OSB Family: - Overbrook School for the Blind

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Imagine a very large, diverse, and loving community, one that inspires, nurtures, and supports its members, wherever they come from and wherever they go. The members of this community are individuals and families with a singular vision and mission: To help people with visual impairments and blindness–some with additional issues, and some who are deafblind– to achieve their highest potential and to provide the greatest opportunity to experience active and fulfilling lives. Page 2 Overbrook School for the Blind Annual Report 2009-2010
The community is Overbrook School for the Blind–a family, really, made up of many families, most of them in the Pennsylvania counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery, some from other states, and others from overseas. Our on campus programs include the Early Childhood component of the Early Intervention Program (EIP); Elementary; Middle School; High School; School to Work; Work Experience; the Aquatics and Residential Progams; the White Hall Independent Living Program; and Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy, Orientation and Mobility, and Audiology services. Combined, these programs serve students between three and 21 years of age. Our off campus programs are both local and international. Off Campus Local and International Outreach Early Intervention Program (EIP) Through EIP’s Early Intervention Outreach component, last year we served 240 families whose children with visual impairments range in age from birth to three; and through the Pre-School Community component, we served 36 families with three- to five-yearolds who have visual impairments. “We provide quality service to the families in their homes and in their communities,” one of OSB’s educators says. “There’s a difference in delivery from family to family, from need to need.” EIP’s annual Summer Workshop reaches out to families with babies who are visually impaired or blind but are not currently served by us in other ways. The workshop provides information and helps to build a sense of community among the participants. Sixteen families attended the recent Summer Workshop. Among the many written comments from parents at the end of the workshop, this one captures the general consensus as well as the flavor of the three-day event: Overbrook School for the Blind Annual Report 2009-2010 Page 3
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