Eligibility Framework for Scoring Support Levels. Summer 2015 Edition

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1 Eligiility Frmework for Sorig Support Levels Summer 015 Eitio

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Summer 015 eitio of the Eligiility Frmework for Sorig Support Levels (previously kow s the Eligiility Criteri for Sorig Support Levels) ws prepre y NtSIP tsk group omprisig: Vess Brry Mry Bowles Jie Brmhll Arew Burgess Elizeth Clery Dvi Couh Bo Dem Gil Deue Clire Djli Beverley Estwoo Hele Fores-Low Lesley Gllgher Cheryl Gry Elie Hrli Jet Hrwoo Toi Hrris Sue Keil Dvi Jkso Julie Jeigs Ae-Mrie MGrth I Noo Wey Pllt Bri Perry Dr. Joo Roe Lisey Rousseu Pul Ry Juy Serso Pul Sott Joye Sewell-Rutter Pul Simpso Sturt Whyte Pm To Speilist Le for Herig (Atig) Visio, North Yorkshire CC Avisory Teher for Herig Impirmet, Sesory Support Tem, West Sussex CC Tem Leer, Herig Support Tem, Somerset CC He of Sesory Servie, RB Greewih Tem Leer, Sesory Support Servie, LB Bret Priipl, Hmilto Loge Shool College, Brighto NtSIP Assoite Priipl MSI Cosultt, Chilre s Speilist Servies, SENSE He of Servie, Visio Support Servie, LB Wsworth Speilist Teher Aviser for Herig Impirmet, Hmpshire CC Tem Mger, Chilre s Sesory Tem, LB Hrrow Sesory Prtership Co-oritor, Itegrte Sesory Support Servie, Est Riig of Yorkshire Couil Tem Leer, Sesory Physil Tem, Ilusive Eutio Servie, Nottighm Herig Impirmet Tem Mger, Speilist Support Servie, Stfforshire CC Sesory Nees Servie, Brighto Hove City Couil Teher of the Def Are Tem Mger - Cetrl, SEN Support Servies, Oxforshire CC Ntiol Reserh Offier, (Eutio, Trsitio Employmet), RNIB Speilist Avisory Teher for Visio Impirmet the Ttile Curriulum, Physil Sesory Support Servie, Surrey CC Mger, Chilre, Youg People Fmilies, Eviee Servie Impt, RNIB He of Eutio Support Servies for Def HI Pupils, Northmptoshire CC He of Poliy Reserh, Ntiol Def Chilre s Soiety (NDCS) MSI Support Teher, Speilist Sesory Support Tem, Wig MBC NtSIP Assoite He of Sesory Support Servie, Bristol NtSIP Filittor Avisory Teher for the Visul Multi-Sesory Impire, LB Cme VIEW Co-oritor Visio Impirmet Tem, Berkshire Sesory Cosortium Servie VIEW Eutio Cosultt for Ewig Foutio Burwoo Prk Foutio Ntiol Exeutive Offier, British Assoitio of Tehers of the Def (BATOD) Speilist Teher: Eutiol Auiology; Avisory Teher for Herig Impirmet, Physil Sesory Support Servie, Surrey CC Strtegi Mger, Physil Sesory Support Servie, Surrey CC Thks re lso expresse to the Deprtmet for Eutio for their fuig support uer otrt with NtSIP.

3 CONTENTS 1. GUIDANCE Pge 1.1 Itroutio 4 1. Purpose Opertio Applyig the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Aitiol Cosiertios Support Allotio Mtries 1.4 Glossry Arevitios Defiitio of terms Clssifitio of sesory loss 1. IMPAIRMENT FORMS Pge.1 Herig Impirmet Form 1. Visio Impirmet Form 5.3 Multi-Sesory Impirmet Form 33.4 Appeix: Lerig eviromet RECORD SHEETS Pge 3.1 with HI with VI with MSI CD CONTENTS Pge 50 3

4 1. GUIDANCE 1.1 Itroutio The NtSIP Eligiility Frmework for Sorig Support Levels oumet (previously kow s the Eligiility Criteri for Sorig Support Levels) hs ee evelope for use y lol uthority (LA) Sesory Support Servies offerig outreh support to hilre, youg people their fmilies eutiol settigs (exept for SI speilist provisios). NtSIP s 015 revise versio uptes supersees the 01 (Revise) eitio emres hgig legisltio with reogitio of the ee for overge of the 0-5 yers ge rge i multi-gey otext i vriety of eutiol settigs. These rge from home Erly Yers settigs t the pre-shool stge, where erly itervetio is of suh importe, to shools, iluig Aemies Free Shools, through to post-1 further eutiol plemets. The Eligiility Frmework is tool for Sesory Servies to use to guie eisio-mkig over support llotio for iiviul hilre youg people with herig impirmet (HI), visio impirmet (VI) or multi-sesory impirmet (MSI) through systemti osiertio of wie rge of relevt ftors. Although evise y experiee prtitioers extesively use, with uptig through three revisios sie the iitil versio ws pulishe i 005, the Eligiility Frmework is itee s guie to goo prtie for the llotio of pproprite levels of support ot s rigi set of riteri. The revise frmework ws ommissioe usig fuig provie y the Deprtmet for Eutio uer otrt with NtSIP. 1. Purpose The NtSIP Eligiility Frmework is itee to fulfil severl purposes i reltio to servie support for hilre youg people () their fmilies: to filitte ehmrkig ross LA Sesory Support Servies; ele servies to provie equitle llotio of their resoures; to provie servies with etry exit riteri for support; to provie mes of ietifyig the levels of support require; to provie mes of justifyig the support provie; to iform the lol offer the LA s iformtio o the servies it expets to e ville lolly; to iform eutio, helth re pls (EHC Pls) the multi-gey ee ssessmets pls for ; to iform stffig level osiertios, the ture of support llotio of selos; to support the evelopmet of Servie Level Agreemets; to support servie qulity ssure self-evlutio; 1 to reflet omplie with The Equlity At (010). With respet to ehmrkig, it is rgue tht meigful omprisos of Sesory Support Servies ross ifferet LAs will oly e fesile oe ommo set of eligiility riteri is i use, ouple with trsprey over the ssoite support llotio mtries operte y iiviul servies. Whilst the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework is esige to provie the sis for fir llotio of ville resoures, it relies o professiol jugemet shoul oly e use s prt of full ssessmet y qulifie speilist SI teher. For exmple, etile lguge profile my e use logsie the Eligiility Frmework to support justmet i levels of provisio. Professiols will kow tht use of the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework is leig to effetive ietifitio of support whe hilre re mkig goo progress hievig goo outomes. 1 For exmple, the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework oul e use i eviee for the DCSF Qulity Strs for SEN Outreh Servies (00), e.g. Str 1 - Fie resoures re mge effetively to support the performe opertiol requiremets of the servie. 4

