Description: Junior Blind of America provides in-home services that are designed to help increase visual functioning, sensory awareness, communication and social skills, as well as improve physical, cognitive and emotional development for infants from birth up to age 3. Services include: weekly in-home visits from experienced specialists, visual and auditory development, cognition and play, social and emotional development, communication, fine and gross motor movement, self-help skills, educational workshops, and family camp at Junior Blind's camp bloomfield in Malibu. A child may be referred to the program by a family member, healthcare or blindness professional, regional center or school district.
Eligibility: Formal diagnosis not required. If a child exhibits any sign of visual impairment, assessments will be conducted and referrals made to professionals for formal diagnosis. Must be child/family in Central and Southern California.
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