[blparent] New blind parents

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

The NFB has a mentoring program as well. It matches up new parents with ones who have had children longer and know the ropes, so to speak.

https://nfb.org/blindparents


Jo Elizabeth Pinto

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From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sharon Howerton via BlParent
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:10 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Sharon Howerton <shrnhow at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blparent] New blind parents

Dave, you are correct about the parenting courses at Hadley. I taught them, and they were discontinued. I hope they can return at some point in a different fashion than they were. APH has a book for blind parents called Parenting with a Visual Impairment. I also host a phone chat for parents if a person would like informal peer support. If anyone would like information about this, please contact me. Participants have been current or former students of mine, and we all have children of different ages. The common thread is that all of us are blind or visually impaired.
Sharon Howerton
shrnhow at gmail.com

-----Original Message-----
From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews via BlParent
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2018 5:28 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Cc: David Andrews
Subject: Re: [blparent] New blind parents

At one time the Hadley Institute had some classes I think, not sure they still do.

Dave

At 05:00 PM 6/23/2018, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Both me and my wife are visually impaired and we have a baby on the 
>way. We don't have any experience, but we'd like to learn how to do it 
>right. I don't have any specific questions at this moment, but I am 
>wondering if you guys have any advice on how to be a blind parent in 
>general? Is there any tutorial on how to be a blind parent?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Tony


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