Description
Book SynopsisThis practical resource is designed to help professionals, parents, and carers on their journey to independence with children and young people with vision impairments.
Building on the ideas and practices introduced in Supporting Life Skills for Young Children with Vision Impairment and Other Disabilities, this book addresses middle childhood, the period from when the child starts school, through to the onset of puberty. It offers a wealth of practical strategies and activities to enhance key skills, including personal safety, advanced dressing, personal hygiene, dealing with puberty, social skills, time, money and organisational skills, eating, drinking and food preparation skills, and the transition to secondary school.
This book:
- Addresses the main independent living skills areas for vision impaired children in middle childhood, by providing simple explanations of skills and offering practical strategies and techniques to support progression onto the
Table of Contents
Common Terms used in this book
PART 1
Introduction
PART 2
Section 1. Personal Safety
Section 2. Dressing and Fastenings
Section 3. Puberty and Personal hygiene
Section 4. Building Social skills
Section 5. Time and organisational skills
Sections 6. and 7 Money and Shopping skills
Section 8. Eating and drinking
Section 9 and 10.Food preparation and snacks and drinks
Section 11. Household chores
Section 12. Transition
PART 3
Appendices
Appendix 1 Activities
Appendix 2 Handouts
Appendix 3 Let’s Cook
Glossary
Further Reading and Bibliography