5 1.3 Opertio There re three sets of eligiility riteri withi the Eligiility Frmework oumet: Herig Impirmet (pp 1-4) Visio Impirmet (pp 5-3) Multi-Sesory Impirmet (pp 33-4) Arevitios, efiitios of terms the lssifitio of sesory loss use withi the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework re provie i the Glossry (see 1.4) Applyig the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework To pply the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework, SI speilist tehers shoul follow the steps elow: Step 1: Selet the pproprite NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Form (i.e. HI, VI or MSI) orig to the s type of SI. For ese of use, eh form e owloe seprtely from the elose CD or the NtSIP Wesite. (Doumets re ville from To ess the oumets you will ee to e registere logge i o the NtSIP Wesite. Registrtio is free ope to ll. If you ee help with registrtio, guie/wlkthrough e fou t Itertive Eligiility Frmework Forms with utomti mths futios emee i them re lso ville. If you wish to use these they e owloe from the NtSIP Wesite. (These itertive Forms will utomtilly trsfer the selete sores to the Sorig Summry Sheets lulte the Totl ). Step : Eter the s etils o the pproprite NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Form. Step 3: Work through the riterio tles, seletig oly oe of the optios withi eh tle eter the s sore ito the pproprite ox t the se of the tle. The ox llows the SI speilist teher to eter y iformtio or eviee tht ws tke ito out whe mkig the optio seletio withi the riterio tle. Exmple - Herig Impirmet Criterio 3.1: Criterio 3.1: Impt of HI o lguge ommuitio evelopmet Expete/etter th expete progress i lguge without the ee for further mgemet strtegies or servie moitorig Expete progress give pproprite mgemet strtegies servie moitorig vie Lguge ommuitio require trgete support from the servie i orer for the lerer to mke expete progress to ess the urriulum Lerer is mkig less th expete progress, or is t risk of mkig less th expete progress, requires high level of itesive support from the servie urriulum Optio () selete give the mjor impt of EAL t this stge o the pupil's futiol lguge ommuitio 14 5

6 1.3 Opertio otiue Step 4: Step 5: Eter the s sores for eh of the riterio tles i the Tle o the Sorig Summry Sheet t the e of the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Form to lulte the s Totl. This will e performe utomtilly whe itertive versio of the Eligiility Frmework Form, ville o the NtSIP Wesite, is use. NB the mximum sore for eh of the three sets of eligiility riteri is 100. A iiviul s Totl therefore e expresse s peretge without itiol lultio. Use the Totl s sis for support llotio eisios orig to servie poliy. I etermiig the support llotio, eh servie will ee to gree its support llotio mtrix orig to wht it osiers to e the support levels require to meet ees. Impliit withi the support llotio will e the s ility to ess the urriulum, to mke goo progress to hieve goo outomes. Usig the owlole NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Forms o the CD or o the NtSIP Wesite, servies their ow mtrix to the Sorig Summry Sheet or use the form versio tht ilues pre-prepre mtrix. The eviee for the pre-prepre mtrix e fou i susetio Support Allotio Mtries pp I the se of the MSI support llotio mtrix it is tiipte tht pproprite omitio of speilist sesory professiols woul e ilue. It is evisge tht the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework Form woul e omplete together y the speilist tehers for HI/VI where ville MSI. Followig this professiol eisio oul the e me regrig whih teher shoul eliver speifie elemets of the llote support. Oe servie hs eie upo its support llotio mtrix, the s Totl e trslte ito the ssoite level/tegory of support o the mtrix. It is suggeste tht fil eisio upo the tul support llotio shoul the e me through whtever moertio proesses re estlishe withi the servie. Aprt from professiol jugemet osiertios, temporry issues suh s stffig vies log term illess over my lso ee to e tke ito out. It is stresse tht the support llotio erive from the s Totl shoul e trete s strtig poit for osiertio/isussio with the potetil for the level of support to e irese or lowere. Step : Review - the itetio is tht the ompletio of the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework exerise shoul iform ogoig review rou the support for s ees. The osulttio uertke urig the 009 revisio iite tht, i the mjority of ses, review ws rrie out ully, typilly towrs the e of the emi yer or to orrespo with s sttutory Aul Review, uless hges i irumstes lle for erlier tio. To provie omprtive reor over time, the Reor Sheets i Setio 3 llow s sores from three pplitios of the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework to e etere o sigle form. The Reor Sheets e owloe from the CD or the NtSIP Wesite. For user-frieliess, two versios of eh of the Reor Sheets hve ee prepre prepre for the CD Wesite: oe ilues the lk support llotio mtrix for ompletio y the servie s pproprite, the other ilues the pre-prepre support llotio mtrix evelope for the Eligiility Frmework Summer 015 eitio. Although seprte riterio tle ws ot opte for Voie of the Chil, Speilist SI Tehers my wish to tke out of this i eiig upo the fil support llotio. Similrly, the impt of poverty is kow to e highly sigifit Speilist SI Tehers my wish to reogise this i eiig upo the fil llotio of resoures to.

7 1.3 Opertio otiue 1.3. Aitiol Cosiertios Erly Yers I osierig the pplitio of the NtSIP Eligiility Frmework withi the Erly Yers otext, servies re expete to pursue the Erly Support ethos of keepig fmilies t the hert of isussio eisio-mkig out their hilre. Detils e fou o oth the DfE Wesite ( the Erly Support Wesite ( This ethos is lso emee withi the qulity ssure progrmme ssoite with Newor Herig Sreeig, whih rries expettio tht the support offere to fmilies of ifts with ewly ofirme herig loss will e resposive to the fmilies oers wishes. Clerly, my ftors ifluee the level type of support tht fmily my request i the erly stges these hge withi reltively short time frme. Developmetl ftors Whilst speifi evelopmetl eutiol stges re ot speifie withi the riterio tles, the impt of sesory impirmet will vry orig to suh stges will of ourse ee to e reogise where pproprite i ompletig the Eligiility Frmework. For exmple, mil VI my hve more sigifit impt o youger hilre who re i the erly stges of litery th i oler hilre whose litery skills re more seure. Aitiol SEND All servies ivolve i the eutio support for with SI will ee to esure o-orite pproh for with itiol SEND/omplex ees. Although itiol SEND i ojutio with SI my impt upo s lerig evelopmet, it shoul e rememere tht the prime fous of the Eligiility Frmework oers the pproprite otriutio of support to e provie y LA Sesory Support Servies ot the totl pkge of provisio support for the. With respet to with lerig iffiulties, whilst it is uerstoo tht the itertio of lerig iffiulties with SI my, i erti ses, ll for irese Sesory Servie support it hs lso ee rgue tht with sigifit lerig iffiulties ofte reeive high level of eutiol support i their settigs whih i ft lls for less Sesory Servie iput th might otherwise e require. I this irumste it ws osiere tht y justmets to the otriutio of support y Sesory Servies o out of lerig iffiulties shoul e me t the support llotio moertio stge. Post-1 The ture of the ifferet settigs whih youg people withi the 1-5 ge group my tte is of reth tht my hve greter ifluee o the llotio of support eee th is the se for Erly Yers settigs shools. Speilist provisio The NtSIP Eligiility Frmework hs ee evelope for LA Sesory Support Servies offerig outreh support to o-si speilist eutiol settigs. These settigs my ilue Speil Shools, Uits Resoure Bses whih re ot SI speilist provisios ut whih hve with SI o roll. 3 The NtSIP Eligiility Frmework ws ot evelope for SI speilist provisios suh s Speil Shools, Uits Resoure Bses for with HI, VI or MSI whih, it is ssume, offer the stffig expertise resoures to meet the ees of lerers with SI. Support from Sesory Servie my however ee to e osiere i the irumste of with MSI eig ple i speilist provisio for HI or VI oly whih oes ot speifilly hve the MSI expertise. 7 3 NB Feek hs iite tht the Eligiility Frmework oul lso usefully iform iterl support rrgemets withi Speil Shools (o-si) whose stff ilue sesory qulifie tehers, with wier role eyo their lss, where exterl speilists o ot hve role withi the shool.

