TLG Services for Parents with Disabilities - Approved

• TLG provides direct services to families of infants and children within the Bay Area in which a parent, parenting grandparent and/or child has a disability, medical issue or developmental concern.
• • Owner
    Christine Kyauk
  • Created On
    06-29-2016
  • Updated On
    08-01-2016
  • Update Reminder
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• How To Contact

  • Name
    General Contact
  • Phone
    (510) 848-1112
  • Fax
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  • Email
    tlg@lookingglass.org
  • Address
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  • State
    CA

• More Information

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  • Eligibility
    fee
  • Fee
    0.00
  • Organization
    Through the Looking Glass
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• Helpful Links

  • Main Program URL
    http://www.lookingglass.org/services/local-services/services-for-parents-with-disabilities

• Detailed Information

  • Adaptive Equipment

    TLG is nationally recognized for designing and fabricating baby care equipment for parents and other caregivers with disabilities, as well as studying the impact of this equipment on parenting. Within the Bay Area, TLG provides adaptive baby care equipment as well as an equipment lending library for parents, expectant parents or parenting grandparents with physical disabilities.

    Trainings, Presentations and Workshops
    Since 1982, Through the Looking Glass staff has conducted trainings, presentations, and workshops regarding families with disabilities to over 225,000 parents and professionals during local, regional national and international conferences, meetings, and workshops. Please see our Trainings, Presentations and Workshops page for highlights of upcoming as well as previous trainings, presentations and workshops.

    Bay Area Parents with Developmental Disabilities / Intellectual Disabilities
    Parents with disabilities who are Regional Center clients residing in Alameda or Contra Costa counties can receive individualized home based services during pregnancy and parenting.

    Bay Area Parents with Disabilities & Deaf Parents
    
    We provide home-based parent/child intervention, family support, and parenting education for families of parents with physical or visual disabilities, as well as parents with other diverse disabilities or medical issues. We also provide home-based early intervention and family support services for Deaf parents and their hearing infants and young children.

    Please also see our Report of the Bay Area Parents with Disabilities and Deaf Parents Task Force.

    Bay Area Parent Support Groups
    TLG facilitates Bay Area support groups for parents with physical or visual disabilities. These support groups meet regularly and are facilitated by professionals who are also parents with disabilities.

    TLG also facilitates a support group for mothers with intellectual disabilities.

    Chatterbox
    Chatterbox is a parent-child interactional therapeutic play/care group designed to give parents the tools to encourage language skills in their children through fun, engaging and interactional activities.  Parents and their young children participate in morning snack, themed circle time with songs, arts & crafts, sensory motor activities, book time, outdoor fun, parent group (kids separate for child focused developmental activities), lunch and closing song.  The group is run by a special educator, speech and occupational therapy consultants and a family clinician all with specialized training and experience working with parents with intellectual disabilities.

    3075 Adeline St., Ste. 120
    Berkeley, CA 94703

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