Guide: Supporting children with vision and sensory impairment

Introduction

Re/Habilitation Officer for Visually Impaired Children. 

The ROVIC service supports children with Vision and Deafblind/Dual sensory impairment.  

Our service is part of Devon County Council’s Disabled Children’s Services. We are a county-wide team supporting children and young people from birth to 18 years who have; vision, dual sensory (vision and hearing impairment) and deafblind impairment. 

We provide:

• advice
• information
• assessment
• skills training
• awareness training

We offer support to those who live within the Devon Local Authority boundaries. 

We understand the importance of teaching young people skills for life. Therefore, our child-centred practice also includes skills training for families, parents, carers and professionals. 

We are qualified practitioners who undertake assessments and teach habilitation (learning new skills) and rehabilitation (re-establishing skills) to young people and their support networks to promote confidence and independence. 

Our assessments and training programmes are focused around individual abilities and targeted interventions which can occur in a variety of places, including; at home, public and educational settings. 

This enables children and young people to learn and develop both life skills and independence skills at home, school and in the community. 

We work alongside and in partnership with health, education, social care and voluntary organisations.

Parents / carers, young people and professionals can request our services using the online request for service form.