Childrens Center For The Visually Impaired
Preschool in Kansas City, MO 64111
The mission of the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired is to prepare children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, to reach their highest potential in the sighted world. Our doors are open for any infant to school-age child whose visual impairment is significant enough to adversely affect his or her educational performance. Children and their parents come here to discover a truly unique, positive environment with innovative and stimulating programs customized for each student.
- Child Ages:
- 6 weeks - 5 years
- Rates:
- $
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - NAC - NAEYC Accredited
- Special Needs:
- CCVI teachers are trained in education of the blind and partially sighted, special education, and early-childhood special education.
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 3:00 p.m.
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More than 85 percent of what a child learns is derived through vision and incidental learning before the age of five. Vision provides the motivation to explore one’s environment and to understand one’s position in space, and it is an important modality for the acquisition of speech and language. We believe vision is so crucial to the early development of a child that it is imperative we provide early intervention to help develop the other senses, to maximize the child’s residual vision and to integrate visual and compensatory strategies into daily routines, play activities and all learning opportunities.
CCVI offers a comprehensive program, including individualized therapy, consulting services and supportive family education. Services are provided beginning in infancy through our home-based Infant Program, and continue on with our Preschool & Kindergarten classes, preparing children for entry into the public or private school systems. Specialized services include braille instruction, orientation and mobility, deafblind services, assistive technology, low vision training, speech, occupational, physical and aquatic therapies and family support. CCVI also provides itinerant and consulting services to area school districts.
CCVI staff includes professionals in occupational, speech/language and physical therapies, as well as in the specialized instruction areas of braille and orientation and mobility. CCVI teachers are certified in Early Childhood Special Education and Blind/Partially Sighted.
