1. Learning to access

Description of Outcome 1: Learning to Access

• Good sensory efficiency skills (able to use what vision the child or young person (CYP) has efficiently, to learn through listening)

• Print readers are able to access information independently by using low vision aids (LVAs) through a range of means, rather than relying on enlarged materials

• CYP who learn through tactile means are competent braillists and have advanced tactile skills to access both Braille and tactile graphics

• CYP is able to organise their school work - folders and files (including electronic files), PE kit, food technology items

What QTVIs and specialist support staff may do to help CYP achieve Category 1 Outcomes

• Co-ordinate the CYP’s support

• Assess functional vision

• Provide low vision training

• Teach specialist skills such as sensory efficiency skills (visual efficiency, auditory learning, tactile learning, advanced tactile skills, organisation)

• Teach Braille

• Teach an organisation system that is appropriate to each CYP