Blind Babies

Our Blind Babies Program provides early intervention services to families and their children with visual impairments from birth through age three or five (depending on when they enter the school system).

After reviewing information from child’s eye physician, our Early Intervention Specialists determines the child’s eligibility and develops a plan for learning experiences.
Parents and caregivers learn strategies to help the child continue learning and practice skills between appointments with our Specialists.
The goal is to prevent developmental delays and prepare the child for independence and education.

Services include:

Educating parents/caregivers about the affect the visual impairment will have on the child.
Support and information for transition to preschool and kindergarten.
Training parents to teach their children skills like reaching, grasping, eating, toileting, dressing and more.

Our current Early Intervention Specialists have been working with the ISAVE program and have seen progress in the following:

Visual attention and ability to track in all directions (across midline).
Participation in activities to encourage use of both hands.
Activities to encourage motor development.
Provided a book on raising a child with a vision impairment.
Demonstrated various products that help promote development such as the APH Light Box and Fine Motor Kit.

Currently our program works with children birth to three years of age, teaching them skills needed to enter a pre-k program through their local school district.

We focus on concepts and skills such as fine motor, gross motor, social and emotional, cognitive, and communication.

Our goal is to prepare low vision and blind children to be at the same level as their age-appropriate peers upon entering a formal education program.

*85% of what we learn is through our vision, it is imperative these children receive these services to ensure they are successful in the future.

Visually Impaired Persons
35 W Mariana Ave, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
Phone (239) 997-7797
Fax (239) 997-8462