Advisory Service for Vision Impairment Support
Mission statement
To improve inclusive opportunities and educational outcomes for children and young people with visual impairment.
The service provides
- Advice to:
- families, young people, Early Years settings, schools and professionals
- Advice on:
- support and strategies to improve inclusive opportunities and educational outcomes for Swindon children and young people who have a visual impairment, including specialist teaching of Braille where appropriate
- specialist equipment (which may be lent to schools) to assist with independence in tasks
- habilitation advice and support to improve independence, mobility and independent living skills
- Advice for:
- individual Education Plans/Play Plans, Annual Reviews, Transition Plans, Education, Health and Care Plans and Risk Assessments
Referral criteria
The service has an open referral system for children and young people of pre-school and school age. Most referrals are from Health professionals.
A child or person who has:
- a corrected visual acuity (when wearing glasses or contact lenses) of 6/18 or worse in their better eye
- a diagnoses degenerative eye condition*
- a diagnosed, named eye condition that affects, or is likely to affect, their ability to access the curriculum
Many people may need to wear glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision to within the normal range. Such children and young people are not considered to have a visual impairment.
*If there is very low, or even no, vision in one eye, but the other eye has relatively good vision, this does not meet the criteria for involvement.
Contact us
- Service directory: Advisory Service for Vision Impairment Support
