Social Skill Builder Software (Software - Child)
From the Social Skill Builder Website: "Social Skill Builder, founded by speech language pathologists, has developed interactive CD-ROM computer programs that target understanding and use of every day...
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Seeing Lessons: The Story of Abigail Carter and America's First School for Blind People -- by Spring Hermann (Author) (Book - Child)
"When ten-year-old Abby Carter attends the newly established school for the blind in Boston in 1832, she proves that blind people can learn and be independent." -From Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
See the Ocean -- by Estelle Condra (Author) (Book - Child)
"Driving through mountain fog to the beach, two young brothers compete to see who will catch the first glimpse of the ocean, but it is their blind sister Nellie who senses it first." -Card catalog...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Management of Visual Impairment in Childhood -- by Anthony Best, Alistair Fielder, Bax Martin (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Management of visual impairment in childhood requires input from such a wide range of medical and nonmedical disciplines that the delivery of coordinated and appropriate care presents serious...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Coping With Blindness: Personal Tales of Blindness Rehabilitation -- by Alvin Roberts (Author) (Book)
Currently, 1.7 million Americans are either blind or are in the process of losing their vision. Sightless himself and a veteran of four decades of helping people cope with blindness as well as with...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Sight Unseen -- by Georgina Kleege (Author) (Book)
"In this blend of memoir and pointed cultural criticism, novelist (Home for the Summer), essayist and translator Kleege describes how she has come to terms with being blind in a world that fears and...
All Ages
Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind (Program)
From their website: "We are committed to excellence in education of all children and youth with hearing or vision loss throughout Arizona. We are committed to partnerships with families, school...
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Including Students With Severe and Multiple Disabilities in Typical Classrooms: Practical Strategies -- by June Downing, Joanne Eichinger, Maryann Demchak (Authors) (Book - Parent)
Synopsis "This resource offers ideas and information on including students with sensory impairments and cognitive and physical disabilities in regular classrooms. This second edition covers recent...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Some Kids Are Blind -- by Gail Saunders-Smith, Lola Schaefer (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Kids who are different need to be accepted and understood. With a simple text and photographs Schaefer describes children who are blind, their challenges and adaptations, and their everyday...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up -- by Caroline Arnold, Richard Hewett (Authors) (Book - Child)
"A photo-essay about the training of a guide dog. Honey, a golden retriever, is born at Guide Dogs for the Blind in California. After initial screening at the school, she is sent to the home of a 4-H...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)