MANAGING THE NOISE


Within this book you will cover visual impairment during pre-school years. It also covers closely in practical ways communication, family life, statutory services, building a parent support group and, making better funding applications.

An often unexpected consequence after giving birth to a child with a visual impairment is a need to manage the family and external agencies. To help, this book offers the experiences of others similarly placed, claiming state benefits and securing appropriate statutory support.

MANAGING THE NOISE is one of a trilogy which also includes INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE and PITTER PATTER.

All three have a strong emphasis on home education during pre-school years; that is, not replace statutory services but instead augment what should be available.

To encourage the vital area of communication, sensory and physical development each one is also crammed full of nursery rhymes, action songs and bed time stories.

CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION
  • ‘HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE’ AND ‘HUMPTY DUMPTY’
  • FAMILY DYNAMICS AND THE DISABLED CHILD
  • ‘TWO LITTLE DICKY BIRDS’ AND ‘TOMMY THUMBKIN’
  • CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY CULTURE
  • ‘THIS LITTLE PIGGY’ AND ‘I CAN’
  • ATTACHMENT AND SETTING THE SCENE
  • ‘ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN’ AND ‘TWINE’
  • A PARENTAL PICTURE
  • ‘THE LOVE-SICK FROG’
  • DEVELOPMENTAL HICCUPS AND
    PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT
  • ‘THREE ARCRES OF LAND’, ‘CLAP, CLAP HANDS’ AND
  • ‘PAT-A-CAKE’
  • CONTENT OF AN EDUCATION HEATH AND CARE PLAN
  • ‘HANSEL AND GRETEL’
  • WHAT CAN MY CHILD SEE?
  • ‘HIGGLETY, PIGGLETY, POP’ AND ‘OLD KING COLE’
  • ACCESSING SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
  • ‘THREE SHIPS’
  • INDEPENDENT FAMILY SUPPORT
  • ‘FIVE FAT SAUSAGES’
  • CHOOSING AN EARLY YEARS’ PLACEMENT
  • ‘IPSEY, WIPSY SPIDER’ AND HERE ARE GRANNY’S SPECTACLES’
  • WHAT MIGHT YOU EXPECT FROM A PRE-SCHOOL PLACEMENT?
  • ‘MARY’S LAMB’
  • CLAIMING STATE BENEFITS – AN INTRODUCTION
  • ‘HICHORY, DICKORY DOCK’ AND ‘MEDLEY’
  • CLAIMING STATE BENEFIT CHILDREN 0-5 YEARS – PART ONE
  • ‘A SHIP A-SAILING’
  • CLAIMING STATE BENFITS CHILDREN 0-5 YEARS – PART TWO
  • ‘THE FOX’S FORAY’
  • SETTING UP A PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
  • ‘THE JOLLY JESTER’
  • MAKING BETTER FUNDING APPLICATIONS
  • ‘SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS’
  • INDEX
  • BOOKS IN THE SERIES