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Books for professionals essential guides - Early years

Summary: Guide to publications about early years for parents, carers, teachers and all those working with young children with sight problems, including those with additional disabilities.

• About the guide
• Supporting families
• Early development and play
• Early literacy
• Children’s books featuring characters with sight problems
• Early assessment
• Magazines
• Insight magazine - supporting blind and partially sighted young people
• Products for children with sight problems
• RNIB Publications catalogue
• Free eNewsletter
• Useful links
• Accessible formats and prices
• Other essential guides to publications

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About the guide

This guide tells you about publications for parents, carers, education, health and social care workers who support young children with sight problems.

It features publications about the needs of children from birth to eight years old, including children who have additional disabilities. The list includes RNIB titles, and recommends books from other publishers. We have added links to further details and to buy publications. Many of the titles can also be borrowed from RNIB’s Research library.

If you have any difficulty buying the titles in this guide, please contact us at booksforprofessionals@rnib.org.uk

Supporting families

Your first steps

Parent-friendly booklet that offers practical information about supporting children with sight problems in the early years. It explains how the eye works and introduces the services available to children and families.
ED289 (Print) ED293 (Disk)
RNIB, 2002, 40 pages, paperback, ISBN 185878526X
£4.95
Your first steps - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Setting out

Full of fun ideas for day-to-day life with a young child with sight problems. Learn how to create routines and environments that encourage your child to explore, communicate and understand more about people and places.
ED294 (Print) ED295 (Disk)
RNIB, 2002, 44 pages, paperback, ISBN 1858785286
£5.95
Setting out - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Which way?

For parents and carers of children with sight problems who have additional complex communication, learning or physical needs. Practical ideas to help you meet your child's day-to-day needs and fun ways to help children to become more aware.
ED296 (Print) ED297 (Disk)
RNIB, 2002, 32 pages, paperback, ISBN 1858785278
£3.50
Which way? - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Contact a Family Directory 2008 - the essential guide to medical conditions, disabilities and support

An essential resource for parents of children with a disability or rare condition and for the professionals working with them. Available online or in paperback, the directory contains over 350 entries covering around 900 rare disorders, with details of related family support groups.
Order from the Contact a Family website.
Paperback version is £40.00 and online version is £17.63.

Early development and play

Focus on Foundation - including children who are blind or partially sighted in early years settings (Second edition)

Essential reading for all who work in nurseries, reception classes, children's centres, playgroups, and out of school clubs.

This fully revised second edition combines the ideas and expertise of early years practitioners and qualified teachers of children with visual impairment. It is packed with practical ideas for the successful inclusion of children with sight loss in early years settings.

Reflecting changes in autumn 2008 to early years provision in England, it follows the format of the Early Years Foundation Stage for easy reference. Learning stories illustrate tried and tested approaches in different areas of development. Also useful for childminders welcoming a child with sight problems into their home.

First published in 2001. Reprinted in March 2008. Second edition, fully revised in October 2008.
ED282 (Print), 68 pages, paperback, ISBN 9781858789170
ED284 (CD-Rom), ISBN 9781858789187 (for users with sight problems and provided in Word and text-only formats)
Normally £12.00. Introductory price of £10.00 until 9/1/09
Focus on foundation - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Playtime! Toys and ideas for young children with sight loss (formerly Toy catalogue)

Produced with the British Toy and Hobby Association, this new free catalogue lists over 100 toys recommended as particularly fun and accessible for children who are blind or partially sighted and their siblings and friends. The toys are widely available from high street toy shops. Find plenty of suggestions for activities that your child will enjoy, grouped into the following play categories: Exploratory, Imaginary/pretend, Creative, Construction, Physical, Small world, Games and puzzles and Pocket money toys.
Print (PR10893), 60 pages. Available in other formats on request.
RNIB, 2008
Free of charge
Contact RNIB Customer Services - telephone: 0845 702 3153 or email: cservices@rnib.org.uk

Play it my way

A resource book for parents providing a wealth of tried and tested play ideas, toys and materials which can be used to enliven day-to-day routines and help children with sight problems find out about the world around them.
ED130 (Print)
RNIB, 2001, 152 pages, paperback, ISBN 0117016764
£9.95
Play it my way - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Early Years factsheets

RNIB’s Early Excellence Partnership Project has produced Early years factsheets to help parents and professionals encourage early development in children with sight problems. The factsheets include therapy sessions, infant massage, treasure baskets and sensory development resource boxes. See Learning for more information.

