How to adapt your sessions to young people with visual impairments

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Find out from Royal Society for Blind Children &amp; Croydon Vision how to make your services inclusive for young people with visual impairments

This is a FREE and virtual introductory course and is ideal for coaches, teachers, support staff and volunteers who want to be able to adapt and deliver sessions for vision impaired young people. Suitable CPD for those who are regularly in contact with vision impaired young people. This highly interactive workshop provides information and guidance around how small changes can make your sessions more inclusive for people with ​a vision impairment. There will also be an opportunity to gain practical experience of adapting virtual and face to face ​sessions to make them truly inclusive. You will:<ul><li>Gain ​or develop your understanding of common eye conditions and their impact on individuals</li><li>Acquire knowledge and practice of how to implement adapted activities into your sessions</li><li>Highlight health &amp; safety concerns</li><li>Consider ideas on how to proactively engage with the VI community</li><li>After the course you will be confident to adapt and deliver activities for Vision impaired young people.</li></ul>Please note: Your Zoom invitation with log in details will be emailed to attendees on the day prior to the event.<aside>Your Data: Information about how CVA treats your data can be found on the CVA webpages in our Privacy Statement. More information about how CVA treats your data can be found on the CVA webpages in our Privacy Statement.</aside><aside>Photographic Images: CVA takes photographs at training and events which are used for publicity and monitoring purposes including social media, our website, and annual report. Please let your trainer know if you do not want to be photographed, or if you have any concerns regarding this.</aside>