Helping Children Who Are Blind

Helping Children Who Are Blind
Family and community support for children with vision problems
by Sandy Niemann and Namita Jacob
200 pages, illustrated
English ed. ISBN: 0-942364-34-1

Children develop faster during their first five years than at any other stage in their life. And while children who are not visually impaired learn to move around, communicate, and understand the world "naturally" as they interact with people and things they see, children who are blind need extra help learning how to rely on their other senses - hearing, touch, smell, and taste - to explore, learn and interact with the world around them.

The simple and engaging activities in this book can help parents, caregivers, teachers, health workers, rehabilitation workers, and others help a child with vision problems develop all his or her capabilities.

Topics include:

• assessing how much a child can see
• preventing blindness
• helping a child move around safely
• how to include learning activities in daily work
• preparing for childcare and school
• supporting parents of blind children
• teaching common activities like eating, dressing, and keeping clean

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• Download this book on our Free Downloads page
• Available in Spanish: Ayudar a los niños ciegos.
• If you are interested in books regarding children and disability, we encourage you to read more about our books Helping Children Who Are Deaf and Disabled Village Children.