Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q.64.1.Winter.2019

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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37 VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1 Parent Empowerment Program – VIPS parents are invited to VIPS for a n opportunity to network and troubleshoot strategies for raising a young child who is visually impaired. There is typically an educational component for parents and caregivers with VIPS staff and volunteers providing childcare support as needed. 2 Day Two' s/First Steps Playgroup and Little Learners – Upon their second birthday, VIPS children are invited to join the two - day preschool program and/or First Steps Playgroup at Kids Town Preschool on the VIPS Louisville campus or the Little Learners playgroup on the VIPS Central Kentucky campus. Two - year - olds are also served in their community and homes through First Steps. 3 - 5 - year - olds – VIPS children are served in our preschool program at Kids Town Preschool on the VIPS Louisville campus. VIPS also provides consultation and direct services in preschool classrooms of public school systems and private schools. Sighted Peer Program – VIPS has long recognized, and is supported through research, that children learn best in the company of same - age peers who are developing typically. Kids Town Preschool reserves slots for the inclusion of sighted peers. Sighted peers are welcomed in the Little Learners playgroups as well.

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