SD - South Dakota Vision Services

Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
800-658-3080 (Voice/TTY)
605-357-1439
www.usd.edu/cd/deafblind [2]
E-mail: cd@usd.edu [3]

The Deaf-Blind Program provides high quality services to families, schools, and community service providers in order to ensure that appropriate services are delivered to meet the unique needs of children (from birth to 21), who have a combined hearing and vision loss. The Center for Disabilities Deaf-Blind Program, at the Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota, is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Grant, # H326C040011.

P.O. Box 1622
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1622
605-224-4183
Web site [7]
E-mail: rsjerven@pie.midco.net [8]

The South Dakota Association of the Blind (SDAB) is an organization whose purpose is to promote the general welfare of the blind and visually impaired throughout the state of South Dakota; bring the public a better understanding of the efforts and aims of those persons with disabilities; create a spirit of cooperation between blind and sighted people; and be of general service, help, and inspiration to the blind, and work for the blind.

912 East Sioux Avenue
c/o 500 East Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
877-873-8500 (Toll free)
605-773-3318 (Phone and TTY)
605-773-5390 (Fax)
http://dhs.sd.gov/sbvi [11]
Offices and contacts: http://dhs.sd.gov/sbvi/address.aspx [12]
E-mail: Bridget.stoeser@state.sd.us [13]

The mission of the Division of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBVI) is to provide individualized rehabilitation services that result in optimal employment and independent living outcomes for citizens who are blind or visually impaired.

SBVI has offices in Aberdeen, Pierre, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls, where the South Dakota Rehabilitation Center for the Blind is also located.

Read our interview [14] with Dawn Backer, Rehabilitation Manager at the South Dakota Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Sioux Falls, South Dakota Division of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired.

423 17th Avenue SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
888-275-3814 (Toll free in state)
605-626-2580
http://sdsbvi.northern.edu [17]
E-mail: lameed@sdsbvi.northern.edu [18]

The role and mission of the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to provide statewide services to meet the educational needs of sensory impaired children from birth through twenty-one in South Dakota by serving in a dual leadership and resource role in the statewide efforts to serve these students. This mission shall be carried out through cooperative efforts with all appropriate state agencies, educational cooperatives, local education agencies, and college and universities.

It is recognized that the mission of the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a significant part of the continuum of services in the statewide delivery system for children in need of special education OR special education and related services.

2800 3rd Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
800-658-3500, ext. 3303 (Toll free)
605-718-2303
Dr. Karla Bucknall, Low Vision Specialist
www.thelowvisioncenter.com [21]
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com [22]

The Low Vision Center in Rapid City, SD performs low vision exams and sends the results to your own eye doctor. They also do referrals for State and local agencies for financial help and have worked with individuals from Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska.

2200 University Avenue West, Suite 200
Saint Paul, MN 55114
800-871-8780 (Toll free)
651-203-2200
651-203-2203 (Fax)
www.thelowvisioncenter.com [21]
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com [22]

The Low Vision Store carries a full line of daily living products and reading machines for people who are blind or have low vision. They cover the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and will do free in-house demonstrations for all reading machines.