Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q Volume 64 Issue 4 4 DeEtte L. Snyder, Ph.D. EI/ECSE Outreach Director/Statewide Coordinator for Birth to 3 Services Washington State School for the Blind DeEtte.Snyder@wssb.wa.gov Welcome to the Fall Issue of VIDBE-Q! This special edition is focused on our youngest learners, infants and toddlers with visual impairments. I was extremely honored to be asked to be your guest editor for this special edition as it gave me an opportunity to bring you information related to my favorite topic, which is babies and their families! Message from the Guest Editor

• Cover
• Message from the Guest Editor
• President’s Message
• Call to Action: The Babies Count National Registry of Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairment
• Building our Early Childhood Training Programs on Aligned Standards of Practice
• Teleintervention as a Service Delivery Model for Families of Young Children with Visual Impairment in Early Intervention
• It’s More than a Touch: Early Tactual Development in Infants and Toddlers
• Early Intervention Services Through an Infant Mental Health Lens
• Momma Bear and Bootstraps: Using Poetry to Represent the Power of Parent to Parent Social Support