The Early Intervention Centre makes it possible for the parents to get acquainted and to establish a peer relationship with other families. The Centre's staff is prepared to help parents in difficult situations, providing its services free of charge. The programs developed in the Centre is based on the idea that parents have to make decisions related to their children, but the assistance and information services provided can help them to make the right decisions. These services involve education, health-service and social programs for children with visual impairments. The staff helps to evaluate the children's educational needs and prepare them for integrated education.
Children obtain information mostly by means of eyesight.
The blind and partially sighted children should learn as soon as possible to use their other senses and, through them, to get the fullest possible idea of the world. If there is any residual vision, it is necessary to get the child into the habit of using it. Children with visual impairments can learn daily living skills if we apply some appropriate and well-tried methods. The Centre also facilitates contacts between the families, bringing them together in the form of training courses, weeklong programs and parents' support groups. The Early Intervention Centre employs a number of professionals to work with families bringing up infants and toddlers with vision impairments.