We're Doing Home Visits by Video!
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A Shared Vision supports more than 200 families in Colorado. Their health, and the health of their children, is one of our biggest concerns. It's especially important that our teachers be there to support our families during these challenging times.
We are still doing home visits with our families. When we can't meet in person because of illness, the weather or schedules, we are supporting our families through live video calls. They are very similar to FaceTime, What's App or Google Duo but HIPAA compliant. If A Shared Vision supports your family and you are interested in meeting your EI-TVI during a live video call, please contact her directly. She is ready to help. |
2019 Annual Report
2019 was another exciting year serving Colorado's families with children who are blind or visually impaired. More than 200 families received 2,241 service visits from our licensed Early Intervention Teachers of the Visually Impaired – an increase of 38% in visits from the prior year! That’s more than ten times the number of vision services provided by any other center-based organization or EI provider group. We hope you'll enjoy reading more about our important work. Click HERE.
Let's Make Music Together!
A Shared Vision hosted its first music therapy class on March 7. The families who attended banged a big drum, shook egg maracas and strummed guitars. They sang simple rhymes with Amanda Bryant, the music therapist leading the class. They learned how music stimulates all their senses, sometimes calming them down or making them more curious. While we have cancelled future in-person classes for the time being, stay tuned for other music offerings this year. Click HERE for more pictures of the event.
A SHARED VISION Celebrates ITS THIRD YEAR OF SERVICE...
...on October 26th with a pre-game birthday party at the Pepsi Center followed by the Avalanche hockey game. The evening included food, libations and free t-shirts donated by the Avs! Logan and Kara Schneider spoke about how their EI-TVI from a Shared Vision taught them how to nurture their son Kaige and give them hope. Afterwards, there was a drawing for a hockey puck donated by the Avs and autographed by Gabriel Landeskog, the team captain.
PUMPKIN PATCH FRIENDS!
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A Shared Vision hosted 30 family members - children, parents, grandparents and siblings - for a fun sensory learning experience in Washington Park, Denver on September 28. Parents donned sleep shades and explored the world of their children with visual impairments. Children with visual impairments and their siblings also practiced orientation and mobility concepts in an impromptu pumpkin patch.
Special thanks to The Allstate Foundation for their financial support that allows us to host these wonderful events. |
"This was our first time coming to an A Shared Vision Family Fun Day and our family loved it!" "This event was awesome. I really like how we had to describe things without being able to see them!" |
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WESTERN REGIONAL EARLY INTERVENTION CONFERENCE 2019
A Shared Vision co-hosted this year's Western Regional Early Intervention Conference - September 2019. WREIC supports professionals working with, and families of, children birth to five years old who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/visually impaired, or deafblind. WREIC has been in place for over 30 years, making it one of the longest ongoing early intervention conferences in the country. More than 350 professionals and parents, representing more than 125 organizations across 21 states, attended this year's event. For more information about WREIC, click HERE.
