NEW Blindness and vision impairment online toolkit

[JONES, Alison (ajone101)]

Dear Colleagues,

 

The Department of Education Queensland is excited to share with you a newly developed online resource; Blindness and vision impairment toolkit.

The online toolkit supports, specifically, students who are blind/have low vision.

 

The toolkit consists of three modules:

1. Understanding blindness and vision impairment (BVI)
• This module defines what blindness and vision impairment is, factors influencing visual acuity, and the impact of blindness and vision impairment.  
2. Supporting students
• This module begins with a focus on Department of Education QLD policies and procedures regarding disability but continues with helpful information for any educators, families or allied health professionals. It emphasises the importance of knowing the learner, provides guidance on the teaching and learning process and making adjustments for students who are blind or vision impaired, as well as how to implement assistive technology for educational adjustments. It also outlines school-based strategies to support student access to the curriculum and extra-curricular activities (including incursions and excursions). 
3. Eye conditions
• This module outlines key vision conditions in more detail and the specifics regarding each condition. Each eye condition describes the attributes associated with it, and the implications for students and the school. This section also outlines reasonable adjustments for schools to implement and how to cater for students with each specific eye condition.  A downloadable PDF has been developed for each available eye condition to access “on the go”

The Blindness and vision impairment toolkit is available to anyone at any time. Please feel free to share it amongst your networks and within your organisation.

 

To access the toolkit, click here

 

Please note: to access the webpage, please select the “View resource” link at the top of the page under the title, “Blindness and vision impairment toolkit”(refer to the below image)

 

We are currently developing phase 2 of the toolkit which will have additional information in module 2 as well as many more eye conditions in the third module. Please keep visiting this toolkit to view the new and updated content as it is made available.

 

This toolkit has been developed collaboratively with the Department of Education Queensland’s Statewide Vision Impairment Services (SVIS) team.

For more information, please contact SVIS via email (3140...@eq.edu.au)

 

Kind regards,

Alison

 

Alison Jones Deputy Principal Statewide Vision Impairment Services   State Schools – Teaching, Leadership, Rural and Remote Department of Education   P: 07 3823 0749 M: 0436 913 705 E: ajon...@eq.edu.au 25 Salisbury Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102    Please consider the environment before printing this email.

 

 

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