Early intervention and education program

HYDERABAD: LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), which is celebrating its silver jubilee this year, added two new services to its credit on Wednesday. The institute launched an ‘Early Intervention and Education Program’ for children with vision loss along with ‘Disabilities and Information Technology Training Center’ for the visually impaired. The early intervention program provides intervention for children with vision loss and also for those with multiple disabilities including cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment, locomotor disability among others. The institute will support the child from a tender age through vision therapy, speech therapy, behaviour modification, multi-sensory intervention etc. The program aims to make it easier for children with multi-disabilties to get various therapies in one place instead of the parents having to take their children to various institutes for each disability of the child. According to the institute, it has provided rehabilitation for 98,000 patients till now. The programs are being supported by Mahindra Satyam Foundation. Vinod Khanna, trustee of Mahindra Satyam Foundation inaugurated the program. Dr G N Rao, chairman of LVPEI was also present on the occasion.