8 1.3 Opertio otiue Support Allotio Mtries Survey As lrey stte i Step 5, eh servie will ee to gree its support llotio mtrix orig to wht it osiers to e the support levels require to meet ees. However, sie the iitil evelopmet of the tool ttempts hve ee me to provie servies with pproprite mtries. I this setio, etils re provie of survey of support llotio mtries rrie out urig the lst revisio the eviee gthere for the evelopmet of the pre-prepre mtrix i the 015 Eligiility Frmework. I the 01 revisio, Sesory Support Servies were ivite to sumit the support llotio mtries they employe to ivestigte the rge eig use. I the 009 versio of Eligiility Criteri for Sorig Support Levels two exmples of mtrix were provie (see elow) the mjority of the survey resposes oul e lssifie i terms of these exmples or pttios of them. Exmples of Support Allotio Mtries (009 versio) Exmple 1 Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio 75% ove Support Plus Ative selo/very high level of support/proly ilues pupils see twie or more eh week/my ilue SI Erly Yers hilre who hve oe visit ut high level of multi-gey liiso require/reports require % Support Ative selo/speilist SI tehers eie o frequey timig of visits/flexiility require/my ilue pupils see for loks of time/must let shool kow time te of ext visit/reports require. 5 49% Moitor Ative selo/oe or two visits ully/ trouleshootig for rio is, CCTVs et. my geerte itiol visit/sigle report givig vie speifi to pupil/report o request from Seior Teher/Tem Leer for speifi reso. 4 elow Avie Not o tive selo/lists hel etrlly/vie set to shools followig referrl/vie y telephoe followig request y shool/o reports provie.

9 1.3 Opertio otiue Exmple Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio 70% ove A1 or more visits per week 50 9% A Weekly 40 49% A3 Fortightly 30 39% B1 Mothly 5 9% B Twie termly (3 term yer) 0 4% C1 Termly (3 term yer) 15 19% C Twie yerly visit Less th 15% NFA Off selo The tle elow provies lysis of the survey returs. Resposes were reeive from Servies overig 37 LAs (i.e. pproximtely 4% of ll LAs). Whilst there ws o eviee se to support the optio of prtiulr mtrix s oe whih woul e the more effetive i promotig goo pupil progress the hievemet of goo outomes, it ws perhps worth otig tht pproximtely 5% of the servies surveye se their support llotio o Exmple, though ot ll fully mthe their levels of support to those speifie. From this stpoit it might e osiere tht the mtrix i Exmple ws oe whih reflete the spirtios of my servies. Mtrix Numer of Servies Commet Exmple 1 4 Exmple 1 pte I oth of these pttios the totl sore rge threshol for eh of the support llotio tegories ws lowere. I this respet the support provie ws omprtively more geerous. Exmple 9 Exmple pte Overll, the support llotios were less geerous (to vryig egrees) i eh of the pte mtries whe ompre to the origil. Other 3 The totl sore rges ssoite support llotios withi eh of these mtries iffere so sigifitly from oth Exmples 1 & tht they oul ot e osiere s pttios. Overll, the support llotios were less geerous i eh of the mtries th those i Exmples 1 &. Totl Tle: Alysis of survey returs 9

10 1.3 Opertio otiue Eviee for the pre-prepre 015 Support Allotio Mtrix Builig upo the fiigs of the 01 survey, s prt of the 015 revisio proess the Eligiility Frmework ws fiel teste y six Sesory Support Servies o totl of 450 with SI usig the Support Allotio Mtrix Exmple show ove. Overll the smple provie goo overge i terms of the type egree of SI Key Stges. The MSI Post-1 ohorts were limite however. Detils of the tril smple re provie i the tle elow: SI TYPE: HI COHORT SIZE KEY STAGE CLASSIFICATION M F Totl EYFS KS1 KS KS3 KS4 Post-1 Uspeifie Norml Improve/APD/ Coutive Norml Uilterl Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl SI TYPE: VI Uspeifie Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl SI TYPE: MSI Uspeifie?? Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl 3 +? +? SI TYPE: ALL SI Totl ? +? Tle: Tril smple 10

11 1.3 Opertio otiue I orer to evlute the fitess for purpose of the Eligiility Frmework Support Allotio Mtrix Exmple, Servies were ske: to lulte eh s totl sore from the pplitio of the Eligiility Frmework to ietify the s Support Allotio from their totl sore s speifie i the Support Allotio Mtrix Exmple to rte the ppropriteess of the ietifie Support Allotio for the orig to the followig Rtig Sle (regrless of the support tully eig elivere y the Servie to the ): Rtig Sle Desriptio 1 - less th eee From kowlege of the, the tul support provie y the Servie the rte of progress eig me it is osiere tht the Eligiility Frmework lulte Support Allotio woul e less th the ees to mke stisftory progress/hieve stisftory outomes - equte From kowlege of the, the tul support provie y the Servie the rte of progress eig me it is osiere tht the Eligiility Frmework lulte Support Allotio woul e equte for the to mke stisftory progress/hieve stisftory outomes 3 - most pproprite From kowlege of the, the tul support provie y the Servie the rte of progress eig me it is osiere tht the Eligiility Frmework lulte Support Allotio woul e most pproprite for the to mke goo progress/hieve goo outomes 4 - more th eee From kowlege of the, the tul support provie y the Servie the rte of progress eig me it is osiere tht the Eligiility Frmework lulte Support Allotio woul e more th the ees to mke goo progress/hieve goo outomes i ses where the rtig me ws other th 3 (most pproprite), to ttempt to ietify y hges to the Eligiility Frmework tht woul retify the situtio le to 'most pproprite' rtig. These hges oul ivolve justmets to the sttemets /or sorig i the rft riterio tles s well s memets to the Support Allotio Mtrix. The results of this rtig exerise re summrise i the tle elow. It will e ote tht the most pproprite (71.%) more th eee (10.0%) support llotio rtigs oute for pproximtely four fifths of. This ws osiere to e resole selie upo whih to uil the Eligiility Frmework's fitess for purpose. From lysis of the support llotio t the ssoite ommets provie y the six Sesory Support Servies whih prtiipte i the tril, s well s feek o the rft Eligiility Frmework oumet from others withi the wier NtSIP tsk group, smll umer of memets were me to oth the rft riterio tles the Support Allotio Mtrix Exmple to form the 015 revise Eligiility Frmework. These hges le to sigifit overll reutio i the umer of i the omie less th eee equte support llotio rtig tegories i.e. reutio from 1% to 10%. Cosierig the less th eee tegory loe, the reutio ws from 1.% to.4%. 11

