Abstract
The preschool visually impaired child and his family are in need of a variety of services in areas such as health and medicine, psychological and social services, and education. The purpose of a program of comprehensive care is to ensure the provision of all services that are needed at each stage of a child's development to promote healthy growth and functioning. This can be achieved only through a willingness on the part of all community agencies to work together. A case coordinator from one of the agencies accepts responsibility for making sure that child and family are put in touch with all necessary services and that everyone involved has the same treatment objectives. Part I of this report deals with comprehensive care as a concept and describes a theoretical model program. Part II is concerned with two pilot projects, one in rural New Hampshire and the other in urban Minnesota, that show how existing resources can be used in developing a comprehensive care program. It is hoped that programs of comprehensive care will be used not only with the visually impaired but with other groups as well.
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