Webinar: Independent Living Skills Session 1: Bedroom and Household Skills

Content

This is the first webinar in a series of five sessions focusing on Independent Living Skills (ILS) training for children and young people with visual impairment. Independent Living Skills cover a broad range of daily living tasks, which children and young people with visual impairment need support to develop, starting in the early years to build confidence and self-reliance. The first four sessions each focus on a different aspect of ILS - bedroom and household, personal care, money and shopping, and kitchen skills- highlighting their importance, age and stage-appropriate activities, adapted methods for performing tasks, and helpful resources. Session five will explore adaptations and strategies for children and young people with visual impairment and complex needs to help them be as independent as possible when performing daily living tasks.

Session 1 will focus on bedroom and household skills, providing helpful suggestions for activities and tasks suitable for early years, primary school, and secondary school students. Adapted and systematic methods for cleaning, changing the bed, organisation, and laundry will be demonstrated alongside helpful equipment and technology that can aid the performance of household tasks.

Target Audience

Habilitation Specialists, QTVIs and Support assistants.

Presenter

 Sharon Patrick, Qualified Habilitation Specialist, Glasgow and Nancy Conley Pinkerton, Qualified Habilitation Specialist, SSC

Sharon has a wealth of experience delivering ILS training to children and young people and has recently introduced an ILS programme in Glasgow. Nancy gained experience delivering ILS to children and young people with visual impairment and varying complex needs in her previous employment at the Royal Blind School and introduced Independent Living Skills Camps for small groups of young people with visual impairment when she was employed at Visibility Scotland.