Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc.

Through education, training, research and vision enhancement, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides hope, confidence, and independence to people of all ages.

It's Possible to See Without Sight™

601 Southwest Eighth Avenue, FL 33130 · Ph: 305.856.2288 · Fx: 305-285.6967 · info@miamilighthouse.org 

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Distance Learning Curriculum

Braille Music

Over ten years ago Miami Lighthouse created a unique Distance Learning Braille Music curriculum attracting national and international students. Using Expert Learning License, the Braille Music Distance Learning curriculum is used for in-home learning. To contact us for more information on how to join our Braille Music online course, call Chief Program Officer, Carol Brady-Simmons, call (786) 362-7480 or e-mail mailto:csimmons@miamilighthouse.org.

Computer Applications

This Distance Learning Curriculum is designed to improve the digital literacy of blind and visually impaired students so they can acquire in-home learning skills to access the internet using screen reading software, such as, JAWS for Windows.

Students will learn to navigate to a desired webpage, read the page content using specific key stroke commands that provide auditory feedback, locate a desired link, save a desired page, search the internet and read selected accessible web pages. To contact us for more information on how to join our Computer Applications course, call Chief Program Officer, Carol Brady-Simmons, call (786) 362-7480 or e-mail mailto:csimmons@miamilighthouse.org.

Early Learners

The Miami Lighthouse Academy LLC., in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, utilizes Family Engagement Messaging Tool COR Advantage to communicate daily assignments and activities with parents. Teachers and therapists interact with students through telehealth video conferencing and Unique Learning System and Bookshare are used to deliver instruction.

To read more about Miami Lighthouse and distance learning click on these articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Miami Herald.

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Roundtable: Education Through Distance Learning

 
 
   

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Miami Lighthouse is AER accredited distinguishing that an agency or school operates at the highest level of quality and is positioned to generate the outcomes needed by the clients.

 

Miami Lighthouse received the coveted Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2023 Nonprofit Business Innovative Excellence NOVO Award with an organizational budget of $2 million and above.

 

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has received 14 consecutive 4-star ratings, the highest rating possible, from the nation's premier independent nonprofit evaluator Charity Navigator. Attaining a 4-star rating indicates that our organization adheres to sector best practices, exceeds industry standards, and executes its mission in a financially efficient way.

 

Early Intervention Blind Babies Program Named the Children's Trust 2016 Program of the Year. This most prestigious award recognizes this Early Intervention Program, in particular, for including parents as teachers.

 

Miami Lighthouse Learning Center for Children™ is a Florida gold seal and nationally Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment (APPLE)

 
                   

Miami Lighthouse was recognized at the 2015 Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards luncheon as an organization that has demonstrated excellence and innovation in community health.

 

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2015 Beacon Award in Education at the 13th Annual Beacon Council Awards.

 

Miami Lighthouse is a two-time Charity Partner (2013 and 2014) of the Marlins Foundation and a 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Legacy Partner. Our Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program has received over $300,000 in charitable donations through these partnerships.

 

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2008 Concern Award from Health Foundation of South Florida.

 

Miami Lighthouse received a Silver medal at the 2016 Miami Today Gold Medal Awards Ceremony.

 
                   

Miami Lighthouse named "Best of Miami" Charity 2017 by the New Times.

 

Miami Lighthouse received United Homecare’s 2012 Thelma Gibson Community Service Award at the 18th Annual Claude Pepper Memorial Awards Ceremony.

 

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious South Florida Business Journal 2011 Excellence in Health Care Award in the Community Outreach category.

 

Miami Lighthouse honored by being named the recipient of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce 2010 Non-Profit Business Diamond Award1.

 

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2020 award for "Best in Nonprofit" campaign by PRWeek referred to as the "Oscars of the PR industry".