SSC Webinar 12: Teaching Social Skills to Children with Visual Impairment

Course evaluation summary

Number of Participants: 76
Number of Respondents: 15

Overall Assessment:

Will you do anything differently as a result of today's training?

Will take on board a couple of practical suggestions from pre-webinar material.
Yes, I have more knowledge of the importance of social skills.
Experiment more with Teams so I can use it more with my pupils.
Not sure yet but will use some of the skills learnt on the webinar.
Yes I am more aware about making the children more independent.
Increase my awareness of the need to be teaching social skills.
Be aware to give VI children more independence.
Follow up on good practise.
I will share some information with colleagues.
Yes, I will need to read and research further information to settle the pupils into a new class. I have asked the school to order blinds/repair the existing ones.
Implement strategies.
If anyone has a sample "Vision Passport" to share, this would be appreciated.
Sharing information with other staff regarding the importance of developing social skills.
Yes, some of the good practice tips.

What was best about the course/event?

Material shared prior to webinar.
The expertise of the presenters.
Informal and useful - very user friendly.
I enjoyed the video before the webinar and getting information from other learners.
Hearing other people's working practices.
Getting broader idea of what is need for this.
Sharing working practice.
Opportunity to discuss Visual Impairment and access videos before the webinar, which formed the basis of discussions.
Collective knowledge of participants.
Knowing other people have succeeded in setting up a room for a visually impaired child.
Advice from other colleagues and strategies.
Sharing of experience.
The talk by Dr Sharon Sacks then hearing others’ opinions on it.
Input from a range of professionals.

What, if anything, could have been improved about the course?

All good, it would be impossible to cover all the issues, even the ones raised in the pre-video, in an hour.
The communication wasn't great.
Sound.
Sometimes the link was cut off due to connections.
Clearer guidance on approaches.
Quality of internet connection.(2)
Technology issues but that can't really be helped when internet lets us down.
More hands-on approaches to social skills, looking beyond the class and school settings involvement from other organisations who can offer support which extends into home and social life.

How did you hear about this course?

Course Info Email from SSC: 6
Colleague: 7
Twitter: 1
GTCS Website: 1

What other CPD training would you like the SSC to provide?

Anything involving sensory and/or PMLD is beneficial to my practice.
Continuing updates on supporting pupils with CVI and those learning braille.
More on children with visual impairment who have difficulty with social skills.
More guidance on disruptive behaviour within visually impaired children.
How to help a pupil join in a reading and writing lesson.
The weekly webinars have been a great training opportunity. Not having to travel has meant I have been able to access more events.

Technical Feedback

How was your experience of accessing the course via Collaborate? 3.8/5

How would you rate the webinar technology? 3.1/5

Any comments on the technical aspects

Seemed to be quite a few issues with connectivity this week. It can become quite distracting.
The sound had a mind of it's own at times. I could follow that was happening everything though.
Volume was coming and going. Visuals as well.
Sound and visuals very poor.
Sound was unreliable which made it difficult to follow the conversation. We were asked to switch off our cameras which made it additionally difficult when the sound was lost.
The moderator lost connection. The sound broke up when discussions took place. The video connection was poor too. It made it difficult to follow the thread of discussion.
The sound quality wasn't great during the webinar.
Quality of sound/connection.
Issues with connection.
It was tricky to get on and there were issues during the session, I have found other streaming services have worked better.