Webinar 12: Teaching Social Skills to Children with Visual Impairment

Content

This webinar looked at the hugely important subject of teaching social skills. Good social skills are vital for children and young people with visual impairment, and those who have them are more likely to gain employment and lead a fulfilled adult life. What can we do as a (Q)TVI, class teacher or support assistant to support their development.

• Developing Social Skills in Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (Perkins School for the Blind)

Discussion Points

Scaffolding then standing back, model and (pre)teach games that are being played in the playground at breaktimes etc

Some instances of services using specialist staff who mentor and guide children with visual impairments and their peers in building relationships at school, in the playground and beyond.

Need to make sure a pupil leaving school to enter the workplace is able to handle the different situations of talking in a meeting versus talking in the staff room, they need different skills. It was agreed that there is a very strong relationship between good social skills and gaining employment.

Target Audience

Teachers of children who are visually impaired.

Presenter

Elizabeth McCann, Scottish Sensory Centre