[Nfbf-l] questions to Family Connect's expert

[Doreen Franklin]

Wanted to forward this on .... ask questions by Friday, July 29 .....
 
 
Subject: Ask Dr. Kay Alicyn Ferrell Your Questions Next Week on FamilyConnect's 
Ask the Expert Blog 


FamilyConnect and AFB Press are excited to announce a special opportunity for 
families to interact directly with one of the foremost experts on blindness and 
visual impairment in early childhood, Dr. Kay Alicyn Ferrell. Dr. Ferrell will 
personally respond to questions posted on the FamilyConnect Ask the Expert blog, 
July 18-29 at www.familyconnect.org.

This one-of-a-kind opportunity gives families the chance to have their questions 
and concerns addressed by a top expert, in a forum that will share helpful 
answers with FamilyConnect members, other families, and professionals.

Dr. Ferrell is Professor at the School of Special Education and Director of the 
National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities, College of Education and 
Behavioral Sciences, at the University of Northern Colorado, Greely. She was the 
principal investigator of the groundbreaking Project Prism, the first study of 
child development in 50 years to focus on children with visual impairments and 
the ways in which their development is similar to or different from that of 
typically sighted children.

In addition, Dr. Ferrell will also be answering questions about her newest book, 
Reach Out and Teach: Helping Your Young Child Who is Visually Impaired Learn and 
Grow. This invaluable resource for both parents of children with visual and 
multiple impairments and the professionals who work with them, provides 
information and strategies about promoting child development from birth to 
school age.

Reach Out and Teach is currently available from the AFB Press bookstore at 
www.afb.org/store. Parents who wish to read the book prior to participating in 
the Ask the Expert event July 18-29 can purchase it at a special 10% discount by 
using the coupon code FC2011.

For updates on this special event, please check in at www.familyconnect.org or 
join the AFB Press page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ConnectwithPress!

Doreen Franklin
Vice President
FOPBC / NFB-FL