Blind Childrens Center

4120 Marathon Street, Los Angeles, California 90029 (323)664-2153

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Let’s Eat

Feeding a child with a visual impairment

Jill Brody, M.A., O.T.R. & Lynne Webber ©1994

$10 Booklet in English or Spanish (28 pages)
$35 Video in DVD or VHS format

From the introduction...
Children with visual impairments often have more difficulty learning to feed themselves than do children with adequate vision. Babies and toddlers with visual impairments lack one major avenue of exploration, and this significantly influences their awareness, perceptions, and anticipation of the food which is presented to them. As a result, they often resist the introduction of textured foods, show a lack of interest in the process of self-feeding, and may be perceived as “poor eaters.”

We hope this booklet will be helpful to those families who are coping with the challenge of teaching competent feeding skills to their children with visual impairments.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Stages in learning to eat
Related issues
Summary