Tara Tompai is our daughter’s CVI Range Endorsed Childhood Vision Consultant. Tara graduated from the Intervenor for Deaf-Blind Persons Program and then went on to complete the Orientation and Mobility Program. She began her career at The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in 2002. In her role as an orientation and mobility instructor, she worked with a wide range of both young children and seniors, teaching them how to travel safely and independently. It was there that she developed a strong passion for early intervention and this prompted me to complete an Early Childhood Education program. When her own children were young, she worked part-time as a professor at George Brown College in the Intervenor for Deaf-Blind Persons Program and at the Helen Keller Centre. It was in 2013 that she began working full-time as an Early Childhood Vision Consultant at Surrey Place.
In her role at Surrey Place, she works with families who have children from birth to school age that have a diagnosis of a visual impairment. Her caseload largely consists of children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and she expressed how vital it was to ensure good quality service to all her families. She continued her learning by taking several courses, watching webinars and reading countless materials on the topic of CVI.
She was then inspired to complete her CVI Range Endorsement from the Perkins School for the Blind. She was the first in Ontario (however not anymore) and the second in Canada to accomplish this.
Tara is an Early Childhood Vision Consultant.
Contact Tara Tompai directly
Email: Tara.Tompai@surreyplace.ca
Office: 416-925-5141 ext. 2548
Cell: 416-432-6831
Cindy has a deep interest in Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and is currently studying Early Childhood Education. She focuses most of her time on her energetic daughter: playing, cuddling and helping to make her world visually accessible. Cindy holds a degree in Marketing and has worked in the not-for-profit sector for many years.