Wales Council of the Blind

Service type: Education

Blaenau Gwent VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication need or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

Caerphilly VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication needs or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

Conwy VI Education Service - (North East Wales Sensory Support Service (NEWSS))

The team works with children and young people from birth to age 19. Specialist skills tuition is provided for those children and young people with a significant sensory loss with support, advice and guidance being provided for families, schools and other agencies to provide a seamless approach to meeting the needs of identified individuals.

Courses at QAC - (Queen Alexandra College)

The College in Birmingham provides a wide range of courses for students with a visual impairment, or other disabilities. Subjects include health and social care, hospitality, IT and the performing arts - see the website for full details.

Denbighshire VI Education Service - (North East Wales Sensory Support Service (NEWSS))

The team works with children and young people from birth to age 19. Specialist skills tuition is provided for those children and young people with a significant sensory loss with support, advice and guidance being provided for families, schools and other agencies to provide a seamless approach to meeting the needs of identified individuals.

Flintshire VI Education Service - (North East Wales Sensory Support Service (NEWSS))

The team works with children and young people from birth to age 19. Specialist skills tuition is provided for those children and young people with a significant sensory loss with support, advice and guidance being provided for families, schools and other agencies to provide a seamless approach to meeting the needs of identified individuals.

Further education courses - (Royal National College for the Blind (RNC))

RNC offers a wide range of further education courses for visually impaired students at its site in Hereford. Subjects include braille and independent living skills in addition to various BTec, GCSE, A and AS level courses.

HelpKidzLearn - (Inclusive Technology)

The home of multiple online services, enabling children of all ages and abilities to play, develop and achieve. Teachers, therapists, carers and parents can provide accessible game-based learning activities, creative personalised choice-making activities, access readymade curriculum activities and sensory stories, or assess and develop early vision and cognition behaviours.

Hungry Fingers tactile books and educational resources - (Hungry Fingers)

Hungry Fingers produces books with tactile graphics; listen and touch books which contain more complex graphics; educational sets containing various objects (shapes, models) which come with tactile books.

Monmouthshire VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication need or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

Monmouthshire VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication need or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

New College Worcester courses - (New College Worcester)

NCW is a national residential school and college for young people aged 11 to 19 who are blind or partially sighted. Every student at NCW has a tailored programme, carefully planned & delivered to meet their individual needs in three key areas; academic achievement, independent living skills and involvement in extracurricular activities at the College and in the community. The College also runs a range of outreach courses for professionals/parents and events for young people and their families.

Newport VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication need or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

Powys VI Education Service - (Powys Education Department)

Powys Council provides Additional Learning Needs support and has teachers who are qualified to teach visually impaired children.

Student Support Service - (Thomas Pocklington Trust)

Thomas Pocklington Trust's Student Support Service is here to support blind and partially sighted students aged 11+ to get the most out of their secondary, college and university education.

Torfaen VI Education Service - (SenCom Vision and Multi-Sensory Impairment Service)

The service works with children and young people who have a speech, language, communication need or who have a hearing, vision, or multi-sensory impairment. The teams provide a wide range of advice and intervention strategies including teaching.

Wrexham VI Education Service - (North East Wales Sensory Support Service (NEWSS))

The team works with children and young people from birth to age 19. Specialist skills tuition is provided for those children and young people with a significant sensory loss with support, advice and guidance being provided for families, schools and other agencies to provide a seamless approach to meeting the needs of identified individuals.