Disorders of Vision in Children by Bowman, R; Bowman, R & Dutton, G

A detailed book explaining how disorders of visual function can impair visual performance under different circumstances, and looks at educational implications. It covers how eyes and the visual system work, assessing visual function and eye conditions.
ED202 (Print)
RNIB, 2001, 136 pages, paperback, ISBN 1858782139
£15.00
Disorders of vision in children - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Show Me What My Friends Can See by Sonksen, P & Stiff, B

This book describes the developmental difficulties babies and young children with sight problems may experience: emotional, language and speech, hand and localisation skills, as well as early concept formation. Practical ideas suggest how to overcome these difficulties, ways to promote the development and use of vision, and how to adapt these ideas for children with multiple disabilities.
Show Me What My Friends Can See - available from The Wolfson Centre
Fax 0207 833 9469
1999, 76 pages, paperback, ISBN 0951752618
£8.00 plus p&p

Children With Visual Impairments: a Parents' Guide by Holbrook, MC

This updated edition is an essential resource for parents and carers of children who are blind or have low vision. Written by an American expert team of professionals and parents, it is filled with jargon-free information and advice on children from birth to age seven. Chapters cover diagnosis and treatment, family life and adjustment, early intervention and special education, literacy, mobility, legal issues and the years ahead.
Children With Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide - available from Gazelle Book Services Ltd
Telephone 01524 68765 Email sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
Woodbine House, 2006, 434 pages, paperback, ISBN 1890627402
£12.99

Little Steps to Learning: play in the home for children who are blind or vision impaired 0-3 years by Haughton, L & Mackevicius, S

Creative ways for families and teachers to interact through play with the unique learning needs of children who have a sight problem. Packed with play ideas based on everyday activities and routines, around the home and outside. Colour photographs and family stories greatly enrich the text.
Little Steps To Learning - available from Vision Australia
Telephone +61 1300 847 466 Email info@visionaustralia.org.au
2004, 72 pages, paperback, ISBN 0949390615
$25 plus shipping/handling

Space and Self by Nielsen, L

Revised in 2003, this popular book shows how to create an active learning environment known as a “Little Room”, and select and position objects within it. It explores how learners with sight loss and multiple disabilities can gain an understanding of spatial relations and objects using the “Little Room”, leading to greater self-perception.
Space and Self - available from Lilliworks
Telephone 00 1 510 814 9111 Email info@lilliworks.com
2003, 112 pages, paperback, ISBN 8775462060

Early Focus (2nd edition) by Pogrund RL & Fazzi, DL

Early Focus is about working with young children with sight loss and their families. It provides a comprehensive overview of the developmental areas that may be affected by vision loss. Four new chapters cover the delivery of early intervention services, developing skills in young children in areas of literacy, daily living, independence and motor behaviour.
Early Focus - available from American Foundation for the Blind
Telephone 001 800 232 3044 Email afborder@abdintl.com
2002, 532 pages, paperback, ISBN 0891288562
$49.95

Finding a New Path by CNIB

This book for parents about sight loss in children describes what specific terms mean, how a child’s development needs to be encouraged and how parents, with the help of educators and medical professionals, can give their child the skills to lead active, independent lives.
Finding a New Path - available from The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Telephone 001 416 486 2500 ext. 7005 Email store@cnib.ca
2002, 216 pages, paperback, ISBN 0921122381
$39.95

See You! DVD by Bartimeus

This DVD covers the social development of five children with sight problems. With images and stories parents and teachers explain how they take into account the effects of sight problems on social development in their interactions with the children.
See You! DVD - available from Bartimeus
Telephone +31 (0)30 698 22 11 Email e-mail@bartimeus.nl
2002, DVD, 30 minutes
25 euros

I'm Posting the Pebbles by Haughton, L & Mackevicius, S

Wonderful creative ways for teachers and parents to interact with the different ways that children with sight loss learn. Ideas for teaching through play and addressing issues that tend not to arise with a fully sighted child. Also covers social interaction, orientation and mobility, routines, water, sensory play and literacy.
I'm Posting the Pebbles - available from Vision Australia
Telephone +61 1300 847 466 Email info@visionaustralia.org.au
2001, 60 pages, paperback, ISBN 0949390585
$20 plus shipping/handling

Early Learning: Step by Step (3rd edition) by Nielsen, L

Updated third edition outlining how environmental intervention can help children with sight problems and additional disabilities to achieve motor skills and other abilities through active learning. The book also explores how children learn to sit unsupported, to eat, to walk and play constructively so that they can extend their learning.
Early Learning: Step by Step - available from Lilliworks
Telephone 00 1 510 814 9111 Email info@lilliworks.com
2001, 168 pages, paperback, ISBN 8775460513