12 1.3 Opertio otiue The implitio of these fiigs is tht the pplitio of the revise Eligiility Frmework Preprepre 015 Support Allotio Mtrix, prior to y Servie moertio proess, woul le to: 9 out of 10 eig llote most pproprite or higher level of support erly 19 out of 0 eig llote equte or higher level of support With respet to the 10% of origilly rte i the more th eee tegory of support llotio, lysis of the totl sores ssige to the i this ohort the ssoite ommets me y Sesory Servie persoel iite tht the support llotio i my of the ses woul e reltively strightforwr to resolve t the moertio proess stge. SI TYPE: HI COHORT SIZE RATING OF SUPPORT ALLOCATION CLASSIFICATION Uerti Less th Aequte Most More th eee pproprite eee Norml Improve/APD/ Coutive Norml Uilterl Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl (14.0%) 1 (.1%) 45 (71.%) 30 (.7%) 0 (0.0%) SI TYPE: VI Uspeifie Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl 94 (.4%) 5 (5.3%) 70 (74.5%) 1 (1.%) 1 (1.1%) SI TYPE: MSI Uspeifie Mil Moerte Severe Profou Totl 94 (.4%) 5 (5.3%) 70 (74.5%) 1 (1.%) 1 (1.1%) SI TYPE: ALL SI Totl (1.%) (5.%) 33 (71.%) 45 (10.0%) 1 (0.%) Tle: Tril rtig of support llotio 1

13 1.3 Opertio otiue Pre-prepre 015 Support Allotio Mtrix The Pre-prepre 015 Support Allotio Mtrix, presete elow, hs ee erive from the eviee gthere through the trillig of the Eligiility Frmework. Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio 70% ove A1 or more visits per week 50 9% A Weekly 40 49% A3 Fortightly 30 39% B1 Mothly 5 9% B Twie termly (3 term yer) 0 4% C1 Termly (3 term yer) 15 19% C Twie yerly visit 5 14% C3 Aul hek or visit Less th 5% NFA Off selo Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: The lssifitio of support llotio i terms of visits hs ee use i the mtrix s this is ommoly opte y Sesory Support Servies i their overll mgemet of stffig resoures. Some flexiility i the timig of visits is epte e.g. it my e osiere pproprite to irese or reue the frequey of visits to erti for prtiulr perios urig the yer. Feek from Sesory Support Servies woul iite tht the ott time urtio of visit ws usully oe to oe hlf hours lthough istes of oth shorter loger sessios were reporte. 13

14 1.3 Opertio otiue The ture of the support offere urig visit woul lerly e epeet upo ssesse ee. Whilst the followig list is y o mes exhustive, tivities from the rge summrise woul typilly e ilue: 14 Ativity tegory Assessmet Diret tehig/ support Equipmet Triig Avie Meetigs reviews Ativity exmples Crryig out: Futiol ssessmet of herig visio reltig to ess to iformtio Lguge ommuitio ssessmet Assessmet of soil itertio with peers/ults Assessmet of movemet, moility oriettio Assessmet of iepeee Strise ssessmets e.g. reig, voulry, o verl ility No strise ssessmets e.g. oservtios i lss, use of evelopmetl jourls/profiles Sttutory ssessmet relte work Aousti evlutio of the settig 1:1 iret tehig e.g. reig, geerl voulry, skills tht peers ler iietlly Pre- post-tutorig of urriulum relte oepts/voulry Tehig to use tehology e.g. low visio is Touh typig tuitio Brille tuitio Sigig tuitio Support to ssist mgemet of herig/visul loss Support i lss Persol iterview Smll group work e.g. to promote soil skills Provisio of speilist equipmet whe eee: e.g. vieo mgifiers, persol mplifitio systems Crryig out: FM/soufiel tril Cheks o tehologil is/troule shootig Awreess sessios - triig for stff, peers, prets/rers, goverors Triig for stff/prets o use of equipmet Avisig stff o: Ilusive lssroom prties Curriulum ifferetitio, lesso plig, resoures, strtegies provisio mgemet Speil rrgemets for exmitio oessios moifitios Auiologil mgemet/tehologil is (i itio to y triig) Provisio of sfe eviromet Support for fmilies Plig review meetigs for: Prets to offer vie support IEP, EHCP, Aul Review Erly yers TAF, CAF, LAC Trsitio Iter-gey liiso

15 1.4 Glossry Arevitios AV APD BSL CAF CCTV CI CVI CRS EAL EHCP HI IEP LA LAC LVA MSI NtSIP QTVI QTMSI SEND SI TA TAF ToD VI Auio-Visul Auitory Proessig Disorer British Sig Lguge Commo Assessmet Frmework Close Ciruit Televisio Cohler Implt Cererl Visio Impirmet Cogeitl Ruell Syrome Chil or Youg Perso/Chilre Youg People - ll lerers i the trget group (0-5 yers) Eglish s Aitiol Lguge Eutio Helth Cre Pl Herig Impirmet or Defess Iiviul Eutio Pl Lol Authority Looke After Chilre Low Visio Ai Multi-Sesory Impirmet/Dul Sesory Impirmet/Defliess Ntiol Sesory Impirmet Prtership Qulifie Teher for Visio Impirmet Qulifie Teher for Multi-Sesory Impirmet Speil Eutiol Nees Disilities Sesory Impirmet Tehig Assistt Tem rou the Fmily Teher of the Def Visio Impirmet 1.4. Defiitio of terms Cererl Visio Impirmet CHARGE Cererl Visio Impirmet (CVI), sometimes referre to s Cortil Visio Impirmet, is efiiey i the futios of visio ue to mge or mlfutio of visul pthwys visul etres i the ri. CVI le to reutio i visul uity, reutio i visul fiel impire ility to mke sese of visul imges. Visul iffiulties my lso e etute y ssoite isorers of the otrol of eye movemets CHARGE syrome is reogisle geeti ptter of irth efets. Historilly the letters i CHARGE st for: Coloom of the eye, Hert efets, Atresi of the hoe, Retrtio of growth /or evelopmet, Geitl /or uriry ormlities, Er ormlities efess. However, the liil igosis is ow me o omitio of mjor mior fetures 15

16 Glossry 1.4 Defiitio of terms otiue Complex ees Erly Yers Hilittio Speilist Nystgmus Oulomotor Disorers Prets/rers Nees re ofte esrie i terms of severity multipliity. Complex ees typilly refers to ees whih sp more th oe of the four mi res of ee i.e. ommuitio itertio; ogitio lerig; ehviour, emotiol soil evelopmet; sesory /or physil Birth to sttutory shool ge A perso qulifie to provie moility iepeet livig skills triig for i eutiol settigs A oitio whih vries throughout the y, ffet time to see, epth pereptio, fiel of visio, the ility to see motio s, lso use temporry osillopsi (sese tht the worl is movig) mog other impts Disorers tht feture impirmet of eye movemets. There re vrious resos for oulomotor isorers epeig o the uerlyig use All those who hve resposiility for the re of Clssifitio of sesory loss Herig loss The British Soiety of Auiology esriptors hve ee opte for herig loss. These esriptors re se o the verge herig threshol levels t 50, 500, 1000, Hz i the etter er. No respose is tke to hve vlue of 130 BHL. Mil herig loss Moerte herig loss Severe herig loss Profou herig loss Uie threshol 0-40 BHL Uie threshol BHL Uie threshol BHL Uie threshol i exess of 95 BHL 1 Visio loss From futiol stpoit e osiere to hve VI if this iterferes with optiml evelopmet, lerig hievemets, uless pttios re me i the methos of presetig lerig experiees, the ture of the mterils use /or the lerig eviromet (ref. Brrg's efiitio ite i Flg et l, 003, p 497). This efiitio ilues hilre youg people with other isilities/impirmets i itio to VI, iluig those with profou omplex ees. NB The term 'lerig' ilues ot just emi lerig ut the quisitio of moility, life soil skills tht i the se of with VI woul e provie through hilittio eutio. The followig lssifitio pplies to orrete visio with oth eyes ope. Auity riteri re for guie purposes oly. The professiol jugemet of QTVI shoul e pplie s eessry to eie o the lssifitio. For exmple, my hve mil reutio i visul uity ut e futioig withi ifferet visul tegory ue to itiol ophthlmi oitio, e.g. oulomotor isorer suh s ystgmus, visul fiel reutio, ererl visio impirmet, /or itiol lerig iffiulties). I the se of uergoig pthig progrmme, the frmework e pplie whilst the is pthe with further visio ssessmet rrie out followig the progrmme.

