[blparent] a new blind parent

[sharon howerton]

Yes. I checked my Hadley email and responded to you; hope to work with you 
soon.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Babcock, Michael A." <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] a new blind parent


> hi;
> thanks i just emaield you off list. Every day the day gets closer, the 
> more and more excited i get.
> mike
>
> On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:27 AM, sharon howerton wrote:
>
>> Dear Mike,
>> Welcome to the list and congratulations.
>> As I always mention when a new member joins, I teach a Parenting series 
>> with the Hadley School for the Blind. One of our courses is Preparation 
>> for expectant parents. Although the text is written pretty much for moms, 
>> I've had a few dads to enroll recently and am really glad to see that. 
>> This is just one more resource for you. It is free, the book is available 
>> in Braille or audio format, and assignments which are required for the 
>> course can be emailed. If you have been a student of Hadley before, you 
>> can simply contact Student Services at 800-323-4238 and ask to enroll or 
>> ask for enrollment information if you have never been a student of ours. 
>> We have three courses in this series-Preparation, Infancy and Early 
>> Years. I would encourage you to consider this added resource. Feel free 
>> to contact me at
>> howerton at hadley.edu
>> Sharon Howerton, Instructor
>> The Hadley School for the Blind
>> 700 Elm Street
>> Winnetka, IL 60093
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Babcock, Michael A." 
>> <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:38 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] a new blind parent
>>
>>
>>> hi;
>>> some of you may know me from a few different lists, and sutch, but i 
>>> thought i would join this list being a new parent, well on april 21st, i 
>>> will be, and i thought i could get advise from you all and ask 
>>> questions.
>>> My blog story:
>>> i'm going to be a dad http://gwfans.net/?p=582
>>> you can see that i just found out i'm going to be a dad.
>>> For some back ground information:
>>> I've been blind since birth and never have hadany sight
>>> The mom, sabrina, has been sighted all her life.
>>> and this iso ur first kid. So i guess, if you have any first blind 
>>> parent advise, or good blind parenting books, let me know please!
>>> mike
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