Outreach course: visual impairment

Outreach course: Visual Impairment and Early Years

Inverness 25-26 April 2013

Janis Sugden, Co-ordinator and Lorna Hall, Early Years Consultant, Scottish Sensory Centre, Edinburgh

9.45 Overview of Current Legislation relating to Children and Young People with Additional Support Needs in Scotland: particularly those with a visual impairment, Janis Sugden
10.15 Early intervention: Roles and Responsibilities, Janis Sugden
11.00 Background to Developmental Journal: Brief aims, research findings, ages, stages and activity cards, Lorna Hall
13.00 How vision develops in the Early Years, Janis Sugden
13.45 Developmental Journal: Activity 1 Record of developing vision, Vision Activity Cards, Visual environment: including sensory materials and visual stimulation, Lorna Hall
14.45 Developmental Journal: Getting Stuck, Challenges for implementation
3.15 Summary and Course Evaluation

9.45 Observation and assessment of vision in the early years; informal and structured assessments including commercially produced materials, Janis Sugden
11.00 Strategies to support babies and infants with VI, Janis Sugden
13.00 How vision develops in the Early Years, Janis Sugden
14.45 Early sensory activities including pre-braille skills: in this session we will look at Sensory Stories using the Be Active Box, considering the auditory, tactile and motor skills required to access appropriate medium of communication, Lorna Hall
3.15 Summary and Course Evaluation