Get a Wiggle On by Raynor, S & Drouillard, R

Gives advice on how to assist the development of a child with sight loss from birth to the walking stage. Each page contains a different concise suggestion to help your child understand the world and be independent from day one.
Get a Wiggle On - available from Blind Children's Fund in USA via the products section
Telephone 001 989 779 9966 Email bcf@blindchildrensfund.org
1998, 88 pages, paperback
$5.00 plus shipping/handling

Move It! by Raynor, S & Drouillard, R

This sequel to “Get a Wiggle On” gives many suggestions for helping young pre-school children to develop skills at home.
Move It! - available from Blind Children's Fund in USA via their products section
Telephone 001 989 779 9966 Email bcf@blindchildrensfund.org
1998, 100 pages, paperback
$5.00 plus shipping/handling

The Comprehending Hand by Nielson, L

Learning to grasp is essential, enabling children with sight problems to explore and connect with their surroundings and enhance the development of all senses. This book is packed with practical suggestions for adapting materials and surroundings to stimulate and encourage the development of children with sight problems and additional disabilities.
The Comprehending Hand - available from Lilliworks
Telephone 00 1 510 814 9111 Email info@lilliworks.com
2nd edition, 1994, 58 pages, paperback, ISBN 8750367905

Small Steps Forward - Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child With Special Needs (Second edition) by Newman, S

This new edition includes up-to-date research and practical ideas for parents and carers to encourage their child's development. The fun activities use toys and materials which most children already have, and involve no special preparation. The book looks at cognitive, linguistic, physical, sensory, social and emotional skills and also deals with behaviour management, toilet-training and sleep management and coping with stress. An outline of child development helps parents place their child's progress in context. An essential guide for parents of young children with developmental disabilities and for all who work with them.
Small Steps Forward - available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Telephone 020 7833 2307 Email post@jkp.com
2008, 272 pages, paperback, ISBN 9781843106937
£13.99

Fun With Messy Play - Ideas and Activities for Children With Special Needs by Beckerleg, T

Funny smells, sticky hands and squishy textures help children to develop sensory awareness. This exciting activity book makes imaginative use of everyday materials like baked beans, jelly, condensed milk and glue. The fun activities help to improve children’s co-ordination, communicative and cognitive abilities, as well as their self-esteem and social skills. Each exercise focuses on a movement or sensation that can apply to everyday life. An easy-to-use resource for parents and professionals.
Available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Telephone 020 7833 2307 Email post@jkp.com
2008, 160 pages, paperback, ISBN 9781843106418
£12.99

Special Needs in the Early Years by Mortimer, H

“Special needs in the early years” is a series of activity books and accompanying handbook to help early years practitioners to recognise and understand a wide range of special needs and conditions. Each activity book offers a bank of inclusive activity ideas based on early learning objectives. Includes photocopiable pages, information about the Code of Practice and guidance on working with parents and outside agencies.

• Behavioural and Emotional Difficulties - buy from RNIB Online Shop. ED327. Scholastic, 2002, 100 pages, paperback, ISBN 043901915X. £15.00
• Learning Difficulties - buy from RNIB Online Shop. ED328. Scholastic, 2002, 100 pages, paperback, ISBN 0439019737. £15.00
• Special Needs Handbook - buy from RNIB Online Shop. ED326. Scholastic, 2002, 68 pages, paperback, ISBN 0439983177. £15.00

Early literacy

This Little Finger: Early Literacy Home Resource Pack for Parents of Children with Visual Impairment by Lee, M

Written for parents, this book gives practical ideas on how to build those all important pre-literacy skills in children who may need or wish to access books through touch and sound. It outlines simple, fun activities that can be carried out as part of the everyday routine at home and explains what children can learn from them. There are sections on helping to make sense of the world, play and communication, and language and literacy.
RNIB Scotland and The Royal Blind School Edinburgh
2005, 42 pages, PDF booklet
Free of charge
Download This Little Finger from the Royal Blind School Edinburgh

Booktouch

Completely updated version in June 2008 of the free book pack for blind and partially sighted children from Bookstart. Booktouch aims to introduce blind and partially sighted babies and toddlers to books. As well as two free touch and feel books, the pack contains a leaflet of ideas, a list of recommended books and RNIB's Ways of Reading leaflet and a copy of Bookstart's popular "Rhymetimes" CD and booklet. Families of blind or partially sighted children under five should receive a free Booktouch pack automatically from their health visitor. If you have any difficulty, contact your local library, health visitor or Bookstart through their website.

