Fun Fall Sensory Activity! |
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Fall is a great time to explore the textures, smells, tastes, sounds, and sights of the season! From apples to pumpkins, cooler air to crunchy fall leaves, getting out and having meaningful experiences in the outdoors is a wonderful way for your child to explore nature with their senses and develop important concepts.
We love pumpkins because they come in so many shapes and sizes! While it’s fun to visit a pumpkin patch, it’s even easier to explore a pumpkin in your own home with these ideas HERE.
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Save the Date for Our Next Mystery Party |
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Parents know their child the best, but how do you describe your child to other people? When your child attends a new school or day care center, meets a therapist for the first time, or visits with extended family, what will they want to know about your child? What are your child's likes and dislikes? How can other people support your child the best? An “All About Me” book is a fun way to communicate your child’s unique strengths and needs to others.
Join us on Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 pm for a virtual "Mystery Party" about “All About Me” books. We’ll make an easy “All About Me” snapshot of your child that can be the starting point for your own “All About Me” book. Bring four or more of your favorite 4” x 6” printed photos of your child, scissors, a glue stick, and colored markers or pens. We’ll provide the template and stickers when you register for the event. Look for more details in November.
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Patching Pointers from the Experts |
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If your child has a visual impairment or a vision concern, they might have a prescription for eye patching. An eye patch is either an adhesive sticker or a cloth patch that’s worn over one eye. You may be wondering, “How on earth am I ever going to convince my child to wear a patch over their eye?”
The teachers from A Shared Vision get this question all the time. They provide strategies and support for families who have very young children, from birth to age three, with blindness, visual impairments, and vision concerns. Learn more about establishing a successful patching routine with your child HERE.
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White Cane Safety Day Is October 15 |
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The white cane is an essential tool that gives children with blindness or visual impairments the ability to navigate their environment. It acts as an extension of their hands and arms so they can assess a situation and move quickly and confidently at home, school, or around a neighborhood.
For babies and toddlers, moving independently and safely in their environment is called orientation and mobility. A teacher from A Shared Vision trained in orientation and mobility helps a family learn to encourage a child’s purposeful movement, teach body parts and directional concepts, and help their child with an early mobility device such as a push toy or small cane. Learn more about orientation and mobility HERE.
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Gratitude Is Our Attitude
For the fifth year in a row, we are honored that the Buell Foundation has recognized the value of early intervention programs like ours. The Buell Foundation’s recent award of $16,000 will allow us to continue providing early intervention vision services to our families on the Western Slope, Alamosa, Greeley, Sterling, and other parts of rural Colorado. Prior to A Shared Vision, rural families had to travel to Denver or go without the services their child needs. We are so grateful for the Buell Foundation!
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It's Not Too Late! Sign Up
for Vision Screening Training
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More vision screening training dates are available through December for EI evaluators, CCB professionals, and other providers who are conducting in-person evaluations. To review modules and dates click HERE.
A Shared Vision was awarded the contract from Early Intervention Colorado to update the current vision screening protocol as we begin returning to in-person evaluations. Each EI Evaluation assessment must begin with a hearing and vision screening because of the potential impact of sensory delays on the developmental assessment process and interpretation of causality.
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A Shared Vision is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the leading provider of in-home and community early intervention vision services in Colorado. We inspire and empower families to nurture the development of their very young children who are blind or visually impaired so that all children may discover their brightest future.
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