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Our
Mission…To provide counseling, support, information and
advocacy to families when there has been a diagnosis of cancer
or other diseases that may impact vision.
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Institute for Families has published several books to assist
children, families, friends and healthcare professionals to gain
a better understanding and to cope with visual handicap conditions.
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A $5
per book donation is suggested to cover our costs plus an
additional $1 if ordering outside of the United States to
cover postage. For any order of 25 or more, the cost is $1
per book plus shipping.
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To
order, please contact us via e-mail:
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- My New
Glasses, A Book for Parents and Children
This publication was written as a tool to help children and
their parents adjust to the idea and the reality of wearing glasses.
Accompanied by full color photographs, My New Glasses
begins with important technical considerations regarding the process
of fitting glasses and then continues with representative stories
from parents and children about their experiences. Parents of
infants and toddlers, as well as school age children and teenagers
tell us, in their own words, how glasses affected them and what
strategies facilitated their adjustment.
- My New
Eye Patch, A Book for Parents and Children
This book uses full color photographs and descriptions of
experiences and feelings surrounding the necessity of wearing
an eye patch. AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
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- My Fake Eye,
The Story of My Prosthesis
This book is a useful and comforting tool for the child and family who
have had or will be having an eye enucleated. It clearly illustrates
and provides a non-threatening explanation to help answer questions
for the child and family members about the surgery and/or prosthesis.
The presentation of a three-year-old's experience with enucleation and
the subsequent fitting of the prosthesis is reassuring to both the child
and the family. Brian and Zack, the two children portrayed in the book
who have each had an eye enucleated, are delightful, charming youngsters.
As we go on their journey from diagnosis to cosmetic success, it is
easy for other children to identify with them and to be comforted by
their experiences.
Nearly 10,000 copies have been distributed to individuals, hospitals,
and opthalmological centers throughout the United States and abroad.
AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
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