MOSPIN

Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN)

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The purpose of the Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN) is to support parents of infants and toddlers with a visual impairment as their first and most powerful teacher. MoSPIN is a no-cost homebased program for families of children, birth through five years of age, who are visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities and combined vision and hearing challenges. We got you parents! This is for you!

MoSPIN provides:

  • Home visits by parent advisors… parents select one or two hour visits,
  • Focus on parents as their child’s first and most important teacher;
  • Information to help parents understand their child’s visual diagnosis and learning characteristics;
  • Parent lessons on vision, communication, motor, hearing or cognition from the national INSITE curriculum;
  • Ongoing support and provision of resources to families.

For additional information regarding the MoSPIN program or activities relating to families of children with combined vision and hearing loss, contact:

Molly Lawhorn, MoSPIN Coordinator and Lead Parent Advisor

Missouri School for the Blind

3815 Magnolia Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

314-633-1591 or Molly.lawhorn@msb.dese.mo.gov

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    • A family outreach service from Missouri School for the Blind… …Providing a statewide home-based program at no cost to families of children, birth through 5 years of age who are visually impaired including those with additional disabilities.
    Since 1987, Missouri School for the Blind has been providing a statewide home- based program to assist Missouri families with children who are visually impaired. The program is known as the Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN). MoSPIN provides direct, in-home services to families throughout the state through specially trained “parent advisors.” The program is designed for parents of children who are visually impaired and who may also have other disabilities (developmental delay/cognitive impairment, hearing loss, motor delays, etc.).


    MoSPIN includes the following components:
  • • Scheduled home visits by parent advisors around family's schedule
  • • Focus on parents as their child’s first and most important teacher
  • • Empower parents to understand their child’s visual diagnosis and learning characteristics
  • • Parent lessons on communication techniques, sensory stimulation and basic developmental skills from the INSITE curriculum
  • • Ongoing support and provision of resources to families through transitions into preschool, Early Childhood education and kindergarten.

    • For more information, contact: Molly Lawhorn Lead Parent Advisor/Family Specialist MoSPIN 314-633-1591 molly.lawhorn@msb.dese.mo.gov