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| Dote-Kwan, J. & Chen, D. (1999). Developing meaningful interventions. In D. Chen (Ed.), Essential elements of early intervention: Visual impairments and multiple disabilities (pp. 287-336). New York: American Foundation for the Blind. |
| Dote-Kwan, J. (1995). Teaching daily living skills. In D. Chen & J. Dote-Kwan (Eds.), Starting points: Instructional practices for young children whose multiple disabilities include visual impairment (pp. 73-78). Los Angeles: Blind Childrens Center. |
| Downing, J. & Bailey, B. (1990). Developing vision use within functional daily activities for students with visual and multiple disabilities. RE:view, 21, 209-219. |
| Fazzi, D.L., Kirk, S.A., Pearce, R.S., Pogrund, R.L., & Wolfe, S. (1992). Social focus: Developing socioemotional, play, and self-help skills in young blind and visually impaired children. In R.L. Pogrund, D.L. Fazzi, & J.S. Lampert (Eds.), Early focus: Working with young blind and visually impaired children and their families (pp. 50-69). New York: American Foundation for the Blind. |
| Scott, E. P., Jan, J. E., & Freeman, R.D. (1985). The toddler: Eating, washing, dressing, toilet training. In E.P. Scott, R.D. Jan, & R.D. Freeman (Eds.), Can't your child see? (pp. 78-86), Austin: Pro-Ed. |
| Simmons, S. (1993). Self-help skills. In First Steps: A handbook for teaching young children who are visually impaired (pp.139-150). Los Angeles: Blind Childrens Center. |
| Brennan, M. (1982). Show me how: A manual for parents of preschool visually impaired and blind children. New York: American Foundation for the Blind. |
| Ferrell, K. A. (1985). Reach out and teach: Meeting the training needs of parents of visually/multiply handicapped young children. New York: American Foundation for the Blind. |
Visually Impaired Preschool Services in Louisville, Kentucky has produced the following videos (from the Can Do! Series) |
| Becoming a Can-Do Kid: Self-Help Skills $44.95 It is tempting for parents to do too much for their blind child. This video encourages parents to build independence in their child by teaching the child to do things for herself or himself, including feeding, dressing, and personal care. (10 minutes) |
| VIPS 1229 Garvin Place Louisville, KY 40203 Attn: Can Do Series 888-636-VIPS http://www.vips.org |
The Blind Childrens Center has produced two videos |
| Let's Eat $35.00 Provides guidance in fostering the development of competent and independent feeding skills in children with visual impairments. (19 minutes) |
| Blind Childrens Center 4120 Marathon Street Los Angeles, CA 90029 323-664-2153 800-222-3566 http://www.blindcntr.org/ |
| New Visions. New Visions is a web site developed and maintained by Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D., a speech and language pathologist, who has specialized in working with infants and children with feeding, swallowing, oral-motor and pre-speech problems. There are several in-depth papers such as Food progressions for biting and chewing and Expanding children's diets that can provide insight for those living with and working with a visually impaired child. http://www.new-vis.com |
| Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Outreach. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired TSBVI's newsletter SEE/HEAR has a couple of articles discussing daily living skills and routines. See Toilet training children with deaf/blindness: Issues and strategies in the Summer 2000 issue, and Make it routine in the SEE/HEAR archive. http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/index.htm |
| Anderson, S., Boigon, S., & Davis, K. (1986). Self-help teaching activities. In The Oregon project for visually impaired and blind preschool children (5th ed., pp. 304-342). Medford, OR: Jackson Education Service District |
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