EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE
VISUALLY IMPAIRED/BLIND
Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired
3101 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
816-333-3166
www.umkc.edu/stulife/volagents/vol017a.html
(Education for children birth through kindergarten age who are blind/visually impaired in the greater Kansas City area.)
Delta Gamma Foundation for Visually Impaired Children
5030 McRee, St. Louis, MO 63110
314-776-1300, 314-776-7808
(Serves infants and young children birth to 3 years who are blind/visually impaired within 50 miles of St. Louis.)
First Steps
DESE
P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480
573-751-0187
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/FirstSteps/
(Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with special needs in Missouri.)
Hadley School for the Blind
Parent/Child Program
700 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL 60093
708-446-8111
800-323-4238
(Free correspondence courses on visual impairment and child development.)
MoSPIN (Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network)
Missouri School for the Blind
Linda Van Eck, Director, Outreach Services
3815 Magnolia Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110-4099
314-776-4320, ext. 250
800-622-5672 (to leave a message)
(Home based program for families of children, ages 3 through age 5, who are visually impaired.)