IN-vision

A statement of educational needs is a document produced following a full assessment of your child’s needs. The statement will take into account the additional help your child will require and what type of equipment they will need in school.

Registration as Sight Impaired or Severely Sight Impaired

There is a register of visually impaired people that exists to enable your local authority to plan its services. Your child does not have to be registered but this may help you to receive certain benefits and concessions. Your ophthalmologist will decide whether your child is eligible for registration. If so, and if you agree, they will fill in a Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) form.

If an Ophthalmologist registers your child as Sight Impaired or Severely Sight Impaired a referral will automatically be made to ASCAT (Adult Social Care Access Team) who will arrange for the local rehabilitation officer to contact you and carry out an assessment.

If your child is not eligible for registration or you do not wish them to be registered, they can fill in a Referral of Visual Impairment (RVI) form and this will be forwarded to ASCAT (Adult Social Care Access Team) who will arrange for the local rehabilitation officer to contact you and carry out an assessment.