Welcome to the CLVP-BC Site

CLVP-BC is designed to provide comprehensive low vision assessment to school age children throughout British Columbia.   This project brings together professionals trained in Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orientation and Mobility, Assistive Technology and Education to evaluate each child, prescribe and dispense low vision devices, make recommendations to support the child, family, teachers, schools and other professionals working with the child.

Our Story

CLVP-BC began in November 2005 with its first clinic being in Kelowna. The Project was originally funded by a grant from the Ministry of Children and Families Development and fully supported by School District #23 Student Support Services. The Project is modeled after the CVRP model (Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Project) in West Virginia. The CLVP team was created to supplement the needs of low vision students in British Columbia to provide a functional vision assessment, a clinical vision assessment, an orientation and mobility assessment, an assistive technology assessment and an optical aids assessment. The CLVP lending library provides optical aids for near and distance free of charge to students attending a CLVP clinic. The CLVP team’s primary focus is to improve the literacy skills and quality of life for these students.

The CLVP-BC model has been replicated in Alberta since 2009. This is called the Children’s Travelling Low Vision Clinic of Southern Alberta and is funded by the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. Other provinces are considering replicating the CLVP-BC model in the future.

If you would like to refer a student to a CLVP clinic, please click here.

If you are hosting a clinic, please click here.

If you are bringing a student to a clinic, please click here.

2012 Clinic Dates:

Delta
May 24-25th
Location: Hellings Elementary
11655 - 86 Avenue, Delta
V4C 2X5
All forms due by May 3rd