Feeling Ready to Read

Pack to teach pre-reading and tactual skills to children who will learn to read using braille. Based on "Snow white and the seven dwarves", it introduces tracking, line and texture discrimination, developing light finger touch and two-handed coordination, matching and orientation.
TC21009 (Feeling Ready to Read with teachers' notes in print)
RNIB, 2002
£105.00
Feeling Ready to Read - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Fingerfun books

Six books to help children with little or no sight, develop tactile skills. Simple, entertaining stories in large print, with bold black illustrations and robust, brightly coloured thermoforms of everyday objects. Choose from versions with no braille labels, or grade 1 or grade 2 braille. Hide and Seek is particularly suitable for younger children. Hurry Up! and Six Silly Poems have full braille text and are designed for older children. Age range 3+.
Prices range from £9.99 to £12.00
Fingerfun books - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Shapes tactile book

A delightful new tactile book for children aged 3 and over with seven pages of everyday shapes to explore and discover with their fingers. Rectangles make a pull-along cart and rocking horse; circles make car wheels and the sun; squares form a gift box and a table; triangles make hills and a ship's sail; ovals make eggs in a nest; diamonds form a kite in the sky and sails on a windmill; and semi-circles form a pram and a table umbrella.
GI52, RNIB, 2008
£13.98
Shapes tactile book - order from RNIB Online Shop
Two other books are available in this series: Animals tactile book (GI34) and Visit my Home tactile book (GI51)

Reading Together by Arnold, A, Newcombe, J & Pike, M

Two sets of stories (at five levels) that offer a refreshingly different approach to teaching reading through braille to young children. By Levels 4-5 the full text is designed to be read by the child. Encourages useful tracking, scanning and faster reading skills.
TC20916 Core pack with teachers' notes in print, 2004, £42.00
TC21096 Extension pack with teachers' notes in print, 2005, £35.00
Reading Together - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Lettice the Bridesmaid by Stanley, M

A perfect resource for a 3-6 year old learning or likely to learn braille, or for a sighted child to enjoy with a parent who reads braille. Lettice is asked to be what every little girl dreams of: a bridesmaid at her ballet teacher's wedding. This large print book includes braille on interleaved clear plastic sheets, so the pictures and print story can be read underneath, enabling shared reading between sighted and blind readers ie parent and child, teacher and child, friends. The font size in the book is 22 point.
TC21163 (Braille Grade 1), TC21164 (Braille Grade 2)
RNIB, 2007
£5.99 each
Lettice the Bridesmaid - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Room on the Broom by Donaldson, J

A perfect present for a 3-6 year old learning or likely to learn braille, or for a sighted child to enjoy with a parent who reads braille. Join the witch and her cat as they fly on their broom, fighting the wind and making some room, for the dog and the cat and the bird and the frog, who will all face the dragon down in the bog! This large print book includes braille on interleaved clear plastic sheets, so the pictures and print story can be read underneath, enabling shared reading between sighted and blind readers. 18 point print.
TC21190 (Braille Grade 1), TC21191 (Braille Grade 2)
RNIB, 2007
£5.99 each
Room on the Broom - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Oxford Reading Tree books by Brychta, A and Hunt, R

Stage 2, 3, 4 and 5 Oxford Reading Tree books for children to enjoy together! These adapted print books include braille on interleaved clear plastic sheets, so that the pictures and print story can be read underneath, enabling sighted and blind parents, children, teachers and friends to enjoy reading together. These wirobound books are available in grade 1 and grade 2 braille and include the capital letter sign. The braille is double-line spaced with paragraphs shown. Print sizes vary from 18 to 24 point. Click on the RNIB Online Shop links below for more information:
Stage 2 More Stories B (TC21882/TC21183), £56.00
Stage 3 Storybooks (TC21184/TC21185), £56.00
Stage 4 More Stories B (TC21186/TC21187), £65.00
Stage 5 More Stories B (TC21188/TC21189), £75.00

