{"id":66610,"date":"2024-07-01T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/guides-1\/supporting-children-with-vision-and-sensory-impairement\/request-an-assessment\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:50:42","slug":"request-an-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/types-of-send\/sensory-and-or-physical-needs\/supporting-children-with-vision-and-sensory-impairment\/request-an-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Request for support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you think your child requires support from our service you, your child or a professional who knows your child (for example, an ophthalmologist, orthoptist, social care worker, healthcare worker, teacher, GP or support worker) should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gzehjWjLP0S7S5l_d_1b-0tDBs-cqFBCpVWv9mCAsfJURVhBRVNCV1c5Q1Q1VVo2T0FXMUE0SFhVWCQlQCN0PWcu\" rel=\"noopener\">complete the Request for Support form.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you can write to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROVIC Service<br>Devon County Council<br>County Hall \u2013 Room 269<br>Topsham Road<br>Exeter<br>EX2 4QD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help completing the form or would like to discuss anything, please telephone the ROVIC Team on <a href=\"tel:01392380992\">01392 380992<\/a> (telephone line is available 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Clinical Service Manager will review the information provided on the request for support form to understand the needs that your child and family have. They will use this information to decide whether an assessment by our service is required or will signpost you to other services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think your child requires support from our service you, your child or a professional who knows your child (for example, an ophthalmologist, orthoptist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":66623,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-66610","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 07:41:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66610"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72617,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66610\/revisions\/72617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}