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Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

General Information

Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Main Campus
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231
(513) 522 3860
jsalyers@clovernook.org
http://www.clovernook.org

Brief Description

The mission of the Clovernook Center for the Blind is to promote independence and foster the highest quality of life for people with visual impairments, including those with additional disabilities. Clovernook has offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and Memphis, Tennessee. Service options vary per location. Cincinnati and Memphis locations have manufacturing plants which employ individuals who are legally blind in the production of braille books and magazines and pressboard file folders. There is also capacity to perform sub-contract work.

Services Offered

  • Counseling
    • Offers individual, group counseling, case management, referral to community services. Provides vocational adjustment and personal adjustment counseling focusing on psychosocial issues.

  • Employment/Job Training
    • Offers vocational interest testing, transitional work services, job development and placement, job coaching, work adjustment, sheltered employment, and/or competitive internal or external employment opportunities.

  • Professional Training
    • Offers internship/fieldwork placement in orientation and mobility, social work, rehabilitation teaching.

  • Recreation Services
    • Offers individualized leisure programming with emphasis on socialization and self-expression.

  • Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
    • Offers an array of programs and services, including training in independent living skills, safe and independent mobility skills, computer access, counseling, vocational services, recreation, and youth programs. Individual and group support is available for seniors and their families, who are experiencing age-related vision loss to promote independence and self-confidence. Clinical low vision evaluation and prescription of low vision tools and devices is also available.

  • Assessment
    • Provided in all service areas.

  • Computer Training/Assistive Technology
    • Offers skills assessment, adaptive equipment trials, and comprehensive computer skills training from basic literacy to advanced skills training.

  • Information and Referral
    • Provides information about vision-related issues and services over the telephone, on the Internet, in person, and by mail. Refers callers to other agencies as appropriate.

  • Braille and Reading Instruction
    • Provides instruction in braille reading and writing; provides low vision adaptation instruction.

  • Low Vision Services
    • Provides clinical low vision evaluation, prescription and training in the use of assistive devices, and follow-up.

  • Assistive Products
    • Distributes independent living aids and accessories. Products for sale on site in Cincinnati and Memphis facilities, and online.

  • Travel/Orientation and Mobility
    • Provides orientation and mobility training in home, work, or other community environments.

  • Braille/Electronic/Audio/Large Print Production
    • Embosses braille books, magazines, catalogs, and other publications for individuals and national organizations, including the Library of Congress, American Foundation for the Blind, Lions Clubs International, United States Internal Revenue Service, United States Department of Education, and the Social Security Administration. Distributes braille, large print, and audio materials under contract with the National Library Service for the Blind and Handicapped (NLS).

  • Consultation/Technical Program Assistance
    • Provides consultation to organizations that wish to make their environments, print materials, etc. more accessible to people who are visually impaired.

  • In-Home Services
    • Offers family/caregiver services.

  • Support Groups
    • Offers a peer support group for individuals with varying degrees of vision loss.