17 Diste visio Mil visio loss Withi the rge /1 - /1 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Moerte visio loss Less th /19 - /3 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Severe visio loss Less th /3 - /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Profou visio loss Less th /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR 1.3+) Ner visio Refer to strize tests suh s Kys, BUST, Mlure t 33 ms. Plese use professiol jugemet ote y itiol ftors suh s rowig or proessig. Mil visio loss N14-1 Moerte visio loss N1-4 Severe visio loss N4-3 Profou visio loss Eutiolly li/brille user/ ess smll qutities of prit lrger th N3 Multi-sesory loss For the purposes of the Eligiility Frmework, multi-sesory impirmet pplies where hil or youg perso hs omie visio herig impirmets, whih my ilue futiol loss i oe or oth of these seses, tht rete iffiulty i essig the urriulum eggig i ily life experiees. The Poliy Sttemet Pupil Level Aul Shool Cesus Defiitios (PLASC), pulishe y the DfES (005), sttes tht: (pupils with multi-sesory impirmet) hve omitio of visul herig iffiulties. They re sometimes referre to s ef li ut my hve some resiul sight or herig. My lso hve itiol isilities ut their omplex ees me tht it my e iffiult to serti their itelletul ilities. NB As uilterl loss hs sigifit implitios for with MSI (i.e. they re ule to rely o the other iste sese to ompeste for/support ess to iformtio s woul e the se for hil with sigle sesory impirmet) the MSI riteri withi the Frmework pply to uilterl s well s ilterl. Mil multi-sesory loss Moerte multi-sesory loss Severe multi-sesory loss Profou multi-sesory loss Dul impirmet with mil loss i oth molities Dul impirmet with moerte loss i oth or the most ffete molity Dul impirmet with severe loss i oth or the most ffete molity Dul impirmet with profou loss i oe molity mil/moerte loss i the other Eutiolly li severe/profou herig loss Plese refer to the HI VI tles for lrifitio of the terms mil, moerte, severe profou. 17 Uilterl sesory loss Uilterl loss refers to either herig loss ffetig oly oe er or visio loss ffetig oly oe eye.

18 . NtSIP ELIGIBILITY FRAMEWORK FOR SCORING SUPPORT LEVELS.1 Herig Impirmet Form Nme: Dte of Birth: ToD: Eutiol plemet: Dte: Herig loss referee tle The British Soiety of Auiology esriptors hve ee opte for herig loss. These esriptors re se o the verge herig threshol levels t 50, 500, 1000, Hz i the etter er (where o respose is tke to hve vlue of 130 BHL). Mil herig loss Moerte herig loss Severe herig loss Profou herig loss Uie threshol 0-40 BHL Uie threshol BHL Uie threshol BHL Uie threshol i exess of 95 BHL Plese use the MSI form if lso hs visio impirmet. NB I the followig riterio tles the ox llows the etry of y iformtio whih my hve guie the optio seletio. Criterio 1: Degree of HI (usig British Soiety of Auiology esriptors) Does ot meet the miimum uie threshol for lssifitio of herig loss. (Do ot otiue with the ompletio of this form) 0 Uilterl/Flututig outive HI 3 Mil HI/CI futioig s mil HI e Moerte logstig outive HI/Moerte HI/CI futioig s moerte HI Mil HI with outive overly/uilterl HI with outive overly Neo-tl outive HI throughout erly yers/futiol moerte loss ue to uitory europthy Severe HI (iluig sigifit high frequey)/ci futioig s severe HI Moerte HI with outive overly/futiol severe loss ue to uitory europthy 10 f Profou HI/Profou futiol loss ue to uitory europthy/ci futioig s profou HI 1 1

19 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue Criterio : Aitiol ftors reltig to HI No relevt itiol ftors 0 Lte igosis of presume ogeitl, permet HI whih otiues to impt o lguge evelopmet perio from presume oset: mths yrs perio from presume oset: over yers Cotiuig ssessmet of HI require e.g. flututig oitio, eteriortig/egeertive/progressive loss 5 5 Reetly quire permet HI (withi the lst moths) 5 Criterio 3.1: Impt of the s HI o lguge ommuitio evelopmet Expete/etter th expete progress i lguge without the ee for further mgemet strtegies or servie moitorig Expete progress give pproprite mgemet strtegies servie moitorig vie Lguge ommuitio require trgete support from the servie i orer for the lerer to mke expete progress to ess the urriulum Lerer is mkig less th expete progress, or is t risk of mkig less th expete progress, requires high level of itesive support from the servie Criterio 3.: Impt of the s HI o ess to lerig the urriulum (prtiulrly Eglish, mthemtis siee) Expete/etter th expete progress tht oes ot ee itiol iput 0 Less th expete progress 4 Sigifitly less th expete progress 19

20 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 4: Use of persol herig is or ohler implt No itiol ssistive listeig tehology require 0 e Lerer uses persol is/ci/other tehology t home /or i eutiol plemet i wy tht eles the hil or youg perso to mke goo progress hieve goo outomes Lerer uses persol is/ci/other tehology effetively osistetly ut oes ot iepeetly mge persol is/ci/other tehology Lerer uses persol is/ci/other tehology reluttly/ieffetively/ iosistetly or oes ot use presrie mplifitio this ffets ess to the urriulum Lerer reetly issue with persol is; use of equipmet still eig ssesse/estlishe 4 f Lerer hs reeive CI withi the lst two yers Criterio 5.1: Triig metorig requiremet Key stff/prets/rers hve kowlege uerstig of the impt of HI o ll key res Key stff/prets/rers require itiol or otiuig triig /or metorig o HI use of speilist equipmet Key stff/prets/rers ew to HI require iitil itesive triig /or metorig Key stff/prets/rers ee high level of ogoig itesive triig from the servie e.g. to evelop sigig/ote tkig skills

21 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 5.: Trsitio support (i.e. hge of plemet) Trsitio ot urretly relevt to the 0 Low otriutio require s the servie is ofiet tht the lerer mke suessful trsitio with miiml itiol support 3 Moerte otriutio requirig ehe trsitio rrgemets 5 High otriutio require s high level of triig is eee the lerer requires high level of support from the servie to mke suessful trsitio Criterio : Support for effetive use of speilist equipmet y the lerer key stff (e.g. rio i/soufiel systems) No itiol ssistive listeig tehology require 0 Low level of support eee to hek support the iepeet use of speilist equipmet wreess of futioig e.g. 3 x per yer Moerte level of support eee to hek support the iepeet use of speilist equipmet wreess of futioig e.g. herig i testig x per yer High level of support eee e.g. t lest mothly equipmet heks support for the iepeet use of equipmet for omiig the tehologies require, or for ew user of equipmet 1

