Children's Center for the Visually Impaired - AFB Directory Profile
General Information
Children's Center for the Visually Impaired
3101 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1921
(816) 841-2284 (Local)
(816) 753-7836 (Fax)
info@ccvi.org
http://www.ccvi.org
Brief Description
Hours of operation: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Clients served on average per year: 350
Number of staff: 65
Geographic area served: Serves 100-mile radius of Kansas City (consultation beyond Kansas and Missouri).
Staff
Ann Berquist, Director, Infant Program
Nicola Heskett, Executive Director, nrheskett@ccvi.org
Lisa Sprenger, Social Worker
Services Offered
Services for Children
- Assessment
- Conducts functional vision, orientation and mobility, assistive technology, OT, PT, speech and sensory intergration assessments. Provides functional vision evaluations, learning media assessments, speech/language evaluations, fine/gross motor evaluations, and cognitive evaluations.
- Braille and Reading Instruction
- Instruction in braille and the use of optical devices to promote literacy plus prebraille and a multisensory approach to early literacy are offered to students. Instruction on braille and other appropriate media are also offered periodically to parents.
- Community Outreach Programs
- Has speakers bureau and provides itinerant services.
- Computer Training/Assistive Technology
- Computer training done directly and through consultative AT services.
- Counseling
- Offers parent counseling and other social and health services on consultant or referral basis.
- Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
- Children learn appropriate independent living skills including self-feeding, dressing and hygiene.
- Early Intervention/Infant Services
- Offers home-based infant/toddler program with periodic center visits for evaluation of child's progress by team of teachers and therapists.
- Education Services
- CCVI offers services for children from birth to school age through home-based and center-based programs. Itinerant and consulting services are also available. CCVI serves children within a 90-mile radius of Kansas City.
Provides early childhood and kindergarten classes and itinerant services for all ages. Offers home-based program with periodic center visits for visually impaired 0-3 year olds with or without other impairments, classes for visually impaired 2-5 year olds, with or without other impairments, as well as sighted peer models, and consultant services to other programs and itinerant services to outlying school districts.
- CCVI offers services for children from birth to school age through home-based and center-based programs. Itinerant and consulting services are also available. CCVI serves children within a 90-mile radius of Kansas City.
- Health
- Offers hearing and vision screening.
- Information and Referral
- Referrals to other services/professionals as needed.
- Preschool Programs
- CCVI offers specialized instruction and therapies to preschool- and kindergarten-age children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple diabilites. The preschool/kindergarten program includes field trips and special events with a wide range of experiential learning opportunities.
- Recreation Services
- Offers summer school for children from ages 2 through kindergarten.
- Summer/Day Camps and After-school Programs
- CCVI offers an extended school year for preschool/kindergarten students.
- Support for Parents
- Parent education and support is offered in a number of ways including the CCVI Parent Group, which meets regularly, and a Parent Newsletter. The CCVI staff also offers special events and workshops for the parents.
- Travel/Orientation and Mobility
- Our O&M specialists offer training in independent travel techniques, including pre-cane devices and cane training.
Ongoing Events/Programs
Infant Program
Preschool & Kindergarten
Itinerant/Consulting Program
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