Family Resources

Association of Massachusetts Educators of Students with Visual Impairments

Improving and Enriching the Lives of Students with Visual Impairments

Click here for Family Resource Fact Sheet

MAVIPAFB has a FamilyConnect resource at www.familyconnect.org There are age-specific message boards for parents to use as well.

For RECREATION RESOURCES go to Receation page link at bottom of page.

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From the AERNET LISTSERVE: Resource on daily living skills videos that might be available, especially for sighted parents to watch. From the Lighthouse International: http://www.lighthouse.org/livingbetter/videos/

Perkins Outreach Activities Fall & Winter 2008 Program Schedule is now out. Go to www.perkins.org. ____________________________________________
For resources on College Scholarships go to College Resource page link at bottom of page.To subscribe- send a blank email to ncdb_e-news-subscribe-request@tr.wou.edu or for more information go to http://nationaldb.org

Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities
http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/index.asp

Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities: Parents' Material http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/parentkit/index.asp

Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids Guide is out. Go to www.toysrus.com/differentlyabled to order a copy.

Connecting Youth Who are Visually Impaired Around the World: The European Blind Union youth working group has set up an e-mail group to build a network between visually impaired youth all over the world. This group is primarily focused on blind and partially sighted youth between 15-35 years old but is open to others who are interested. To join, send an empty message to ebu_youth-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

From Massachusetts Family Voices @ Federation for Children with Special Needs, visit www.massfamilyvoices.org , e-mail: MassFV@fcsn.org , or leave a message at 800-331-0688, ext. 210.

Blind Camp in Maine: Sponsored by the American Legion- Hosted by Camp Lawroweld, Weld, Maine. For more information about the camp, call Brenda Elliot at 617-670-3820

Camp Inter-Actions: For information please contact: Debbie Gross, Inter-Actions, 6 Chenell Drive, Suite 205, Concord, NH 03301,603-228-2803 http://inter-actions.org

New Website Resource: A support group for parents with kids with microphthalmia and/or anophthalmia -http://www.maparentsupport.com/

Hadley School for the Blind has a new on-line course "Parenting Children with Multiple Disabilities" which presents skills and techniques for furthering development in a child with multiple disabilities. This course is available in large print and, online and is tuition-free. This course will help parents to meet their child's special learning needs. For more information go to www.hadley.edu or call 800-526-9909.

Newsletter Resource: Child Health Alert: A Survey of Current Developments Affecting Child Health Care go to www.childhealthalert.com or call 781-239-1762. (Cost $29.00 per year) This is an independent newsletter evaluating the latest developments that affects the health and safety of children.