STATUS:  Open

CLIENTS SERVED:  Serves children ages 1-12 who live within approximately 120 miles of Taylor.

DESCRIPTION: Penrickton Center for Blind Children is a unique, private non-profit agency, providing five-day residential, day care and consultation/evaluation services to children 1 through 12 who are visually impaired and multi-disabled. Individualized programs for every child in our care are designed to promote independence in all aspects of daily living.

SERVICES / PROGRAMS:  Penrickton Center for Blind Children offers unique and specialized programming for children who are blind and visually impaired with multiple disabilities.

Services include:  Occupational Therapy / Nursing / Social Work / Music Therapy / Dance And Movement Therapy / Developmental Programming / Active-Learning / Child Care Staff ratio of three children to one childcare worker

HOW TO APPLY:  For General Information: Kelly Osterhout, M.A., Leadership, Assistant Director  kelly@penrickton.org 
For Enrollment Information: Lori Vargo, L.M.S.W., Social Worker lori@penrickton.org

****Children can stay at Penrickton Center 1 – 5 nights, Sunday night through Friday. We are closed weekends, holidays and scheduled weeks of vacation. Most children in our residential program live within a 2-hour drive of Penrickton Center. There is no charge to families for our programs.