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Anchor Center Receives Substantial Donation of Instruments for Music Therapy Program

March 28, 2023 – Anchor Center had an amazing opportunity to work with a donor, a mix engineer and multi–Grammy Awards winner, to support our music therapy program. In the past six months, a large number of musical instruments have been donated specifically to benefit the needs of our students with visual impairments. These instruments

Anchor Center’s, Elise Darrow Interviewed by Perkins School in the article, “CVI and EI: What is the IFSP?”

Elise Darrow, Anchor Center for Blind Children’s CVI Initiative Manager, Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, and Orientation and Mobility Specialist discusses Individual Family Service Plan’s (IFSP), a legal document that outlines your child’s Early Intervention services and goals. Read the article here.

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Dr. Cathy Smyth Presents

Anchor’s Director of Research, Dr. Cathy Smyth recently presented on Anchor Center’s NAVEG newborn screening research for the  Newborn Screening Translational Research Network (NBSTRN) National Pilot Webinar series.  The NBSTRN hosts a monthly webinar via zoom to facilitate information sharing between state newborn screening programs, researchers, clinicians, advocates and federal partners about conditions recently added

Anchor Center Collaborates with Early Intervention Vision Professionals to use the NAVEG in identifying neurological risks in infants

Anchor Center for Blind Children is excited to announce our new collaboration with the Early Intervention vision professionals with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI) and staff from the University of New Mexico NICU to use the Neonatal Assessment Vision European Grid (NAVEG) in identifying neurological risk that may lead

Anchor Center Capital Renovation for CVI Initiative

As a nationally recognized leader in the field of pediatric blindness, Anchor Center is currently planning a new focus that will broaden our scope, benefit children and families in need, and positively impact research and practice in our growing field  – the CVI initiative. Our primary goals are to fill a critical service gap between