Founded in 1953, Junior Blind of America’s mission is helping children and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled achieve independence. Based in Los Angeles, they offer specialized services for thousands of infants, children, teens and adults throughout California and across the country. Through programs that offer early-intervention, education, recreation and rehabilitation, our students learn essential skills to help them maximize their potential and achieve their goals.
Junior Blind of America
5300 Angeles Vista Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 295-4555 (800) 352-2290
info@juniorblind.org
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PIVIT - Parents & Infants who are Visually Impaired Together
The PIVIT (Parents & Infants who are Visually Impaired Together) program is a service provided through LAUSD Infant/Preschool Support Services. It is a comprehensive educational program that assists infants and toddlers with the low incidence disability of visual impairment. Services are provided free of cost, either in the family's natural home environment or at center based family support centers. This program provides infants, toddlers (up to thirty-six months of age) and their families, support from teachers, psychiatric social workers, registered nurses and consultation services of OT/PT/Speech & Language Specialist/Orientation and Mobility Specialists. The team of professionals work with the infants and their parents to optimize learning potential by emphasizing using all developmental domains and residual vision to compensate for their blindness. The team also assists in transitioning the toddlers to preschool programs when they turn age three. Referrals to the PIVIT program come directly from hospitals, private physicians, clinics, and any individual who may know an infant/toddler that may have a visual problem. You can read about Colin’s vision therapy from PIVIT in Blogworthy.
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Optometric Vision Therapy, also referred to as visual training, vision training, or orthoptics, is a treatment regimen to correct or improve specific dysfunctions of the vision system identified by standardized diagnostic criteria. It includes, but is not limited to, the treatment of strabismus and other binocular vision or convergence dysfunctions, amblyopia, accommodation, ocular motor function and visual-perceptual-motor abilities.
The medical necessity for optometric Vision Therapy is determined from a comprehensive analysis and diagnosis of the functioning of the vision system. Treatment plans are directed at specific diagnosed dysfunctions of the vision system and encompass the use of lenses, prisms, occlusion and other appropriate materials, modalities and equipment. Because the therapy is individualized, the procedures used and the duration of therapy are dependent upon the nature and severity of the problem being treated and the specific needs of the patient.
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Vision Therapy Success Stories
Read what teachers, parents, children and adult patients say when asked "What changes have you seen as a result of a Vision Therapy program" or "How has Vision Therapy changed your
life?"
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