Carroll Families Conversations and Connections
Involving Your Child in Holiday Cooking
Join us for Carroll Families Conversations and Connections, a Zoom series that connects parents and caregivers who can share ideas, resources, joys, and concerns. Facilitated by Barbara Duffy, a parent of a visually impaired son, our goal is to build strength, comradery, suggestions, solutions, and resources to help those in our care.
Event Details
Date: November 20, 2024
Time: 12:15 – 1:15 PM (EST)
Location: Zoom
Topic: Involving Your Child in Holiday Cooking
Facilitator: Barbara Duffy, Carroll Center Director of Foundation & Family Relations and parent of a Carroll Center alumnus
Guest Speaker
Sheila Carney, Personal Management Instructor, the Carroll Center for the Blind
What You’ll Learn
- Introduction to adaptive cooking techniques for blind and visually impaired children and teens including creating a safe and accessible kitchen.
- Sensory Cooking: engaging all the senses utilizing taste, touch, and smell to enhance the cooking experience.
- Planning and preparing holiday recipes: selecting holiday recipes that are both festive and manageable for children and teens with visual impairments.
About Carroll Families
The Carroll Families initiative aims to support, educate, and connect parents and other caregivers of children who are blind or visually impaired. We believe that sharing resources and providing emotional support for the unique needs of parents with children experiencing vision loss is critical and we look forward to growing this supportive community. Learn more at www.carroll.org/carroll-families.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Barbara Duffy via email or call (617) 969-6200 x 255. To learn more about the Carroll Families initiative, visit www.carroll.org/carroll-families.
