Travelling Low Vision Clinic

The Travelling Low Vision Clinic represents a collaboration between the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation, Alberta Education, CNIB and Alberta Health Services, and is designed to provide comprehensive low vision care for children and youth with low vision in Alberta.  The clinic uses an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together resources from health, education and the community to ensure that each child has the assessment, treatment plan, and intervention that they require pertaining to their visual impairment.  The clinic team is comprised of an ophthalmologist, an optometrist, teachers for the visually impaired, and an orientation and mobility specialist.  The Travelling Low Vision Clinic is designed to provide equitable access to all children and youth in the Province, as clinics will take place in various centres across Alberta.  Parents, teachers, student services coordinators, and other members of the school team are encouraged to attend the appointment.

Objectives of the TLVC:

• Provide low vision evaluation (including an ophthalmological assessment), device prescription, and classroom adaptation recommendations.
• Provide orientation and mobility evaluation and recommendations.
• Provide a lending library of low vision devices and related visual aids.
• Provide recommendations for assistive technology.
• Provide teaching strategies and resources to teachers, learning teams, vision consultants and parents.
  

Upcoming Clinics:

2012/2013 Travelling Low Vision Clinic dates for SOUTH

October 23, 2012 - Lethbridge, AB
433 15 Street South
Lethbridge, AB
   
January 29, 2013 - Red Deer, AB
Red Deer Public School Administration Building
4747 53 Street, Red Deer, AB

March 5, 2013 - Calgary, AB
15 Colonel Baker Pl NE
Calgary, AB

April 17, 2013 - Medicine Hat, AB
Medicine Hat #76 Board Office 
601 1st Avenue SW, Medicine Hat, AB 

2012/2013 Travelling Low Vision Clinic Dates for NORTH 

October 30, 2012 - Edmonton, AB 

Newton School

5523 - 122 Ave, Edmonton, AB

December 11, 2012 - Grande Prairie, AB

April 23, 2013 - St. Albert, AB

Vital Grandin School

39 Sunset Blvd, St. Albert, AB

Click on the following links for more information:

• Clinic Process
• Referral Process
• Evaluation
• Information for the Learning Team
• Highlights/Where we've been
• Contact Us