Support from Buckinghamshire Integrated Sensory Services (BISS)
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Buckinghamshire Council works in partnership with BucksVision to offer an integrated service to children, young people, and adults in Buckinghamshire with hearing, sight, or dual sensory loss. This service is called Buckinghamshire Integrated Sensory Service (BISS).
Services offered include:
- registration of sight loss
- support to develop daily living skills
- equipment allocation, demonstration, or advice to assist with daily living
- mobility training and support to children and young people in school to encourage safe mobilisation and participation in all activities.
- advice and information on sight loss
- support to assist you in accessing activities within your local community
- referral or signposting to other appropriate services
Within the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI), two of the eleven areas of learning are for Habilitation.
Area 5 is Habilitation: Orientation and Mobility
Supporting children and young people to be able to move safely through their world as independently as possible.
Area 6 is Habilitation: Independent Living Skills
Supporting children and young people to develop the day-to-day skills they need to live as independent a life as possible.
Find out more on these areas on the RNIB Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment website.