos, Michigan 48864-1637, USA
phone: (1) 517-347-1357
fax: (1) 517-347-1459
e-mail: blindchfnd@aol.com
One of the most useful and parent-friendly books
on early intervention.
Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient
Braille Reading
Olson, M.R. and Mangold, S. (1981)
American Foundation for the Blind (see
address above)
Written primarily for teachers, but
has valuable information for parents.
Includes preschool activities that provide a
foundation for reading in Braille.
How to Raise a Blind Child
Fichtner, Dorothea (64 pages, 1979)
Christoffel Blindenmission,
Nibelungenstrasse 124
D-6140 Bensheim 4, Germany
How to Thrive, Not Just Survive: A guide to
independent skills for blind and visually
impaired children and youth
Swallow, R. and Huebner, K.M. (1987)
American Foundation for the Blind (see
address above)
This book was written for parents and focuses on
teaching practical skills to children with vision
problems.
Learning Together: A parent guide to socially
based routines for visually impaired infants
Chen, Deborah, Friedman, Clare T., and
Calvello, Gail (44 pages, 1990)
American Printing House for the Blind
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085, USA
phone in the USA: 800-223-1839
phone outside the USA: (1) 502-895-2405
e-mail: aph@iglou.com
Learning to Play: Common concerns for the
visually impaired preschool child
Recchia, Susan (12 pages, 1987)
Blind Childrens Center (see address above)
Presents play activities for pre-school children
who are visually impaired.
Lessons With a Child Who Is Blind:
Development and early intervention in the
first years of life
Brambring, Michael (147 pages, 1993)
Blind Children’s Fund (see address above)
This tells the story of a family’s experiences
raising a daughter who is blind and the
support they received from an early intervention
professional. Letters between the family and the
professional document the child’s development.
Move It!
Latham, M.D. (1977)
Blind Childrens Fund (see address above)
An excellent follow-up to “Get a Wiggle On,” this
booklet contains more helpful hints for parents.
Move With Me
Hug, Doris; Chernus-Mansfield, Nancy, and
Hayashi, Dori (12 pages, 1987)
Blind Childrens Center (see address above)
How to foster the development of movement in
babies who are visually impaired.
Reaching, Crawling, Walking…Let’s Get
Moving
Simmons, Susan, and O’Maida, Sharon
(24 pages, 1993)
Blind Childrens Center (see address above)
Strategies for supporting mobility and fostering
orientation in preschool children who are visually
impaired.
Parenting Preschoolers: Suggestions for
raising young blind and visually impaired
children
Ferrell, Kay Alicyn (28 pages, 1984)
American Foundation for the Blind (see
address above)
This book gives practical advice about caring for
children who are visually impaired and provides
answers to commonly asked questions. Ideas
on how to adapt a child’s environment to meet
her needs and how to choose an early education
program are also included.
helping children who are blind