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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Elizabeth
Pearce Olmstead MD
Center for the Visually Impaired
Address:
700
Sweet Home Road
Amherst
,
NY
14226
Phone:
716-836-7556
Fax:
716-837-2829
Email:
vipatolmsted@aol.com
Contact Person:
Hope
S. Bongiorno
Director:
Hope S. Bongiorno
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Educationally at-risk, Visually
impaired, blind, speech, hearing and/or learning disabilities.
Fees:
0
Service Area:
Western
New York--
all counties.
Parent and Child time together:
Y
GED Courses:
N
Parenting classes:
Y
Adult Basic Education:
N
Child care:
Y (if child or parent is enrolled
then provided).
ESL classes:
Bus routes:
N/A
Job training:
Y (Through agency and not
preschool)
Home visits:
Y
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Parent support:
Y
Special Needs:
Y
Preschool program:
Y
Hearing Impaired:
Mild hearing loss
Transportation cost provided:
Y (through county or district)
depends on program
Vision Impaired:
Y
Stipends provided:
N
Dyslexia:
N
After school tutoring:
N
Other:
Preschool provides services to individuals ages birth to five
through Early Intervention and CPSE. Low vision optometric services
available. School-age program available through the
Olmsted
Center
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job training offered to young teens, also vision and daily living
skills.
Olmsted
Center
provides a wide variety of services for individuals through seniors.
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Special educators, teachers of the visually
impaired, orientation and mobility specialists, low vision optometrists,
speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical
therapists, and school psychologist available at the preschool.
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