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Introductory awareness of sensory loss

Watch this Youtube video titled ‘Making the Sensational Happen: One touch, one sound, one experience at a time’ which demonstrates how The Blind Children's Centre supports the development of children with sight loss. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting, or implement in your own practice? What can you learn from watching the video?

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Click to read ‘Information about vision impairment: Guide for parents’ from the RNIB.
Click the icon to watch a YouTube video which was produced by the Royal National Institute of Blind People. This video tells the story of a child with sight impairment, and tells of the experience of a family as they adjust to support a visually impaired child.
Click the icon to be directed to the website of the Royal National Institute of Blind People. This webpage provides links to further information and sources of support.
Click the icon to access the webpage of the RNID, an organisation that provides care and support to individuals affected by hearing loss, and advice to parents of children affected by hearing loss on how to support their development.
Click the icon to access the website of Deafblnd UK, an organisation that seeks to champion the rights and interests of deafblind people living in the UK.
Click the icon to visit the website of Sense, which is a registered charity that works to support and campaign for the welfare of deafblind individuals.
Click the icon to view the website of The Makaton Charity and access resources and support that will help an individual with sensory impairment to communicate.
This article from Teach Early Years looks at 'SEN: Understanding sensory impairment'.

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