Helping Children Who Are Blind : Family and Community Support for Children with Vision Problems

by Niemann, Sandy; Jacob, Namita; Broner, Heidi

• ISBN13: 9780942364347
• ISBN10: 0942364341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Hesperian Foundation

Table of Contents

How can I help My Child?	1	(11)
How children develop	4	(2)
How vision problems affect development	6	(2)
How You can help	8	(1)
What about my child's future?	9	(2)
Getting Started	11	(4)
How can this book help?	11	(1)
Which activities should I do first?	12	(1)
Fitting activities into your daily life	13	(2)
General guidelines for Learning Activities	15	(8)
You are the expert about your child	15	(1)
Let your child take the lead	15	(1)
Adapt activities for your child	16	(3)
Let your child know what is happening around him	19	(1)
Remember how children learn	20	(3)
Finding Out What Your Child Can See	23	(8)
Is my child totally blind, or can she see a little?	24	(1)
What does my Child see?	25	(3)
Helping your child Use the sight she has	28	(2)
Will my child's sight get worse?	30	(1)
Activities for the Young Baby (Birth to 6 Months)	31	(14)
Birth to 3 months old	32	(8)
4 to 6 months old	40	(5)
Communication	45	(14)
How vision problems affect communication	46	(2)
Communicating before your child can talk	48	(2)
Preparing to talk	50	(2)
When your child begins to talk	52	(2)
Common problems when learning to talk	54	(5)
Thinking Skills	59	(12)
Understanding objects	60	(2)
Doing the same things others do (imitation)	62	(1)
Understanding why things happen (cause and effect)	63	(1)
Solving problems	64	(1)
Matching and sorting objects	65	(2)
Counting	67	(1)
Increasing your child's thinking skills	68	(3)
Teaching Everyday Activities	71	(14)
Taking care of himself	71	(1)
Helping with your family's work	72	(1)
Being well-behaved	73	(1)
Eating	74	(4)
Dressing	78	(4)
Using the toilet or latrine (toilet training)	82	(2)
Keeping clean	84	(1)
Safety	85	(4)
To help your child move about the house	85	(2)
To make the area outside your home more safe	87	(2)
Movement	89	(12)
Activities to help your baby move by himself	90	(2)
Helping your child learn to stand	92	(6)
Hand and finger skills	98	(3)
Helping Your Child Know Where She Is (Orientation)	101	(14)
How a child learns to know where she is	102	(3)
Sight	105	(1)
Hearing	106	(2)
Touch and feeling	108	(2)
Smell	110	(1)
Other orientation skills	111	(3)
How the community can help	114	(1)
Preventing Sexual Abuse	115	(10)
Some facts about sexual abuse	116	(1)
Sexual abuse has lasting effects	117	(1)
Why is may child at risk for sexual abuse?	118	(1)
Preventing sexual abuse	119	(4)
How can I know if my child has been sexually abused?	123	(1)
To make all the children in the community safer	124	(1)
Becoming Part of the Community	125	(10)
How community members can help	126	(1)
How other children can help	127	(5)
Community projects	132	(2)
Playground suggestions	134	(1)
Getting Ready for Child-care and School	135	(6)
Preparing for child-care and school	135	(2)
Preparing the school for your child	137	(1)
Preparing to read and write	138	(1)
Learning to read and write Braille	139	(1)
School is important for all children	140	(1)
Support for Parents and Caregivers	141	(14)
When you first learn your child cannot see well	142	(2)
Managing the stress of caregiving	144	(1)
Be realistic	144	(3)
The power of parents working together	147	(8)
Why Children Lose their Vision nd What We Can Do	155	(14)
Causes of blindness and eye problems	156	(9)
Traditional beliefs and eye medicines	165	(1)
Other ways to prevent blindness	166	(1)
How can people work together to prevent blindness?	167	(2)
As Your Child Gets Older	169	(7)
When your child realizes he is blind	169	(1)
Helping your child with his feelings	170	(2)
Balancing dependence and independence	172	(1)
Continuing to solve problems	173	(1)
Thinking about the future	174	(1)
Using your experience to help others	174	(2)
Appendix A: Child Development Charts	176	(8)
Appendix B: Toys You Can Make	184	(4)
Where to Get More Information	188