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VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1
Kathryn Mullen , Director of Education
Diane Nelson, Executive Director
Visually Impaired Preschool Services,
kmullen@vips.org
Our Mission:
Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS) empowers families by
providing educational excellence to young children with visual impairments
in order to build a strong foundation for reachi ng their highest potential.
Before 1985, young children who were blind or visually impaired living
in Kentucky and Indiana had no access to early intervention services for
their vision - specific needs. That all changed when a group of concerned
citizens, led by an employee of the American Printing House for the Blind
(APH) Research Department, joined together to begin offering the same
early childhood services identified during visits to APH field work sites
across the country.
With $20,000 in startup gran ts from Louisville's Metro United Way
and the WHAS Crusade for Children, a local philanthropic organization
Visually Impaired Preschool Services :
35 Years and Growing
