Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide (Special Needs Collection) [Paperback]

M. Cay Holbrook (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Special Needs Collection | Publication Date: December 1995

Children with Visual Impairments helps parents to feel better equipped to raise their child, and more hopeful about their child's future. Topics covered include: Diagnosis and Treatment; Family Life and Adjustment; Your Child's Development; Early Intervention and Special Education; Literacy; Orientation and Mobility; Multiple and Visual Disabilities; Legal Issues and the Years Ahead.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The publisher has delivered another excellent volume in its "Special Needs Collection" (see also Children with Cerebral Palsy, LJ 4/1/91, and Children with Mental Retardation, Woodbine House, 1993). Following the easy-to-use format established by the other texts in the collection, the chapters?each written by authoritative authors?deal with the medical, emotional, legal, educational, developmental, and day-to-day issues that must be faced by the parents and families of children with visual impairments. Each chapter closes with parental statements that provide special insight for those with children whose impairment is newly diagnosed. A comprehensive glossary and an extensive list of national and state resources round out the book. Essential for parenting and special needs collections.?KellyJo Houtz Griffin, Auburn, Wash.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Loaded with instructive guidance and concrete support, this fine resource offers a great deal of information and reassurance to parents who have children with visual impairments. With authority and clarity, special educator Holbrook and her contributors (educators, medical specialists, and other experts) provide straightforward, demystifying facts on pertinent medical, emotional, social, educational, and family issues. Each chapter's discussion is followed by helpful, concrete guidance for parents to aid them in fostering their child's independence, self-esteem, mobility, and literacy. Specific data on the assessment and causes of visual impairments, appropriate educational intervention and settings, and disability law arm parents with critical knowledge to deal with outside professionals, siblings, daily routines, and so forth. Holbrook, who also has a child with a visual impairment, concludes each chapter with pithy quotes from actual parents. Although geared to parents of young children, this book will also be valuable to those with older children or children with multiple disabilities. A bibliography, a glossary, and a resource list are excellent appendixes. An important addition to library collections. Irene Wood

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Product Details

• Paperback: 395 pages
• Publisher: Woodbine House (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933149360
• ISBN-13: 978-0933149366
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,256,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for parents!, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide (Special Needs Collection) (Paperback)

We searched for five years for answers to our questions about our daughter's eye problems. Each time we got new information, I found the official termonology in this book with a clear, concise explanation for what was written in the doctor's reports. This book explains the different exams and tests as well as what you can to do help your child get the most out of the vision he/she has. Also includes valuable resources and other information. A must have if your child has, or you suspect your child has, a visual impairment.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for teachers, too!, June 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide (Special Needs Collection) (Paperback)

I work with blind and visually impaired children as a teacher. The parents with whom I work have taught me a great deal, and reading this book has helped me to understand some of their concerns, questions, and what they have gone through.
New teachers with B/VI students seems to go through a similar process when they hear they will have a student who is unique in this way, so it has helped me have more productive conversations with them, as well.
I have met the editor at a conference. Not surprised she produced such a quality piece of work. A must buy, and a very good price.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars informative, December 2, 2005

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This review is from: Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide (Special Needs Collection) (Paperback)

My daughter has a ONH/SOD. I found this book to be very informative. The only problem that I had with it was the way it made me feel. I know stating the facts is one thing. But it made me feel that the author was a little to cold. I also felt that the author had a JOB to write this book. I did not feel any warmth or compassion at all. It was purely factual.