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Special Educational Needs Clinical Advisory Group

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Special Educational Needs Clinical Advisory Group2024-09-27T13:52:43+01:00

SEN CAG Leads:

  • Laura Worrall

Committee Members: 

Miriam Conway, Kayleigh Campbell, Eleanor Carr and Farah Naqvi

Email: [email protected]

Mission statement for the group:

  • to promote the role of evidence-based assessment and treatment of visual problems in children and adults with special educational needs.
  • to encourage best practise, high quality research and audit and to develop and support collaboration between Orthoptists in the UK and Ireland,
  • to encourage the development and sharing of resources and guidelines on children and adults with visual impairment and special educational needs.

Resources for Patients

https://www.visionuk.org.uk/starting-point-leaflet/ – Vision UK guide for parents of children with visual impairment

www.guidedogs.org.uk/services-we-provide/children-and-youngpeoples-services

Providing family and education support, advice on assistive or adaptive technology and sensory toys, large print books, recreational activities.

http://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/resources/vi&multi/eyeconds/cereVI.html

https://www.rsbc.org.uk/advice/children-with-complex-needs.html  Advice for parents of children with complex needs

https://www.seeability.org/cerebral-visual-impairment

Provides support and champions better eye care for people with learning disabilities and autism, many of whom have sight loss. Information, useful links, coping strategies.

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/168221/cvi-strategies-at-home-4-8yrs.pdf – CVI but has a section on fields

https://www.tsbvi.edu/cvi-exercise/cviintervention/ip1-building/ip1-field

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/oncology-metabolism/research/ophthalmology-orthoptics/research/nystagmusinfo

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/168221/cvi-strategies-at-home-4-8yrs.pdf

http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/cvi/strategies

https://www.tsbvi.edu/cvi-exercise/cviintervention

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0264619606066186

http://littlebearsees.org/

www.cvisociety.org.uk Providing family support, raising awareness, training sessions,

overview other useful links.

https://cviscotland.org/ The information has been written by parents, but with support and

advice from multiple professionals. Information, news, resources, other links.

www.rnib.org.uk/insight-online/cerebral-visual-impairment Information about CVI.

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