Partnering with Families of Individuals who are Blind or Have Low Vision

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Description

Families are sometimes overlooked in the rehabilitation process. Parents, spouses, children, and extended family or friends often experience an emotional adjustment to their family member’s vision diagnosis. During this presentation, participants will learn about the adjustment process of family members and how to partner with them to maximize outcomes of services.

Learning Objectives:

Participants of this session will be able to identify how vision impairment and blindness affect family members.
Participants will learn strategies for making family members part of rehabilitation/service.
Participants will learn tips for dealing with difficult family situations.

This session is presented by Kendra Farrow.

Contributors

Kendra Farrow

Kendra Farrow, CVRT is a Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University with over 14 years of experience providing itinerant VRT services. In 2014, she joined the team at the National Research and Training Center at Mississippi State University. In her role as Research and Training Associate Kendra leads workshops and training sessions provided by the center, conducts two program evaluations, assists with knowledge translation activities, and directs course development for the older blind technical assistance and training grant.