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Visually Impaired Service
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This Education service provides support for all children with a visual impairment in the Tees Valley area covering the Boroughs of Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton. This service is managed by Middlesbrough Council under a joint arrangement with the other boroughs.
The support and guidance is provided to the children and their families from diagnosis of the visual impairment and continues throughout the child's educational career.
Support may take different forms, ranging from a minimal support to enable a child to succeed in a neighbourhood school, to the support offered by resource facilities providing high levels of specialist staff and equipment.
At present the Service operates an open referral system to minimise the risk of a child being disadvantaged by their impairment.
Our range of help varies with individual need and can include:
- Pre-school visiting at home.
- Parent and toddler group fortnightly.
- Support to children in mainstream schools.
- Support to children in specialist schools.
- Support to parents and teachers.
- Liaison with all professionals including medics, social workers, local and national support organisations.
- Mobility training.
- Touch typing skills.
- Awareness raising and training.
- Holiday opportunities for visually impaired children.
Contact Details
Childrens Service for the Visually Impaired
Middlesbrough Teaching & Learning Centre
Tranmere Avenue
MIDDLESBROUGH
TS3 8PB
Tel/Fax: 01642 261975
Internal: 201824
Maria Baines - Head of Service
maria@csvi.co.uk
Christopher Halliwell - Peripatetic Teacher
chris@csvi.co.uk
Brian Anderson - Peripatetic Teacher
brian@csvi.co.uk
Susan Coulton - Peripatetic Teacher
susan@csvi.co.uk
Roz Byres - Touch Typing Teacher
roz@csvi.co.uk
Alison Brown - Mobility Officer
alison@csvi.co.uk
Sharon Hull - Peripatetic Teaching Assistant/Admin Assistant
sharon@csvi.co.uk