TalkingPen Crayon and storybooks

This unique product helps children aged 4-12 with their reading. The purple TalkingPen Crayon (TP01) stores MP3 files that can be listened to when you touch the "hot zones" on the pages of one of the supporting children's storybooks. Hot zones are a 2.5cm (1 inch) shaded area in the top opening corner of each page that contains text. When the TalkingPen Crayon touches a hot zone it reads out the text printed on that page. The pack (Product code TP02) includes eight well-loved tales such as Hansel and Gretel and The Elves and the Shoemaker. The TalkingPen Crayon comes with English MP3 files, and you can download other languages from TalkingPen. A headphone jack allows private listening (headphones not supplied).
TP01 - TalkingPen Crayon £35.19
TP02 - TalkingPen storybooks, pack of eight £60.04
Read more information or buy TalkingPen Crayon and storybooks from RNIB's Online Shop

Personalised music and story CDs

A novel way to encourage listening skills and the enjoyment of stories rhymes and games, or a gift idea? A child can become the star of their own story, as these story CDs are personalised to record the child’s name into the story line. Enhanced with games, rhymes and songs in a variety of contemporary styles from rap and pop to country and jazz!
Nursery Rhyme Land CD (GM09) 0-5 years
Three Little Pigs CD (GM10) 2-6 years
£14.99 each (inc. VAT)
These products can only be ordered by telephone. Please contact RNIB Customer Services on 0845 702 3153 for more information.

Children’s books featuring characters with sight problems

The Patch by Hedley, Justina C

This picturebook is about five year old Becca who has Amblyopia or 'lazy eye'. Her eye doctor prescribes glasses and wants her to wear an eye patch over her good eye to help her lazy eye grow stronger. Becca worries about what her friends may think, so she makes up wild stories about why she's wearing an eye patch. Is she a pirate, or a private detective, or a monster? This charming, entertaining story is expertly illustrated, capturing Becca's exuberance. Particularly recommended for primary school libraries and children aged 5 to 8 receiving 'lazy eye' treatment.
Published by Charlesbridge Publishing,
2007, 32 pages, paperback, ISBN 9781580891707
Approx. £4.00
Buy The Patch from Amazon

A Day with Tom at the Eye Hospital

Hospitals smell funny and strange things happen there. This story about a young boy, his parents and pet monkey de-mystifies a visit to the hospital to have his eyes looked at. The night before, he expresses anxieties to his mum. The next day Tom visits the Orthoptist with her funny pen, the Optometrist, where Tom tries on glasses ‘a bit like goggles’, and finally the Ophthalmologist, who looks in Tom’s eyes with a special light. The reassuring answers to Tom's questions aim to make everyone's life easier. With a relaxed child, the professionals can do their job more easily and parents can concentrate on getting the information they need.
Available from National Blind Children's Society. To enquire, Telephone 01278 764 764 or Email enquiries@nbcs.org.uk
2007, 28 pages, booklet, 14 point minimum throughout
Free of charge to families and children

Charlotte Has Impaired Vision by Powell, J

About the day in the life of a girl who has sight loss. Charlotte shows us how she gets around, reads braille and goes to a tap dancing class. The text is illustrated with attractive colour photos and is supported by practical advice, fact boxes and a further information section.
Published by Evans Books
2005, 32 pages, hardback, ISBN 0237530325
Approx. £10.99
Buy Charlotte Has Impaired Vision from Amazon

Early assessment

Assessing Functional Vision by Southwell, C

This booklet explores the different factors that affect what a child sees, such as the size, colour and position of an object, backgrounds, lighting condition and how much time a child is given to make sense of what is presented. The assessment activities have proved useful for assessing children with a wide variety of abilities, needs and interest and are designed to enable you to establish a baseline of visual functioning.
ED406 (Print), 56 pages, paperback, ISBN 1858785987
RNIB, 2003
£12.50
Buy Assessing Functional Vision from RNIB Online Shop

Mobility and Independence - Assessment and Evaluation Scheme: Early Skills by MISE (Mobility and Independence Specialists in Education)

This free downloadable publication enables you to keep a continuous record throughout a child's life of their mobility and independence. Developed by MISE (Mobility and Independence Specialists in Education) this assessment scheme helps raise awareness of the importance of mobility education for blind and partially sighted children to maximise their future independence. The scheme identifies over 180 practical skills and becomes a record and a celebration of an individual's growing independence.
64 pages, wirobound booklet
RNIB, 2007
PDF version of Mobility and Independence
Word version of Mobility and Independence

Functional Scheme: Level 0-48 Months by Nielsen, L

A tool for assessing developmental levels of a learner, irrespective of age or disabilities, between birth and 48 months. Divided into developmental areas, this photocopiable scheme aims to provide a developmental benchmark for establishing the best possible learning programme using the 730 learning environments of the FIELA Curriculum (see next item).
Functional Scheme: Level 0-48 Months - available from Lilliworks
Telephone 00 1 510 814 9111 Email info@lilliworks.com
2000, 268 pages, paperback, ISBN 8760188933

