Supporting visually impaired young people to thrive
The transition from a familiar school setting to 6th form or college can be daunting, learning to navigate a new setting. Meeting new people and advocating for your needs with new teachers can feel like a roadblock to your education. In this Q&A three of our LOOK Mentors met to chat about their experience.
Join VI Professionals and LOOK mentors to help your blind and partially sighted kids prepare for exams with confidence.
Mentor Al shares with us his education journey and how the support he recieved evolved as his education needs changed between primary to college education.
Advocating for your access needs can be challenging but ensuring you have support in place before you start Sixth Form or College can be a real game changer. LOOK Mentor Aliza shares her advice for getting the right support.
To celebrate World Music Day we invited Roger Firman, Braille musician, to tell us about his journey to finding and eventually teaching Braille music.
With over 2.5 million copies sold world wide, winning countless awards and more recently adapted into a BBC comedy drama, LOOK mentor Sam Obi reviews one of the hottest books of the decade!
To celebrate World Book Day, LOOK mentor Eve shares with us the twists and turns of her favourite book ‘I know what you did last Wednesday’ by Anthony Horowitz and why she thinks it rocks!
Parent Braille Club is back for 2021, with two new additional mentors – come and meet the team!
LOOK mentor Megan Paul originally submitted this fantastic essay to the Onkyo Braille Essay Competition in 2016.
LOOK Mentor Nathan Tree learned Braille during lockdown to help realise his dreams….
Listen to our brilliant expert-led webinar about supporting child literacy and reading at home.
We always welcome support and help. If you’d like to be involved, we’d love to hear from you!
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