Introducing children to Low Vision Aids
Thursday 19 April 2007
Course evaluation summary
Number of Participants: 22; Number of Respondents:22
Overall Assessment:
How would you rate the following: Excellent = 1;Poor = 5
Enhancement to your expertise |
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2 |
Content and supplementary material |
1.82 |
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How will you use what you have learned today?
Help with supporting peripatetic
pupils.
Try out a couple of different magnifiers with a child.
Awareness for future reference of the different types of LVAs available.
Awareness of issues surrounding LVA use.
INSET to schools.
Inform support staff at school and implement the use of LVA across the
curriculum.
Using LVAs gave me an indication of how difficult it can be for VI pupils.
Try to obtain pack and read up on it.
To inform class teachers, visual impairment awareness.
Probably in raising awareness amongst classroom teachers with regard
to level of hard work and concentration of VI pupils.
I shall feed back to co-workers, and hopefully use information to develop
and co-ordinate services.
Feedback to staff who are directly involved with pupils requiring LVAs
as well as using directly myself. Use ideas for in-service with mainstream
staff. Make contact with local optometrist - research progress of eye
care review in Shetland.
Be more patient and tolerant when pupil is using LVAs, not to rush them
in work. Much more aware of how stressful activities are.
Be more patient with pupils re motivation.
In the work environment and essay.
More research needed for my development and experimentation.
Raised knowledge of LVAs; will know the options better; will chase up
opticians able to prescribe LVAs in my area.
More aware of types of LVA which are available and most appropriate
way to use them.
Awareness of the visual fatigue suffered by children with LVAs.
To improve the help I can give my VI pupils with their LVAs.
How would you rate the following: Excellent = 1; Poor = 5
Clarity of presentation |
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2 |
Pacing of course/event |
1.91 |
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What was best about the course/event?
Introduction to different kinds
of LVAs.
Introducing children to LVAs. Sheet - about training children
in the use of LVAs (2).
Activities (practical) in using LVAs (11).
Using the equipment and experiment with different goggles.
It’s always interesting meeting other professionals working with visually
impaired pupils.
Practical work, good, please keep it.
Relevance to current need and fact our team have had less experience
in the Low Vision Aids.
Trying out different types of magnifiers and personally evaluating them.
Getting opportunity to use equipment.
Networking opportunity. Chance to hear about LVAs and get ‘hands on’
experience.
Being able to see and use such a variety of LVAs.
What, if anything, could have been improved about the course?
Perhaps
more condensing of time during the day.
Would have been good to have Heather Mason (?) talk about her research.
Not having prescribed activities when using LVAs or not so many.
A handout for the morning session - went too fast to take notes.
Hands on session quite long.
Practical session - perhaps given certain time to do each section.
Any other comments regarding the course?
Quicker pace.
We have most of the magnifiers at work, but it is good to take the time
to look at them but I would rather concentrate on how to train a child
in using them as everyone says how important this is to do yet don’t
teach us how to do it.
Very worthwhile.
Good idea to make it more practical. Attended last year and find
this more useful.
Just a thought, but the morning session might be better in the afternoon
and vice versa.
Would have preferred not to have set activities - just time to use LVAs;
would have preferred to watch video and make own notes - not have to
complete sheet; would have been better to have done assessment module
first?
Earlier start?
Excellent opportunity.
Location and Venue
Convenient location for this course:No
Response 8; Yes 14; No
Excellent = 1; Poor = 5
Convenience of venue |
1.64 |
Quality of venue |
1.54 |
Likely to attend if venue was used again: Likely 2; Less Likely 20; No Response
What other CPD training would you like the SSC to provide?
In-depth courses
on the assessment of VI, eg, just on testing visual acuity, or just
on testing distance vision, or just on testing field of vision - these
could also discuss issues surrounding each test.
Resources in class - what resources, games, IT, etc could teaching staff
use - age appropriate?
Happy with what is provided.
Outcomes Assessment
If you are a teacher, how would you rate this course
in relation to the following "
Chartered Teacher Standard" components: Very useful = 1; not useful
= 5
your professional values and personal commitment |
1.98 |
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your professional knowledge and understanding |
1.62 |
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your professional and personal attributes |
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2.12 |