730 Learning Environments (The FIELA Curriculum) by Nielsen, L

730 Learning Environments was developed to ensure that children with one or more disabilities could access individual learning programmes matching their developmental level, learning needs and interests. The book has descriptions of the sort of learning that occurs at each level of development from one month to 48 months. 730 Learning environments (The FIELA Curriculum) - available from Lilliworks
Telephone 00 1 510 814 9111 Email info@lilliworks.com
1998, 176 pages, paperback, ISBN 8760175338

Are You Blind? by Nielson, L

This book is about children who are blind and partially sighted and have autism with very specific and significant challenges in their learning. It describes an educational method which, over a period of 20 years, has shown to benefit these children’s emotional, motor, communicative and social development.
ED034 (Print)
Lilliworks, 1990, 112 pages, paperback, ISBN 8750382705
£14.50
Are You Blind? - buy from RNIB Online Shop

Magazines

Insight magazine - supporting blind and partially sighted young people

Insight is our premier magazine for professionals working with children and young people, as well as for parents and carers. Published every two months, it focuses on the education, health and wellbeing of children with sight problems, including those with complex needs. Regular features include eye health, family life, early years, the curriculum and access to learning.

For subscription details, visit www.rnib.org.uk/insightmagazine or contact RNIB Customer Services on 0845 702 3153.
Please note that we now offer 20 per cent off subscriptions to parents and students (£16.80 for a year's subscription). This rate is open to new subscribers and renewals.

You and Your Child magazine

Aimed at parents and parents-to-be who are blind and partially sighted, this monthly braille magazine contains informative articles on all aspects of raising a child, from pregnancy to starting school. Articles from readers are actively encouraged.
You and Your Child - available from RNIB Customer Services in braille and email at £0.60 per copy. To order, telephone 0845 702 3153 or email cservices@rnib.org.uk

Products for children with sight problems

RNIB supplies a range of adapted games and learning materials specially designed for children with sight problems via a number of product catalogues including Everyday Living; Games, Toys and Leisure; Clocks and Watches; Out and About and Keeping in Touch – for braille, tape and audio users.
Available in a variety of formats. To order, telephone 0845 702 3153 or email cservices@rnib.org.uk

RNIB Publications catalogue

Details of a wide range of publications aimed at a variety of audiences, including people with sight problems, those with a professional interest in sight loss, and people interested in the work of RNIB.
PR11658 (Print), PR11659 (Braille), PR11660 (CD)
Free of charge
To order, telephone 0845 702 3153 or email cservices@rnib.org.uk

Free eNewsletter

Keep up to date with all the latest recommended publications about sight loss by subscribing to the free monthly Books for Professionals eNewsletter.

Useful links

• Parents' Place - a safe place to meet other parents, pick up advice, and get information about health, rights and services.
• Learning - advice for parents on supporting the learning of blind and partially sighted children in the early years.
• Family Services Officers at our Regional Centres offer a range of local events, groups, advice and support.
• Curriculum Clipboard - supporting early years education offers advice to education professionals.
• RNIB worked with the government’s Early Support Programme to produce a booklet called Information for Parents: Visual Impairment. To order a free copy contact DCSF Publications telephone 0845 602 2260.
• RNIB has supported the development of a publication for parents of children with sight problems available on the Early Support web site. The Early Support Developmental Journal for babies and children with visual impairment helps you to track your child’s development and record progress.
• Starting Right describes how RNIB will work to improve the life chances of blind and partially sighted children in the early years.
• ClearVision library - A UK postal lending library of mainstream children’s books with added braille for shared reading. Telephone 020 8789 9575
• Children's Services training and development events Find out about our courses and conferences. Telephone 0121 665 4200 or email DSTraining@rnib.org.uk
• RNIB's National Library Service - blind or partially sighted children over the age of 4 can choose from over 2,000 titles to in giant print, DAISY audio and braille. Postage is free and it’s easy – just contact our Children’s Librarian on 0161 355 2061 or email reader.advice@rnib.org.uk

Accessible formats and prices

All RNIB books are in clear print and all other books are in standard print unless otherwise stated. Please note that the disk versions supplied with RNIB publications are formatted for users with sight problems and provided in Word and text-only formats.

The prices shown are a guide and are subject to change.

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Last updated: 24/11/2008 11:50