Children & Young People with a Vision Impairment Archives - Page 3 of 22

The Guardian: RNIB says schools are reducing specialist provision at a time when demand is growing

22 October 2019
Source: The Guardian

Thousands of children and young people with vision impairment (VI) are being failed because of a shortage of funds for specialist education services, research by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has found. Less than half (44%) of councils in England have either cut or frozen funding for educational support for VI children, putting specialist provision under significant

Vision UK launches updated resource for families of children with vision impairment

4 October 2019

Improved support for parents and families of newly diagnosed children with vision impairment was unveiled during the British & Irish Paediatric Opthamology & Strabisimus Association (BIPOSA) conference earlier today (4 October 2019). Starting Point, a leaflet that can be given to families at the point of diagnosis, has been redesigned to help signpost parents to appropriate resources and professionals, while

Government Review into Support for Children and Young People with SEND

6 September 2019
Source: Council for disabled children

The government has today announced a major new review into support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The review is designed to improve services for disabled children and young people and their families. The review aims to evaluate the impact of these reforms, and to identify improvements. Too often disabled children and those with

LOOK Mentoring Scheme

23 August 2019
Source: Look

Peer Mentoring can make a huge difference to people with a visual impairment. Look are building a culture of structured & safe community support, and empowering peer mentors to draw on their own experience to help guide others. If you’re aged 11-29 and at school, university / college or looking for work, we have a mentor ready to help you

AOP: Why an eye examination should make the back to school checklist

15 August 2019

The Association of Optometrists (AOP) is urging parents to add an eye test to their back to school checklist. More common ‘to do’s’ such as a new uniform, pencil case, haircut, school shoes may seem enough but an eye test is one vital, but often overlooked, check that can make a lasting impact. More than one in 10 children, in

8 August 2019
Source: Vision UK

The Vision UK Children & Young People with a Vision Impairment (CYPVI) Committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Jenny Cook as the new Chair and John Milligan as the Vice-Chair of the committee. Jenny, who is Director of Wishgranting at Make a Wish UK previously worked for Guide Dogs as Head of Strategy and Research and chaired the

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology: ‘It’s too late’. Is it really? Considerations for amblyopia treatment in older children

20 June 2019
Source: Theraputic Advances in Ophthalmology

Marianne E.F. Piano Anita J. Simmers In recent years, media coverage has demonstrated instances in which families of children aged 7 and older, newly diagnosed with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia through community eyecare services, were told it was ‘too late’ for their child to effectively respond to conventional amblyopia treatment (occlusion or atropine penalisation). Formal guidance pertaining to binocular

Survey on the experiences of children and young people on childhood

28 May 2019
Source: National Children's Bureau

National Children’s Bureau are delighted to be working in partnership with the British Academy to gather the views and experiences of children and young people on Childhood. The British Academy are conducting a wide ranging review of policy and research across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to understand the impact of policy development of children and young people’s experiences

LGA: Improving children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing

23 May 2019
Source: LGA

Findings from the LGA’s peer learning programme. The LGA’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Learning Programme looked at how to prioritise early help and free up acute care for the most vulnerable in order to achieve change; supporting councils and their local partners to learn from each other, and from other councils across the country.

8 May 2019
Source: VICTA

Be part of a fantastic volunteering opportunity and join Visually Impaired Children Taking Action (VICTA) as we support young adults on this unique international camp. VICTA is excited to be bringing the only international camp for students with a vision impairment to the UK. The International Camp on Communication and Computers (ICC) unites young people (16-22) from over 15 countries,

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