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My Fake Eye, The Story of My Prosthesis
My New Glasses
My New Eye Patch |
| The INSTITUTE FOR FAMILIES has published several books to enable children, families, friends, and healthcare professionals to understand and to cope with visually handicapping conditions. Please contact us by telephone or by mail if you wish to order any of these items (A $5 donation per publication is suggested to cover our costs of printing and postage. If ordering from outside of the United States, please add an additional $1 per item to cover postage.). Orders of 25 or more are made available at a cost of $1 per book plus shipping. We can also be contacted via e-mail: . |
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- My Fake Eye, The Story of My Prosthesis Full color photographs and a clear, calm, matter-of-fact presentation make this book a very useful and comforting tool for the child as well as parents and siblings of children who have had or will be having an eye enucleated. Often, because of emotional stress at the time of diagnosis or surgery, parents are not prepared to handle their child's questions. Family members and friends also need to be educated about the surgery and/or prosthesis. This book provides a clear, non-threatening explanation to help parents handle such inquiries. The presentation of a three-year-old's experience with enucleation and the subsequent fitting of a 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.) ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
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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.
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- 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. ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
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Please contact us by telephone or by mail if you wish to order any of these items (A $5 donation per publication is suggested to cover our costs of printing and postage.). Quantity discounts are available for 25 books or more at a cost of $1 per book plus shipping. |
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INSTITUTE FOR FAMILIES is a non-profit organization and all of our services are provided
at no cost to families and professionals. Funding is provided by private donations.
We are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) exempt organization.
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INSTITUTE FOR FAMILIES
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