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Collecting and sharing information about pregnancy and parenting for people with disabilities

DPPI Publications

New publications

G3 Information for schools working with deaf parents & parents-to-be. Price £6.00.

G4 Supporting children in school: a guide for visually impaired parents and education professionals. Price £6.00.

T6 Choosing and applying for schools: a guide for visually impaired parents. Price £6.00.

T7 Education resources and contacts: qa guide for visually impaired parents and education professionals. Price £6.00.

Good practice guides

G1 - Working with deaf parents: a guide for midwives and other health professionals

A guide to help health professionals from a range of settings work effectively with new deaf mothers and their partners. This guide gives health care professionals an idea of how to ensure services are accessible to deaf parents. Additional information of speciﬁc relevance to midwives is also provided throughout this guide. (February 2007) Price £6.00.

Practical guides

P1 - Bathing your child (£5.00)
P2 - Choosing cots and beds (£5.00)
P3 – Nappy changing and dressing (£5.00)
P4 – Carrying a baby or child on a wheelchair (£5.00)

Reference guides

R1 – Useful references (£3.50)
R3 – Legal advice & family support agencies (£3.50)

Topic guides

Having a baby: a guide for visually impaired parents and professionals (£15 for all three guides listed below)

This pack aims to help people through the process of becoming a parent and also to assist professionals working with them in understanding how to meet the needs of this group. There are three guides in this pack. Available for purchase individually or as a set of three. Available in print, large print, Braille, audio CD, DAISY CD. (DAISY only available as set of three)

H1 – Planning, pregnancy and birth: a guide for visually impaired parents and professionals (£6.00)

Offers a wealth of information and tips for the planning and antenatal stages through to the birth of the baby.

H2 – From birth onwards: a guide for visually impaired parents and professionals (£6.00)

Offers a wealth of information and tips on the postnatal stages, becoming a parent and caring for a new baby.

H3 – Useful resources for parenthood: a guide for visually impaired parents and professionals (£6.00)

Offers a wealth of information on organisations, resources and equipment which may be helpful when becoming a parent and throughout parenthood.

DVD inserts: feeding options, health visitor

This innovative DVD for deaf parents and parents-to-be is presented in British Sign Language with sub-titles and voice-over, and with supplementary leaflets. Commissioned by DPPI, these resources have been produced by deaf production company, Remark! The development of these resources was deaf-led and parent-led with the input of a wide range of health professionals. It is envisaged that they will be used by deaf parents and professionals working with them. Released March 2006. Price: £15.00.

T2 – Deaf families (£3.50)
T3 – Parenting with a learning difficulty (£3.50)
T4 – Parenting with MS (£3.50)

Collated DPPI journal articles

C1 – Parenting with arthritis (£5)
C2 – Deaf families (£5.00)
C3 – Parenting with a learning difficulty (£9.00)
C4 – Parenting with a visual impairment (£9.00)
C5 – Parenting with a back condition (£5.00)
C6 – Spinal injury and parenting (£5.00)
C7 – Good practice for midwives (£5.00)
C9 – Parenting and cerebral palsy (£5.00)
C10 – One handed parenting (£5.00)
C11 – Fatherhood and disability (£5.00)
C12– Parenting and MS (£5.00)
C13– Parenting and spina bifida (£5.00)

Other publications

NC1 – Needs assessment (£3.50)
'They said what? Myths about disabled parents and community care legislation (single copies free, additional copies 50p per copy)
GV1 Deaf parents: gaps in services (video) (£5.00)

About DPPI publications

DPPI produces a series of informative guides of use to disabled parents and health professionals in the UK. These guides are free to disabled people. A small charge is made to others to help cover costs. Most guides are available in print (14pt), large print (18pt), audio (tape or CD) and Braille. Other formats are specified under individual publications above. We are working towards making more of our guides available electronically.

In addition to these guides, DPPI can provide information on a range of subjects. For further details, please contact the DPPI office.

To order the guides, please either print this list and tick which guides you wish to order or send details of the guides you wish to order with any relevant payment via postal order or cheque made payable to DPPI, via post to:

DPPI, National Centre for Disabled Parents,
Unit F9, 89/93 Fonthill Road, London N4 3JH

Please enclose details of your name, if you are a disabled parent, your organisation (if relevant) and your correct postal address, including postcode.

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………

Organisation (if relevant): …………………………………………………………

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………

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Postcode: ……………………………………………………………………………

Telephone: …………………………………… Textphone: : ………………………………………

Email: ……………………………………… Fax: ………………………………………

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Please send details of guides you wish to order with any relevant payment in postal order or cheque (in pounds sterling) made payable to DPPI, via post to:

DPPI, National Centre for Disabled Parents,
Unit F9, 89/93 Fonthill Road, London N4 3JH

Please enclose details of your name, if you are a disabled parent, your organisation (if relevant) and your correct postal address, including postcode.

Guides are free to disabled parents. For others, the cost listed above is inclusive of postage and packing in the UK. For overseas orders. Add postage and packing as follows:

Outside Europe: 1st item £4; additional items £2. Having a baby pack: £4 per guide.

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