At Through the Looking Glass, we emphasize a life cycle approach which integrates perspectives gained from personal and family disability experience. The dialogue between nonpeers, people with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, siblings, spouses and adult children of parents with disabilities or deaf parents is sometimes hard and always fertile. TLG is a celebration of diverse perspectives and a demonstration that these perspectives can be bridged and that bridging them can produce particularly effective, empathetic and respectful family intervention as well as innovative approaches to research and training.

TLG's staff includes psychologists, researchers, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, social workers, marriage, child and family therapists, developmental specialists, and childbirth educators. The staff have diverse cultural backgrounds, and nearly 80% of the 30 staff members are disabled, parents of disabled children, or members of families with disabilities. Staff List

TLG actively seeks to hire and promote individuals, recruit volunteers and provide services to individuals without regard to race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, national origin or age. In addition, with strong historical and community ties to the disability community, we are firmly committed to providing equal access to all people. Utilizing media and collaborative networks, we conduct ongoing outreach to sources of underrepresented individuals for all employment, research and services opportunities. Individuals with personal disability experience are inherent to the planning and implementation of all our projects. TLG was founded by, is directed by and staffed primarily by professionals with personal disability experience, either themselves or within their families. Our current Board of Directors similarly represents diverse professional and disability communities.

Many popular and professional articles have been written about TLG and its work with families with disabilities. Some of the most recent online articles can be found at: Online Articles about TLG and its work with Families with Disabilities.

TLG staff includes nationally-recognized experts in their fields. Staff also continue to receive distinguished awards from such organizations as the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and Zero to Three.

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TLG's Programs and Services

Our National Center Provides:

• Information & Referral
  
• Publications & Training Modules
  
• Technical Assistance & Consultations
  
• Parent-to-Parent Network
  
• Professional Trainings & Workshops
  
• International Newsletter
  
• National Library and Resources Clearinghouse
  
• Website & Bulletin Boards
  

BAY AREA SERVICES

• Home-based parent/child intervention, family support, and parenting education for families with disabilities in parent or infant/child
• Home-based infant mental health services when parent or infant has a disability
• Infant/Toddler developmental evaluation and early intervention
• Adaptive baby care equipment evaluation and provision for parents, expectant parents or parenting grandparents with physical disabilities
• Home-based early intervention and family support services for Deaf parents and their hearing babies
• Childbirth and parenting education for expectant parents with cognitive disability
• Support group for parents with cognitive disabilities
• Support group for parents with physical or visual disabilities
• Support groups for parents of disabled babies or children
• Play therapy for children with disabilities and children of parents with disabilities
• Parenting evaluations for child protective services-involved parents with disabilities

• An Analysis of Evaluations of Child Protection System-Involved Parents with Cognitive Disabilities
• Occupational Therapy Evaluation & Training Module to Guide Practice with Parents with Physical Disabilities.

Parents with Disabilities and their Teenage Children A national survey of parents with disabilities, research on adaptive babycare equipment, specific studies of deaf parents, mothers with visual disabilities, parents with developmental disabilities, pregnancy and birthing issues, access to Head Start, and federal and state policies affecting parents with disabilities. Several publications are available regarding TLG's research studies and findings.

Employment Opportunities at TLG