How you can help
Last updated:There are lots of ways you can try and support a child or young person struggling with a vision impairment.
Strategies
Some of these strategies include:
- Working with professionals to share advice about how best to access the learning environment. For example, through the use of Information and Computer Technology (ICT), alternative visual resources or pre-learning.
- Ensuring lighting is in a position to support their vision
- Providing uncluttered space and plain backgrounds
- Modifying and/or enlarging print resources
- Reading aloud as you write on the whiteboard
- Using talking books or those with Braille if the child or young person is a Braille reader
- Using reading apps
- Creating a folder of frequently used resources that the child or young person can access during lessons
- Taking account of mobility needs such as accessing mobility/cane training
- Encourage use of low vision aids
- Using talking equipment for life skills/curriculum activities
- Providing access to quieter learning environments
- Allowing additional time so that the student can scan materials and assimilate visual information