Warrington Borough Council - Sensory Support Service - Visual Impairment
Sensory Support - Visual Impairment Service
Parents
- Signs of possible visual impairment
- Visual Impairment Service - What we do
- More information about vision
- Early Visual Stimulation
- VI Resource Booklet
- Encouraging your child to wear glasses
- Patching atropine and squints
- Referral form
Schools
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 01925 442917
- sensory-education@warrington.gov.uk
Where to go
- Name
- Sensory Support Service (Visual Impairment)
- Address
-
Council Offices, 1
Time Square
Warrington
- Postcode
- WA1 2NT
Other details
Availability
- Local/National Service?
- Local
Local Offer
- Description
The Visual Impairment Team in the Sensory Support Service team supports children and young people who have a visual impairment. The team also provides support to parents / carers and the schools/settings. The type and level of support depends on the severity of the child’s visual impairment and includes:
- practical, and emotional, support to families on how to help their child learn and develop
- specialist assessments of need
- direct teaching in schools and settings
- advice to staff in schools and settings
- training for staff in schools and settings
- mobility training for children and young people
- modification of materials and resources for schools
- a parent/toddler group, See Urchins, for pre school children with a visual impairment and their parents/carers. Sessions are also available for the See Urchins group in the hydro pool at the special school.
The team may become involved with a child from birth and they may remain involved with a child/ young person until they are 19 (25 for young people with complex needs). The amount and type of support depends on the severity of the child’s impairment.
- Contact Telephone
- 01925 442917
- Contact Email
- sensory-education@warrington.gov.uk
- Local Offer Age Bands
-
11-16 - Secondary
Preparation for adulthood
0-5 - Early years
5-11 - Primary - SEN Provision Type
- Specialist