Feeling This Life - December Book Club Little Bear Sees: How Children with Cortical Visual Impairment Can Learn to See

This month we discuss Little Bear Sees, a book written by a family who shares their journey in having a young child with a visual impairment. Aubri and Andrei Tallent, and Lukas’ grandmother Fredy Bush, walk us through Little Bear’s early medical and educational interventions as they learn to support his visual development. We will hear from other families of young children and their experiences and we hope that this read will inspire you to “Never give up” in creating a responsive learning environment for your child.

Find the book and related resources at https://littlebearsees.org/

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The early intervention vision staff of Anchor Center for Blind Children have created a collection of one page “Idea Sheets” that can be shared with families of young children with blindness or low vision. These Family Focused Vision Development Idea Sheets provide:

• Simple strategies to enhance functional vision focused activities in to daily routines

• Simple ideas to adapt the home environment for the identified visual behavior.

We hope that the Idea Sheets will be used in collaboration with a teacher of visual impairment in the home. Each Idea Sheet is available in English and Spanish. Find the Family Focused Vision Development Idea Sheets at this link:

https://anchorcenter.org/programs-services/family-support/family-focused-vision-development/

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