positive eye consultancy service

Positive Eye offers a consultancy service to professionals who are working with children and young people who are visually impaired within mainstream educational - school, further and higher education - settings.

The type of consultancy that can be provided includes:

• Supporting and advising a new Head of Service in their role.

• Supporting a local authority in setting up service provision to meet the needs of the children and young people with visual impairments within their area.

• Supporting the establishment of a new Service - setting up policies, protocols and systems with which to run and meet the needs of the children on the caseload.

• The provision of support, training and advice to a school, college or university on the needs of a specific child or young person with a visual impairment within their setting.

Consultancy from Positive Eye is tailored to meet your specific budget and requirements and is offered to you in a framework of 3 stages.

Stage 1 - Understanding the brief and preparing a plan

• A fourty five minute, initial meeting (face to face/phone) to enable you to outline your brief, plus date/s will be set for the consultancy session/s. (Initial meeting or phone call free).

• Following the initial contact - a simple plan will be prepared to address your brief.

Stage 2 - Consultancy session/s

• Using the plan as guidance, the brief will be addressed over the period of the consultancy.

Stage 3 – Action plan/feedback

• According to the need, at the end of the consultancy period, an action plan/report/summary will be produced for your use. If required, further sessions can then be booked and a further brief outlined developed and met.

above- classroom resources for children with visual impairment