WHAT MAKES THE PEDIATRIC VIEW SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAM WORK?

Pediatric VIEW’s School Support Program was developed to fill a gap in training and expertise for school-based teams who serve students with cortical visual impairment

The scope of the school support relationship varies based on the needs of the student, the team, and the family Nearly all school support relationships begin with a virtual observation of the student throughout their school day to better understand the visual demands that are placed on the student, as well as that student’s response to those visual demands.

From those observations, a plan for collaboration is developed and shared with the school team and the family. May marks the end of our first year of school support, and there have been many great lessons learned All of the teams we worked with this year made great strides in the following:

Accommodating environments

Rethinking how to introduce new concepts

Developing instructional materials that reflect the visual needs of their learners