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Helping Those Hearing Hassles!

Helping children with mild and moderate hearing impairments understand what they hear.

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Children With Visual Impairments - A Guide For Parents

New gude for families of kids with low vision or blindness .

Parents of children who's vision ranges from low vision to total blindness can all benefit from the support and practical guidance provided by this new parent's guide. Excellent section on kids coping with blindness and other challenges. It discusses development, daily routines, and family life as well as education, literacy, mobility, and more. Editor Hope Charkins MSW. 375 pp. 50 ill.

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Children With Visual Impairments - A Guide For Parents

Typical Access Profile

Auditory

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Hearing
Hyper-Acute

Vision

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Vision

Gross Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Gross Motor

Fine Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Fine Motor

Developmental Age Range

0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
13 and Over

Language

Typical
Some Spoken
Receptive Only
Sign
Assistive/Augmentitive
Not Using Language
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Accessible Art Activities: Art In Living Color!

Children with physical impairments like cerebral palsy can have a lot of trouble finding accessible art activities. Try playing with the switch adapted Gelly Paint'n'Swirl. Name each color as it is added to the picture. The child presses the switch to swirl the colors on the paper. Each colorful creation is unique!

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