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Books for professionals eNewsletter May 2007

Summary: May 2007 edition - new books and recommendations for professionals. The monthly eNewsletter includes special offers and links to make purchasing simple.

• Recommended reading - working with adults
• Recommended reading - working with children and young people
• Essential guides to publications
• Special offers
• Links and contact details

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Hello and welcome to the RNIB Books for professionals eNewsletter for May 2007, designed to keep you up to date and save you time and money. A special welcome if this is your first Books for professionals newsletter.

Books for professionals is also on the web and features guides to the essential publications for professionals working with adults and children with sight problems. We feature books on mobility and orientation, employment, living with sight loss, eye health, working with children and students and inclusive design solutions. You can visit us at: www.rnib.org.uk/booksforprofessionals.

Recommended reading - working with adults

This section features books of particular interest to social workers, eye health professionals, educators, employment advisers and rehabilitation workers who want to make a real difference to the lives of the adults with sight loss. To enable you to develop your skills and influence decision makers we've chosen books, DVDs and useful websites that keep you up to date with best practice and what's new. This month we are featuring:

Publication of the month

Information is power by RNIB

RNIB's new series of leaflets called "Information is power" shows how society can empower blind and partially sighted people and identify priorities for action. If you work in health services, local government, schools or television or want to improve information available in the high street, or public libraries these leaflets are essential reading. Inaccessible information massively restricts the quality of life of blind and partially sighted people. All too often, relatively small adjustments can mean the difference between inclusion and exclusion. Make sure that your organisation can provide information in accessible formats - large print, audio, braille and that your website can be used by people with sight loss and encourage your clients to demand information from others that they can read. Download all our free six leaflets, available in either PDF or Word, from our Campaign pages.

In the key of genius - the extraordinary life of Derek Paravicini by Ockelford, A

The extraordinary story of the musical genius Derek Paravicini, born blind with severe learning difficulties and autism, by the music psychologist who has acted as his mentor for the last twenty years. In the key of genius tells the story of one of the most remarkable people you are ever likely to encounter. Derek needs round-the-clock care but he is a musical prodigy whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas, the Barbican to Buckingham Palace. When Adam Ockelford, now Director of Rushton School and Children's Home, RNIB, encountered Derek aged 5, he was already playing a wide range of pieces in his own imitable style on the piano. A compelling and moving account of their music relationship, and a fascinating testament to the young man who still can't tell his right hand from his left yet amazes all who hear him play.
Available from Amazon and Tesco
2007, 288 pages, hardback
ISBN-10 0091796121, ISBN-13 9780091796129
£17.99

Adapting homes - a guide to adapting existing homes for people with sight loss by Rees, L and Lewis, C

Adapting homes is a best practice guide to adapting homes for people with sight loss. It offers practical advice and suggestions and is accompanied by a photocopiable checklist. The guide is aimed at anyone with a wish or duty to provide adaptations for people with sight loss.
English/Welsh language bilingual version
PR12010P (Clear Print); PR12010T (Tape); PR12010D (Disk)
English language version
PR12011B (Braille)
RNIB Cymru, 2003, resource pack
£19.95 each
Adapting homes bilingual version - order from RNIB Online Shop
Adapting homes English version - order from RNIB Online Shop

HIV and sight loss

The latest edition of RNIB's NB magazine focuses on the subject of HIV and sight loss, reporting on developments leading to a brighter future for blind and partially sighted people with HIV. It features an in-depth report on the creation of a UK Vision strategy, looks at new developments in transport information systems. Find out more about NB or order a sample issue to help your work.

Recommended reading - working with children and young people

This section features publications for education, health and social care professionals working with a child with a sight problem. It features new publications and the “must haves” for professionals. These books will help you ensure that young people are fully included in all lessons, in social situations and in sport and leisure opportunities. Every month we feature a publication that we feel makes a real difference to professionals working with children and young people with sight problems. We tell you a bit about it and if you like it, provide an easy link to enable you to buy it. This month we are featuring:

Publication of the month

A parents' guide to special education for children with visual impairments by LaVenture, S

Looking for new ideas? Want to know how another country supports children with sight problems? This handbook for parents and caregivers of children with visual impairments explains special education services available in the USA and how to make sure that they receive them. Written by experienced professionals and parents, A parents' guide to special education for children with visual impairments, this helpful resource addresses the effect of visual impairment on a child's ability to learn and the services and educational programming that are essential for optimal learning. It is an invaluable manual, intended to help parents ensure that their children receive the best education possible.
Available from American Foundation for the Blind
Telephone 001 800 232 3044, Email afborder@abdintl.com
2007, 416 pages, paperback, ISBN 0891288929
$34.95
Also available in ASCII Disk.

