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Supporting Blind and Partially Sighted Students in Education Settings

A blind or partially sighted student can do much more for themselves when classrooms, worksheets and lunchtimes are set up with them in mind.

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  • 1 CPD hour
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Your QTVI's advice comes first, but they won't be in the room every lesson. Between visits, it's up to you to make the everyday work: where the student sits, what the worksheet looks like, how they get through a crowded canteen.

Most of the changes are ones you can make tomorrow. Favour the student's stronger side when you plan seating, and keep bright windows behind them. Limit close work to around 15 minutes before a break, never write in green on the whiteboard, and sign up to RNIB Bookshare, which gives UK schools accessible textbooks free. You'll also see how screen sharing puts the board on the student's own device, and how describing a plate like a clock face makes lunch easier.

The course is taught by a specialist teacher who lost her own sight in her late twenties, and knows both sides of the desk.

Modules

9 modules
  1. 1Introduction3 min
  2. 2Key people and key support7 min
  3. 3The environment5 min
  4. 4Paper-Based Learning9 min
  5. 5Access technology9 min
  6. 6Exams and access arrangements6 min
  7. 7Lunchtimes6 min
  8. 8Inclusive breaktimes6 min
  9. 9Wrap up1 min

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