As part of Visual Awareness training, we will look at:

• Causes of sight loss and definitions
• Who is who in eye care
• Effective communication
• How to maintain eye health
• The sight loss pathway, including certification and registration as sight impaired or severely sight impaired
• Benefits and concessions associated with registration
• Common causes of sight loss
• The emotional impact of sight loss
• The practical implications of living with sight loss
• Simple solutions to everyday living with sight loss
• Assistive technology
• Sources of support and information
• Learning disabilities and sight loss
• Access audits

Attendees found the “sessions with partially sighted people who spoke powerfully about how it affected them and also provided practical solutions” particularly useful.

“Even though it was carried out via MS Teams I felt that the sessions enabled me to reflect on how sight loss affects all the things we do in our day to day lives and the challenges this poses”

 

“A really informative session which I found very interesting and useful”

“Looking forward to forwarding of training materials for sharing with staff who did not attend. Very useful”