We practice a comprehensive and holistic “whole child” approach.
At Future In Sight, our certified professionals work closely with you, your child’s care team, and educational professionals to ensure that your child receives the specialized support they need to learn, grow and thrive with vision loss.
Watch this video to learn more. Review the specialized services we provide to each age group below.
We can help you and your child navigate life with vision loss.
Please contact us.
Early Supports & Services (ESS): Birth-3
Our team includes experienced Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVIs) who work with with this delicate age group to help achieve developmental milestones.
We provide:
- Consultation & assessment
- Recommendations/strategies
- Routine-based goals
We also help with:
- Attendance at eye doctor appointments
- Interpreting eye exam results
- Vision resources
- Identifying groups and community events for families
- Connection to additional services
Services for School-Aged Children: 3-21
Our Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVIs) along with our Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialists (COMS), provide specialized instruction in the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) for students who are blind and visually impaired. The ECC is vital for setting children with visual impairments, including those with deafblindness and multiple disabilities, up for success after graduation.
Our team is highly experienced in all nine areas of the ECC, which are:
- Compensatory or Functional Academic Skills Including Communication Modes
- Orientation and Mobility
- Social Interaction Skills
- Independent Living Skills
- Recreation and Leisure Skills
- Career Education
- Use of Assistive Technology
- Sensory Efficiency Skills
- Self-Determination and Self- Advocacy
Our staff collaborates with case managers, classroom teachers, other service providers, and the families of our youth clients to develop and implement the highest quality Individualized Education Program (IEP) for students in this age group.
Services for Transition-Aged Youth/Young Adults: 12-24
We provide individual sessions and ongoing activities & workshops for transition-aged students who are blind and visually impaired. Our goal is address the skills that will help increase successful transition outcomes such as interviewing preparation, social skills for the workplace and life, independent living skills, orientation & mobility, and self-advocacy and self-determination, whether the youth’s future includes more schooling, entering directly into the workforce, or living as independently as possible with or without assistance.
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Just starting out on this journey? You may find our Resources for Parents helpful.
Learn more about our services from the youth and families that have utilized them:
Youth Profile Story: Amelia P.
Amelia (Mia)’s parents, Ashaley and Billy, discuss their experience with getting connected to Future In Sight and receiving services and support once they realized Mia was struggling with irregular eye movements.
Youth Profile Story: Scott J.
Scott explains his experience with vision loss due to retinopathy of prematurity and how the support of Future In Sight, his eye doctor, and friends and family have helped him find success as he approaches adulthood.
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