Penrickton Center for Blind Children

Penrickton Center for Blind Children offers many programs for children who are blind and visually impaired with multiple disabilities, and their families. Services Residential Day Care Consultation/Referral Active Learning Community Education Volunteering To learn more about all of these programs, please click the links above. You may contact our Social Worker, Lori Vargo, L.M.S.W. for additional information: lori@penrickton.org

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. Penrickton Center utilizes its experience and expertise to teach and serve …

Many blind children with multiple impairments wait for adults to provide stimulation. Therefore, they become passive. “Active Learning” techniques emphasize simple ways to change the environment so that a child becomes an “active learner.” Dr. Nielsen developed the approach known as “Active Learning,” and designed equipment that is specifically for blind, multi-disabled children. She was trained as a preschool teacher and …