Getting Started Guides

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APH FamilyConnect’s Getting Started Guides provide information about vision development, navigating IFSP and IEPs, braille literacy, technology, transition support, tips and ideas to support your child at home, and a wealth of additional resources to support you raising your child. 

A mother holding her baby, who is looking up. The image includes the text "Birth to 3rd Grade" in a purple circle and "Getting Started: A Guide for Families New to Blindness and Low Vision" at the bottom, with the APH FamilyConnect® logo.

FamilyConnect’s Getting Started Guide Birth to 3rd Grade

provides information about visual development, navigating IFSP and IEPs, tips and ideas to support your child at home, braille literacy, and a wealth of other resources to support you raising your child.

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Three girls sitting together and smiling. The image includes the text "4th to 12th Grade" in a purple circle and "Getting Started: A Guide for Families New to Blindness and Low Vision" at the bottom, with the APH FamilyConnect® logo.

FamilyConnect’s Getting Started Guide 4th to 12th Grade

provides information about vision in children, navigating IEPs, tips and ideas to implement in your home, technology, transition and a wealth of additional resources to support you raising your child. 

Open the Getting Started Guide 4th to 12th Grade