22 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 7: Physil lerig eviromet (followig lerig eviromet uit y ToD). NB ftors ffetig the qulity of the ousti visul eviromet re outlie i the Appeix t.4 Lerig eviromet whih meets pproprite ousti visul strs for HI pupils supports ilusive lerig for the HI lerer Lerig eviromet whih supports ilusive lerig for the HI lerer whih will ilue resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig visul reiforemet (e.g. uio-visul multimei support) Lerig eviromet whih supports spets of ilusive lerig for the HI lerer whih will ilue some resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig visul reiforemet (e.g. itertive whiteors; visul reiforemet to help the lerer to pt to ifferet lerig eviromets e.g. i seory settigs) Lerig eviromet whih ees osierle improvemet to meet ousti strs (e.g. highly reverert, high level of oise kgrou exterl, poor lightig iequte tehology for visul/sou reiforemet) 0 5 Criterio : Impt of the s HI o persol, soil emotiol lerig No/miiml impt o persol, soil emotiol lerig 0 Low level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills Moerte level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills High level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills (e.g. isplys low level of emotiol resiliee requirig high level of itiol support; log term support require for emotiol/persol/soil lerig ees) 4

23 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 9: Aitiol ftors reltig to fmily support (e.g. epte of HI; fmily speks Eglish s itiol lguge; LA s orporte pret) No itiol ftors reltig to fmily support 0 Fmily requires low level of itiol support Fmily requires moerte level of itiol support 4 Fmily requires high level of itiol support Criterio 10: Multi-gey liiso/role (iluig Sfegurig) Miiml multi-gey liiso/role requiremet 0 ToD otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer e ToD otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer with omplex support ees ToD is the keyworkig professiol ietifie for EY/shool ge/post-1 lerer ToD is the keyworkig professiol for lerer with omplex support ees requirig high level of liiso joit workig with other professiols 4 9 3

24 .1 Herig Impirmet Form otiue SCORING SUMMARY SHEET SCORE TABLE Criterio Totl SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: 4

25 . Visio Impirmet Form Nme: Dte of Birth: QTVI: Eutiol plemet: Dte: Registrtio: yes/o/o t kow Certifitio: yes/o/o t kow Visio loss referee tles Auity riteri re for guie purposes oly. The professiol jugemet of QTVI shoul e pplie s eessry to eie o the lssifitio. For exmple, my hve mil reutio i visul uity ut e futioig withi ifferet visul tegory ue to itiol ophthlmi oitio, e.g. oulomotor isorer suh s ystgmus, visul fiel reutio, ererl visio impirmet, /or itiol lerig iffiulties). Diste visio Mil visio loss Withi the rge /1 - /1 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Moerte visio loss Less th /19 - /3 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Severe visio loss Less th /3 - /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Profou visio loss Less th /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR 1.3+) Ner visio Refer to strize tests suh s Kys, BUST, Mlure t 33 ms. Plese use professiol jugemet ote y itiol ftors suh s rowig or proessig. Mil visio loss N14-1 Moerte visio loss N1-4 Severe visio loss N4-3 Profou visio loss Eutiolly li/brille user/ ess smll qutities of prit lrger th N3 Plese use the MSI form if lso hs herig impirmet. NB I the followig riterio tles the ox llows the etry of y iformtio whih my hve guie the optio seletio. 5

26 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 1.1: Degree of VI - iste (orrete visio with oth eyes ope see Visio loss referee tle ove) Does ot hve visio impirmet 0 e Mooulr/Mil/Flututig VI (with resole visio for osierle mout of time)/ Futiol mil loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus Moerte/Flututig VI/Futiol moerte loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus Severe/Flututig VI/Futiol severe loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus Profou VI/Futiol profou loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus 4 7 Criterio 1.: Degree of VI - er (orrete visio with oth eyes ope - see Visio loss referee tle ove ) Does ot hve visio impirmet 0 e Mooulr/Mil/Flututig VI (with resole visio for osierle mout of time)/ Futiol mil loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus Moerte/Flututig VI/Futiol moerte loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus Severe/Flututig VI/Futiol severe loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel lossor ystgmus Profou VI/Futiol profou loss ue to CVI or other visul ftors suh s visul fiel loss or ystgmus 4

27 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio : Aitiol ftors reltig to VI No relevt itiol ftors 0 Lte referrl of permet VI (more th 1 moths from presume oset) 5 Cotiuig ssessmet of VI require e.g. flututig oitio, eteriortig/egeertive/progressive loss 5 Reetly quire permet VI (withi the lst moths) 5 Criterio 3: Impt of the s VI o lguge ommuitio evelopmet o ess to lerig the urriulum (prtiulrly Eglish, mthemtis siee) Expete/etter th expete progress tht oes ot ee itiol iput 0 The lerer requires ssessmet vie from QTVI 4 The lerer requires short-term progrmme elivere y QTVI to evelop skills tht ele ess to the urriulum e.g. touh-typig, evelopig iepeee self-voy The lerer requires log-term progrmme elivere mitie y QTVI e.g. Brille 14 7

28 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 4: Developmet of hilittio skills The lerer hs o issues ffetig iepeet moility or ily livig skills 0 e f The lerer requires ssessmet vie y Hilittio Speilist qulifie to work with The lerer ees struture pproh to evelop iepeee, selforgistiol skills futiol life skills The lerer requires short-term progrmme elivere y Hilittio Speilist The lerer hs CVI/omplex ees/is o-mult (wheelhir)/hs evelopmetl moility or le o-oritio issues ffetig iepeet moility. Requires support from Hilittio Speilist liiso with Ouptiol Therpist or Physiotherpist The lerer requires log-term progrmme elivere mitie y Hilittio Speilist 3 4 Criterio 5.1: Triig metorig requiremet Key stff/prets/rers hve kowlege uerstig of the impt of VI o ll key res Key stff/prets/rers require itiol or otiuig triig /or metorig o VI Key stff/prets/rers ew to VI require iitil itesive triig /or metorig 0 Key stff ee tuitio i Brille/use of speilist equipmet 10

29 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 5.: Trsitio support (i.e. hge of plemet) Trsitio ot urretly relevt to the 0 Low otriutio require s the servie is ofiet tht the lerer mke suessful trsitio with miiml itiol support 3 Moerte otriutio ue to ehe trsitio rrgemets 5 High otriutio require s high level of triig is eee the lerer requires high level of support from the servie to mke suessful trsitio 10 Criterio : Support for effetive use of speilist equipmet y lerer key stff (my ilue CCTVs, LVAs, Brille, ttile speeh ess pttio of prit mterils) No itiol ssistive tehology require 0 Low level of support iluig short-term progrmme Moerte level of support iluig short-term progrmme some regulr moitorig New user of equipmet requirig loger-term progrmme refresher progrmmes 4 e High level of support iluig Brille equipmet 9

