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Room 5 - Education Policies Room (Section 6 of 6) 

Section 6: Additional links / resources

The following link is to a document produced by the Visual Impairment Working Group entitled ‘Quality Standards in Education Support Services for Children and Young People with Visual Impairment’. The standards relate to the specialist support provided to children and young people with visual impairment and are intended to secure consistent, high quality provision. It should be of interest to decision makers for VI provision, providers of services, parents, related professionals, schools and early years provision accessing VI Support Services, and young people with visual impairment. 

The quality standards are grouped under the following headings:

  • Assessment
  • Early Years
  • School Years
  • Beyond School
  • Management
  • a) Practice
  • b) Professional Skills
  • c) Monitoring and Evaluation

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