Visual Impairment

Our team sees children with known visual impairment and developmental concerns.

Your team

Who are we?

Your team can include a developmental pediatrician,

a psychologist, a speech-language pathologist, a nurse clinician, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, a recreation therapist, a social worker, an audiologists and vision consultants. We also work closely with ophthalmologists

What do we do?

We:

help you understand your child’s vision loss and how that may affect your child’s learning and development needs
provide assessments to identify ways to assist your child to develop to his or her full potential
work with you and your community team members to develop a plan to support your child’s development
help provide resources, consultation, and information that will guide you as your child grows

Your appointment

Please arrive at least 15 minutes ahead of your appointment time and check in with our receptionist at the main entrance.

Please bring any equipment your child uses to all appointments, for example:

eyeglasses
hearing aids and spare batteries
communication device
white cane

If your child takes regular medication (such as for ADHD), be sure he or she takes the dose as usual unless you are told not to.

Resources

Vision Resources

Online family & recreation resources

Summer camps

Funding information

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Provincial Health Services Authority