30 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 7: Physil lerig eviromet. NB ftors ffetig the qulity of the ousti visul eviromet re outlie i the Appeix t.4 Lerig eviromet whih meets pproprite ousti visul strs for VI pupils supports ilusive lerig for the VI lerer Lerig eviromet whih supports ilusive lerig for the VI lerer whih will ilue resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig, rpets lis miiml refletios off surfes Lerig eviromet whih supports spets of ilusive lerig for the VI lerer whih will ilue some resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig visul otrst. (Eutiol plemet requires iforml uit y QTVI) Lerig eviromet whih ees osierle improvemet to meet pproprite ousti visul strs (e.g. highly reverert, high level of oise iterferee, iosistet room lyout, ipproprite lightig, physil hzrs). Eviromet will ee to ommote physil lerig ess ees of Brille user. Eutiol plemet requires full evirometl uit y Hilittio Speilist. A referrl to uiologist my lso e eee 0 5 Criterio : Impt of the s VI o persol, soil emotiol lerig No/miiml impt o persol, soil emotiol lerig 0 Low level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills Moerte level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills High level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills (e.g. isplys low level of emotiol resiliee requirig high level of itiol support; log term support require for emotiol/persol/soil lerig ees) 4 30

31 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 9: Aitiol ftors reltig to fmily support (e.g. epte of VI; fmily speks Eglish s itiol lguge; LA s orporte pret) No itiol ftors reltig to fmily support 0 Fmily requires low level of itiol support Fmily requires moerte level of itiol support 4 Fmily requires high level of itiol support Criterio 10: Multi-gey liiso/role (iluig Sfegurig) Miiml multi-gey liiso/role requiremet 0 QTVI otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer QTVI otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer with omplex ees 4 e QTVI is the keyworkig professiol ietifie for EY/shool ge/post-1 lerer QTVI is the keyworkig professiol for lerer with omplex support ees requirig high level of liiso joit workig with other professiols 10 31

32 . Visio Impirmet Form otiue SCORING SUMMARY SHEET SCORE TABLE Criterio Totl SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: 3

33 .3 Multi-Sesory Impirmet Form Nme: Dte of Birth: QTMSI/VI/ToD: Eutiol plemet: Dte: Multi-sesory loss referee tle Mil multi-sesory loss Moerte multi-sesory loss Dul impirmet with mil loss i oth molities Dul impirmet with moerte loss i oth or the most ffete molity Severe multi-sesory loss Dul impirmet with severe loss i oth or the most ffete molity Profou multi-sesory loss Dul impirmet with profou loss i oth or the most ffete molity Eutiolly li severe/profou herig loss NB As uilterl loss hs sigifit implitios for with MSI (i.e. they re ule to rely o the other iste sese to ompeste for/support ess to iformtio s woul e the se for hil with sigle sesory impirmet) the MSI riteri withi the Frmework pply to uilterl s well s ilterl. For lrifitio of the terms mil, moerte, severe profou the HI VI loss referee tles re presete elow for ese of referee: Herig loss referee tle The British Soiety of Auiology esriptors hve ee opte for herig loss. These esriptors re se o the verge herig threshol levels t 50, 500, 1000, Hz i the etter er (where o respose is tke to hve vlue of 130 BHL). Mil herig loss Uie threshol 0-40 BHL Moerte herig loss Uie threshol BHL Severe herig loss Uie threshol BHL Profou visio loss Uie threshol i exess of 95 BHL Visio loss referee tle Auity riteri re for guie purposes oly. The professiol jugemet of QTVI shoul e pplie s eessry to eie o the lssifitio. For exmple, my hve mil reutio i visul uity ut e futioig withi ifferet visul tegory ue to itiol ophthlmi oitio, e.g. oulomotor isorer suh s ystgmus, visul fiel reutio, ererl visio impirmet, /or itiol lerig iffiulties). 33

34 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Diste visio Mil visio loss Withi the rge /1 - /1 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Moerte visio loss Less th /19 - /3 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Severe visio loss Less th /3 - /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR ) Profou visio loss Less th /10 Selle/Ky (LogMAR 1.3+) Ner visio Refer to strize tests suh s Kys, BUST, Mlure t 33 ms. Plese use professiol jugemet ote y itiol ftors suh s rowig or proessig. Mil visio loss N14-1 Moerte visio loss N1-4 Severe visio loss N4-3 Profou visio loss Eutiolly li/brille user/ ess smll qutities of prit lrger th N3 NB I the followig riterio tles the ox llows the etry of y iformtio whih my hve guie the optio seletio. 34

35 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 1: Degree of MSI (see Multi-sesory loss referee tle ove) e f Does ot meet the miimum threshol for lssifitio of multi-sesory impirmet. (Do ot otiue with the ompletio of this form) Mil MSI - ul impirmet whih hs impt o ess futio. Cliil level of herig /or visio is uerti requires futiol oservtiol ssessmet to feek to ll geies iluig prets/rers. Oservtiol ssessmet iites futiol mil MSI Moerte MSI - ul impirmet whih hs impt o ess futio. Cliil level of herig /or visio is uerti - oservtiol ssessmet iites futiol moerte MSI Severe MSI - ul impirmet, with severe loss i oe molity, whih hs osierle impt o ess futio. Cliil level of herig /or visio is uerti - oservtiol ssessmet iites futiol severe MSI Profou MSI - ul impirmet, with mil/moerte loss i oe molity, whih hs susttil impt o ess futio. Cliil level of herig /or visio is uerti - oservtiol ssessmet iites futiol profou MSI s esrie ove Profou MSI - Eutiolly li severe/profou herig loss. Cliil level of herig /or visio is uerti - oservtiol ssessmet iites futiol profou MSI s esrie ove Criterio : Aitiol ftors reltig to MSI No itiol ftors 0 Aitiol physil/vestiulr ees/lerig iffiulty/exeutive ysfutio whih reue(s) ility to use ompestory/ptive strtegies Cotiuig ssessmet of MSI require e.g. flututig oitios, eteriortig/egeertive/progressive loss (e.g. metoli isorers, Usher s Syrome) 5 5 e Reetly quire seory sesory loss of herig or visio 5 Lte igosis of permet MSI 5 35

36 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 3.1: Impt of MSI o lguge ommuitio evelopmet Lguge ommuitio skills i Eglish re withi ge/evelopmet pproprite rge Lguge ommuitio skills i Eglish re roly withi ge/evelopmet pproprite rge ut require itiol iput rou urriulum-relte voulry/oepts Lguge ommuitio skills re elye require trgete support to osolite emergig ommuitio Or The hil ommuites effetively i sig (BSL, SSE) or other ugmettive moe e.g. symols, ojets of referee et Lguge ommuitio ees high level of trgete support y speilist teher t iiviul lerer level to estlish evelop moe of ommuitio pproprite to the lerer 0 Criterio 3.: Impt of the s MSI o ess to lerig the urriulum (prtiulrly Eglish, mthemtis siee) Expete/etter th expete progress tht oes ot ee itiol iput 0 Compestory strtegies pttios well evelope. Lerer requires moitorig to esure ess to lerig Compestory strtegies pttios require trgete itervetio to esure ess hieve lerig outomes Frequet itervetio require to mximize sesory futio, evelop ompestory strtegies esure pttios re effetively implemete to esure ess hieve lerig outomes 5 3