Information is power by RNIB

RNIB have produced a new series of leaflets called "Information is power" to highlight the need for blind and partially sighted people to receive information in a format that they can read. Our "How the education system can empower blind and partially sighted people" leaflet is essential reading for school staff. The other leaflets in the series cover information that should be available from health services, public libraries, TV, shops, and local government. Encourage the young people you work with to expect information in formats that they can read and websites designed so that blind and partially sighted people can use them easily. Download all our free six leaflets, available in either PDF or Word, from our Campaign pages.

The Eye Patch Kids DVD by Bjort & Company

This 2005 recipient of the Telly Award in the USA, The Eye Patch Kids, is an entertaining and educational DVD, designed to encourage children to put on their eye patches so they can be cool like the puppets. The DVD informs children that wearing an eye patch helps their lazy eye get better and to listen to their parents by not taking the eye patch until they are told to. By wearing their eye patch, they also become part of the special "Eye Patch Group" and get to make the "Eye Patch Promise" with Princess and the Bjorts. This DVD can be used for any eye conditions that require children to wear an eye patch.
Available from Bjort & Company Inc, 1767 Lakewood Ranch Blvd #264, Bradenton, FL 34211-4906, USA
Email order@bjortandcompany.com
$15.99 plus $8.00 shipping

Bodyworks by King, H and King, J of Smartartz

Suitable for children with sight loss and additional learning difficulties, Bodyworks is an exciting multimedia resource that gets children's bodies moving! Authors, Hilary King and Julie King, both special needs teachers in New Zealand, have combined their skills and experience in music, drama and ICT to produce this exciting learning resource. Bodyworks is a collection of action songs to develop body and spatial awareness, peer interaction and cooperation, plus help build self-esteem and increase motivation. The pack includes a CD-Rom that can be used on an interactive whiteboard and students and staff are taken through the stories and activities by following the directions on the screen, and activitating music and video clips by pressing the icons. For those who do not have a whiteboard there is an audio CD and a handbook that can be downloaded from the CD-Rom. The pack includes step-by-step teaching guides for songs and actions, planning and assessment sheets, catering for students working at P1-Level 1. Other packs are available - visit Smartartz for more information.
Available from Smartartz, 1a Potters Cross, Wootton, Bedfordshire MK43 9JG
Email smartartz@hotmail.co.uk
2007, Multimedia pack
£45 for the first pack, £40 for the second pack and £35 for each subsequent pack.

Mobility and movement

The latest edition of RNIB's Insight magazine focuses on mobility and movement issues faced by children and young people with sight problems. It features the integration of physiotherapy and PE, how yoga can benefit children with complex needs, and puts the Early Years Foundation Stage into context for parents of children with sight problems. Find out more about Insight or order a sample issue to help your work. Alternatively, buy a one off issue from our RNIB Online Shop for £3.75.

Essential guides to publications

RNIB publishes a wide portfolio of titles for professionals working with people with sight loss. We recognise that professionals are busy people with little time for the luxury of browsing. Our handy guides to publications on particular aspects of sight loss are designed to make it easy for you to find the best publications on a particular subject to assist with your work and professional development. The essential guides feature books and DVDs from RNIB and other publishers, all in one place. Each book featured offers an easy link for ordering online or by phone.

Visit our essential guides page to find the books for your area of expertise. Don't miss out on the essential guides to publications about mobility and orientation, eye health, employment, inclusive design, early years, working with children under 16 and working with learners over 16.

Special offers

We are offering you fantastic discounts of up to 30 per cent on selected titles while stocks last. Make your budget go further by visiting our special offers page.

Links and contact details

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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. All RNIB publications and special offers are subject to availability. All prices are correct at time of distribution of this email, and do not include VAT or delivery.

Until next month, happy browsing!
Best wishes

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