Blind Babies Foundation The mission of the Blind Babies Foundation is to provide services and programs that enable and empower families, professionals, and the broader community to meet the unique needs of infant and preschool children who are blind, or visually impaired, or multihandicapped and visually impaired. "Our son has a visual impairment which put us on a hunt for some sound help and direction. We have been on a medical and emotional roller-coaster and we can wholeheartedly say that having BBF at our side has made this trying time much easier to handle."-Steve & Jody C., Lodi, California Early Intervention. A baby who is born blind or severely visually impaired experiences the world differently from typically developing children. Since 85% of all early learning is visual, the child who is blind or visually impaired is at great risk for developmental delays. Effective, intensive intervention is imperative in the early years.
Blind Children's Fund- Baby's Best Glasses Cohen recognized the need for highlighting children’s eyewear because parents constantly complained about the lack of selection for children at other optical retail establishments. At the time, Cohen had approximately 100 frames for children, which he said was more than the inventory carried by other stores in his area.
Blind Childrens Center The Blind Childrens Center is a family-centered agency which serves children with visual impairments from birth to school age. The center-based programs and services help the children acquire skills and build their independence. The Center utilizes its expertise and experience to serve families and professionals worldwide through support services, education, and research.
Blind Childrens Center The Blind Childrens Center is a family-centered agency which serves children with visual impairments from birth to school age.
Blind Childrens Center-Infant Center THE INFANT PROGRAM serves blind and severely visually impaired and multi-disabled children from birth to 24 months of age and their families. This program provides critical professional intervention which promotes early development and lays the groundwork for future learning.
Comeunity - Visual Impairment Professional articles and annotated resources for parents of children with visual impairment.
Discovery Blind Sports Discovery is dedicated to fostering self-sufficiency in blind and visually impaired children and adults by improving their mobility, confidence, independence, and social skills through involvement in physical activities.
Florida Families of Children with Visual Impairments FFCVI is a group created by Florida parents for Florida parents to focus on the unique needs of families with blind or visually impaired children, including those with other disabilities.
Fran's Butterfly Books 300 Free Braille Books made possible by donations in memory of Frances M. Hoetger
GUIDELINES TO PARENTS ON INTRODUCING GLASSES TO YOUNG CHILDREN Over the years of working with families, the following ideas have been presented as helpful guidelines to parents on the process of introducing glasses to their young child. (visual development)
Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind The Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind are committed to providing comprehensive educational, cultural, social, and vocational services to hearing impaired, deaf and visually impaired.
National Blind Children's Society Our mission is to enable blind and partially sighted children and young people to achieve their educational and recreational goals.
Object Books TSBVI's Millie Smith writes about Object Books to make for pre-academic students.Before tactual learners are asked to read dots, which may seem very boring indeed, they may benefit from reading books containing interesting objects. This gives the functionally blind child the same opportunity to develop interest in books as the sighted child who has extensive knowledge of books and reading using pictures long before he begins reading words.
Parents Active for Vision Education Parents Active for Vision Education (P.A.V.E.) is a national non-profit education, resource and support organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of the crucial relationship between vision and achievement.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Welcome to Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic The nation's educational library for those with print disabilities.
Strategies for Including Students who Experience Visual Impairment Students who experience vision impairment can be fully included in the regular classrooms. With a little planning and organization, inclusion can flow smoothly. Four major areas need to be addressed: adapting materials in the appropriate format, obtaining adaptive devices to assist in providing access to learning materials, modifying the classroom to assist in orientation and mobility, and using supplemental materials to provide access to additional activities. Listed are 10 helpful hints to assist in this process.
Tactile Symbols A vocabulary of tactile symbols for kids who would be using picture symbols if they could only see well enough, higher than object symbol level
The Childrens Vision Information Network If your child is struggling in school, having difficulty reading, or finding it hard to remain on task, the cause may be an undetected vision problem, even if your child's eyesight is 20/20. The goal of this web site is to educate parents and teachers about frequently overlooked vision problems in the hopes of helping those children who struggle unnecessarily because of undiagnosed vision disorders.
The Louis Braille Center The Louis Braille Center offers a collection of Braille literature for all ages. Online catalog features biographies of Louis Braille, books by Helen Keller, inspirational and devotional books, poetry, children's classics, books for learning Braille.
The Stereo Vision Project Vision therapy is an effective, medically proven treatment for binocular vision impairments, such as double vision, lazy eye, crossed eyes, amblyopia, strabismus, esotropia, exotropia, esophoria, exophoria, hypertropia, hyperopia, loss of stereoscopic vision, poor depth perception, convergency insufficiency, poor tracking, etc.
V.I. Guide Resources for Parents and Teachers of visual A guide to Internet resources for parents and teachers of visually impaired children, including: education, assistive technology, books, magazines, games and more.
