visual impairment · web viewwhat do we offer? home visits to pre-school children, to help families...
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The service for Visually Impaired Children supports children with a diagnosed vision impairment, their families, teachers and others involved with them.
Will he have to learn Braille?
How can she join in activities?
Will visual problems affect her learning?
What can my child really see?
in learning and life.knowledge that promote independence people with strategies, skills and loss and endeavours to equip young to education for pupils with a vision The service aims to ensure equal access
Service Aims
Visual Impairment Service
Staff from a local Specialist school
Specialist Teachers of the Deaf
Social Workers
Mobility Officers
Educational Psychologists
Speech Therapists
Opticians
Consultant Ophthalmologists and professionals including: We work closely with other services
Who else do we work with?
Low vision device assessments examson access arrangements for learning materials and advice
Modifications to teaching and peopleblind children and young programmes for educationally
Differentiated braille educational settings impaired children in their
Specialist support for visually the vision impairment recommendations for managing educational settings, to provide assessments for children in
Full functional vision learning skills acquire the full range of early visual stimulation so they can how to help their child with impairment and advise them understand the visual children, to help families
Home visits to pre-school
What do we offer?
How is a referral made?
professionals, school or pre-school.ophthalmologists, other health usual practice is written referral via An initial phone call can be made; but
materials.adapts teaching and learning
a reprographics specialist who or mobility;additionally qualified, e.g. in Braille
Specialist Support Assistants (SSA) blind and partially sighted children;mandatory qualification to teach Impaired (QTVI) who hold the
Qualified Teachers of the Visually Our team includes: Who are we?
Visual Impairment
Sensory Impairment Service
Visual Impairment c/o Southmead children’s centreSherwood DriveOff Lickers LaneKnowsley L35 3XZ0151 443 2057
www.knowsley.gov.uk
Local Offerhttps://www.knowsleyinfo.co.uk/categories/schools-educational-services
Sensory Impairment Service (Education Improvement Services)
For further information please contact:
Visually Impairedqualified Teachers of the Deaf and receive tuition or support from hearing and visual impairments people with educationally significant requirement that children and young This service fulfils the mandatory