Services delivered: BLV — designated training centre
Component: Early Intervention
Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017
Service description
Through the Designated Training Centre (DTC), home visiting education, training and quality assurance services are provided to support the practice and ongoing professional development of Early Childhood Vision Consultants (ECVCs) and other staff delivering the BLV program.
People served
The DTC supports the ECVCs and other staff in the BLV program to deliver evidence-informed services to families that promote the visual, tactile, auditory, and overall development of the children and their families receiving services from the BLV program.
Service features
To support quality improvement of the BLV program, the DTC provides ECVCs and other staff with information and guidance through training and workshops, mentorship opportunities, clinical decision support and case reviews/feedback to support implementation of program guidelines.
Specific service provided
The following services are delivered to support ECVCs in implementing the Blind Low Vision Early Intervention Program Guidelines Document 2020
- administer evidence-informed online training to ECVCs, including maintaining/updating content of the online training modules as needed
- provide ongoing support, resources, and guidance to the ECVCs working with complex cases
- deliver the Provincial ECVC Mentorship Initiative for newly trained staff and provide mentorship opportunities to the other ECVCs in the program upon request
Ministry expectations
Education and training activities are to be delivered in alignment with the Blind Low Vision Early Intervention Program Guidelines Document 2020. Performance against each of the activities in the associated schedule will be reported on a quarterly basis to the ministry.
Reporting requirements
The following service data will be reported on at an Interim and Final period. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates.
| Service data name | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ministry-funded agency expenditures: BLV Designated Training Centre | Total ministry-funded expenses for the Transfer Payment Recipient to administer and/or deliver this service in the Funding Year (cumulative). |
| # of Service Providers Trained: BLV DTC | The total number of Early Childhood Vision Consultants (ECVCs) and other BLV staff that were trained. Training refers to those that support improvements in ECVCs' knowledge, skills or capacity to better support families'/child’s development. |
| # of Training Sessions Delivered: BLV DTC | The total number of training sessions that were delivered to Early Childhood Vision Consultants (ECVCs) and other BLV staff to support improvements in their knowledge, skills or capacity to better support families'/child's development. Training sessions include both in-person or online training modules, webinars and/or workshops. Training sessions do not include mentorship sessions or large group sessions facilitating knowledge sharing among communities of practice. |
A supplementary report providing additional information about these services may be required (reporting template and dates to be provided separately).