SSC Webinar 10: CVI and Autism

Course evaluation summary

Number of Participants: 74
Number of Respondents: 10

Overall Assessment:

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

Have more awareness of the cross over between CVI and Autism and bear this in mind when assessing and speaking to parents.
At present, no pupils with CVI on my caseload however, I've put the notes on the service shared space.
I will look more into the connection between CVI and Autism and consider better diagnosis criteria and how this is recorded and shared with other people involved in the support of the people I work with.
Yes, attending to clutter!
I think gaining information from the webinar will be most helpful.
Take away a lot of information that I didnt know before the course.
I will use information gained to reflect on my practice.
Be creative when assessing - and carefully observe.

What was best about the course/event?

The opportunity to listen to the perspectives and strategies of others from all over the country.
The chance to 'meet' with other VI teachers
Sharing views and ideas.
The variety of fields of those involved. The pre-discussion by John and Gordon.
Lots of people with different backgrounds.
Living and working in a rural area I often feel as if I am the only person speaking this language so the webinar is super for allowing me to know I am not alone.
It was very informative.
It was all very interesting and helpful to me and for my line of work.
Interviews and prep material.
The chance to hear about VI colleagues' experience and practice

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

The sound quality and connection!
Video links could have been better.
Focused a lot on peoples experience of assessment, different to what I had thought it would be about. Wasn't totally clear that it was a question and interactive webinar, I thought the questions were what the speaker was using as a guide for the talk.
The wifi signal both at my house and with the host.
Nothing

How did you hear about this course?

Course Info Email from SSC: 8
Colleague: 2

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

More on CVI as it is something that I am new to.
Ongoing webinars on supporting children with VI- technology and braille.
Update on visual stress and possible links of equal dominance in eyes and dyslexia.
Deafblindness and communication.
Toilet training for blind children.
All courses would be helpful for me to gain more knowledge for my line of work.

Technical Feedback

How was your experience of accessing the course via Collaborate? 4.2/5

How would you rate the webinar technology? 3.7/5

Any comments on the technical aspects

The sound was intermittent, meaning that I missed parts of the conversation.
I do like a video conference and to be able to put a face to people’s names better. However with the large number of attendees I understand that can be difficult.
May have been due to the amount of people accessing internet - covid19.
The signal was temperamental for this webinar and I missed several chunks of it.
Sometimes the video would cut out but could still hear it until it was fixed