HOPE
Infant Family Support Program - Services to Visually Impaired Infants and Toddlers
San Diego County Office of Education
Video Interviews
Interview with Meryl Berk
- Introduction/ Description of this SEEDS Visitation Site
- How will visiting our site improve your program?
- What are we the most proud of at our site?
- What challenges have we faced /overcome along the way?
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Program Philosophy
HOPE provides family-centered, comprehensive, coordinated, quality education services for children with disabilities (birth to three) and their families. HOPE is one of the oldest early intervention programs in the state - operating since 1975.
What is Offered
- Consultative model in home, school, and community based on family choice for visually impaired infants and toddlers
- Home program for solely low incidence visually impaired infants and toddlers
- Developmentally appropriate interventions
- Making, adapting and using materials
- Role of the VI teacher as part of the early intervention team
- Functional vision assessment in home and school
- Developmental assessment in natural environment
- Determination of eligibility for solely low incidence and dualeligibility
- Utilizing and understanding ophthalmologic and optometric information
On-Site Services
Opportunities for Observation:
- Home visits
- Home and community vision consultation and assessment
Off-Site Services
The site can bring to you:
- Information about assessment of visually impaired infants and toddlers
- Information about utilizing (or being) a teacher of the visually impaired in a heterogeneous infant program
- Information on how visual impairment impacts development and methods of addressing these issues
Who You Will Meet
- HOPE vision consultants, credentialed and non-credentialed staff including parents based on training requirements
To arrange a visitation site appointment:
Call SEEDS at [916] 228-2379
When Site Is Available For Visits
- Monday - Friday / 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Number Of Visitors At One Time
- Number to be determined by training requirements
More Information
Meryl Berk
(858) 292-3835
