VIEW National Conference 2010
Promoting Independence
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 March 2010
Mottram Hall Hotel, Cheshire
Members can see further information about the Conference in the members area.
Programme
Thursday 4 March
- 11.00
- Welcome
Rory Cobb, Conference Chair - 11.15
- Keynote address: Independence or self-direction?
Daniel Kish, Director, World Access for the Blind - 12.00
- Social communication and language in school-age children with congenital visual impairment
Dr Valerie Tadic, UCL Institute of Child Health - 12.40
- Lunch
- 1.40
- Independence through ICT: an overview of current initiatives
Richard Orme, Head of Accessibility, RNIB - 2.20
- Promoting independence - a parent's perspective
Brian Harrington - 2.40
- The future of VIEW - outcomes and recommendations from the recent survey
- 3.20
- Tea
- 3.45
- Discussion groups: The future of VIEW
- 4.30
- VIEW Annual General Meeting
Updates from the field - 6.00
- Close
- 8.00
- Gala Dinner and entertainment
Friday 5 March
- 9.00
- Research update
Sue Keil, Children and Young People's Research Officer, RNIB - 9.30
- Guide Dogs in schools: training young people under the age of 16 with guide dogs
Graham Kensett and Mike England, GDBA - 10.15
- Workshops 1
- Flash Sonar: independent mobility through sound
Daniel Kish, World Access for the Blind - Vision function assessment: what tests are currently available?
Professor Jonathan Jackson, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast - Assessing children for large print or Braille
Marion Donaldson and Sue Lowton, Somerset Vision Support Service - Sensory play activities
Judy Denziloe, AFL Training
- Flash Sonar: independent mobility through sound
- 11.15
- Coffee
- 11.30
- Workshops 2
- 12.30
- Lunch
- 1.30
- The changing face of paediatric visual impairment
Professor Jonathan Jackson, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast - 2.30
- Close