37 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 4.1: Use of persol herig is or ohler implt No persol mplifitio 0 e f Persol herig is/ci re use effetively osistetly Persol herig is/ci re use effetively osistetly ut ees support (to hek them put them i/o) Persol herig is/ci re ot wor osistetly ults ee triig support to estlish effetive use of resiul herig Persol herig is reetly issue effetive use of resiul herig is still eig estlishe A ohler implt hs ee reetly issue effetive listeig skills re still eig estlishe 3 4 Criterio 4.: Developmet of movemet oriettio e The lerer is iepeetly moile i fmilir ufmilir eviromets requires o itervetio The lerer is iepeetly moile i fmilir eviromet ut ees support from speilist teher to evelop skills i ufmilir eviromets The omie impt of the visul/herig impirmet requires itervetio to struture the eviromet to motivte the s movemet lerig out their immeite eviromet The lerer requires itervetio i ollortio with physiotherpist OT to evelop iepeet moility oriettio withi fmilir eviromets The lerer is iepeetly moile (y wlkig or wheelhir). Lerer reeives iput from Hilittio Speilist requires vie support from Speilist SI Teher (MSI/HI/VI) to eme the skills i rge of otexts

38 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 4.3: Iepeee, self-orgistiol skills futiol life skills The lerer hs ge/evelopmet pproprite skills i ll res 0 The lerer hs quire some skills ut ees ple itervetio to geerlise these to rge of otexts The lerer ees struture pproh to evelop skills i iepeee persol hygiee The lerer requires some itervetio from speilist teher to evelop pply their self-orgistiol skills 3 5 Criterio 5.1: Triig metorig requiremet Key stff/prets/rers hve kowlege uerstig of the s igosis (e.g. CRS, CHARGE, Usher et.) the impt of MSI o ll key res Key stff/prets/rers require itiol or otiuig triig o MSI the s igosis 0 Key stff/prets/rers ew to MSI 4 Key stff/prets ee tuitio i Brille/moility/ugmettive or ltertive ommuitio/use of speilist equipmet Criterio 5.: Trsitio support (i.e. hge of plemet) No itiol triig require 0 Low otriutio (frot loe iput) require s the servie is ofiet tht the lerer mke suessful trsitio with miiml itiol support Moerte otriutio (frot loe iput) requirig ehe trsitio rrgemets High otriutio require (frot loe iput) s high level of triig is eee the lerer requires high level of support from the servie to mke suessful trsitio 4 3

39 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio.1: Support for effetive use of HI speilist equipmet y the lerer key stff (e.g. rio i/soufiel systems) No itiol ssistive listeig tehology require 0 Low level of support eee to hek support the iepeet use of speilist equipmet wreess of futioig e.g. 3 x per yer Moerte level of support eee to hek support the iepeet use of speilist equipmet wreess of futioig e.g. herig i testig x per yer High level of support eee e.g. t lest mothly equipmet heks support for the iepeet use of equipmet for omiig the tehologies require, or for ew user of equipmet 5 Criterio.: Support for effetive use of speilist VI equipmet y lerer key stff (my ilue CCTVs, LVAs, Brille, ttile speeh ess pttio of prit mterils) No equipmet or moifitio require 0 Moitorig of moifitios of prite mterils ess to whiteors other AV tehology Low level of support iluig short-term progrmme e Moerte level of support iluig short-term progrmme some regulr moitorig New user of equipmet requirig loger-term progrmme refresher progrmmes 4 f High level of support iluig Brille equipmet 39

40 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 7: Physil lerig eviromet (followig lerig eviromet uit y Speilist SI Teher [MSI/HI/VI]). NB ftors ffetig the qulity of the ousti visul eviromet re outlie i the Appeix t.4 Lerig eviromet whih meets pproprite ousti visul strs for MSI pupils supports ilusive lerig for the MSI lerer Lerig eviromet whih supports ilusive lerig for the MSI lerer. This will ilue istrtio-free lerig eviromet with resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig visul reiforemet, s well s opportuities uilt ito the y to ress the lerer s sesory itegrtio ees Lerig eviromet whih ees some improvemets to support spets of ilusive lerig for the pupil with MSI whih will ilue some resole justmets i reltio to oustis, lightig, visul otrst visul reiforemet (e.g. itertive white ors) Lerig eviromet whih ees osierle improvemet to meet pproprite ousti visul strs (e.g. high miet oise levels, ipproprite lightig visul lutter) 0 5 Criterio : Impt of the s MSI o persol, soil emotiol lerig The level of impt o persol, soil emotiol lerig is suh tht support from speilist teher is ot require Low level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills Moerte level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills High level of impt upo the evelopmet of persol, soil emotiol lerig skills (e.g. isplys low level of emotiol resiliee requirig high level of itiol support; log term support require for persol, soil emotiol lerig ees)

41 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue Criterio 9: Aitiol ftors reltig to fmily support (e.g. epte of SI; fmily speks Eglish s itiol lguge; LA s orporte pret) No itiol ftors reltig to fmily support 0 Fmily requires low level of itiol support Fmily requires moerte level of itiol support 4 Fmily requires high level of itiol support Criterio 10: Multi-gey liiso/role (iluig Sfegurig) Miiml multi-gey liiso/role requiremet 0 e Speilist SI Teher (MSI/HI/VI) otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer Speilist SI Teher (MSI/HI/VI) otriutes to multi-gey workig for lerer with omplex support ees Speilist SI Teher (MSI/HI/VI) is the keyworkig professiol ietifie for EY/shool ge/post-1 lerer Speilist SI Teher (MSI/HI/VI) is the keyworkig professiol for lerer with omplex support ees requirig high level of liiso joit workig with other professiols 4 41

42 .3 Multi-sesory Impirmet Form otiue SCORING SUMMARY SHEET SCORE TABLE Criterio Totl SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: 4

43 .4 Appeix: Lerig Eviromet The followig guie is provie whe osierig sorig i the Criterio 7 tle withi the Frmework Herig Ftors Aoustis It shoul e rememere tht erly igosis of herig loss, goo pre-shool guie, ohler implts osistet pproprite herig i fittig re mkig it possile for most ef pupils to e eute i mistrem lsses. It is therefore importt to hve relisti trgets for ousti oitios i shools i orer to ifluee either existig provisio or ew uilig regultios. Goo ousti oitios eefit ll lerers re oe of my ftors whih will support or ihiit suessful ilusio. The impt of kgrou oise levels reverertio e mitigte y: ousti tretmet: rpets, urtis, oors ( losig oors), soft overs o isply tles, eiligs et.. INSET to mistrem tehers re mgemet of herig loss use of Rio Ais goo lssroom mgemet s it impts o the ousti eviromet provisio of quiet res moitorig evlutig the use of persol mplifitio use of visul lues ess through text use of Soufiel system skille use of Rio Ais y ef lerers i.e. kowig whe they re workig orretly eig le to ssist i fult fiig eig le to eie the situtios whe persol mplifitio is useful usig itiol les ptors with TVs, omputers, et hvig the ofiee to expli their use to other pupils tehers Visul/Ttile Ftors The followig ftors shoul e tke ito out: Mterils i pproprite formt for the lerer Lerer hvig the ofiee to expli their use to other lerers tehers Skille use of equipmet/resoures y lerers, suh s eig le to ess the whiteor y kowig the est positio to sit, hvig essile plugs for equipmet use Iset to mistrem tehers o mgemet of visio impirmet the use of speilist equipmet i.e. vieo mgifiers, Brille tehology 43

44 .4 Appeix: Lerig Eviromet otiue Visul eviromet Geerl priiples i the provisio of ilusive visul lerig eviromet Cosiertio of the qulity of: Sigge - ler well positioe, esily visile, iluig ttile symols or Brille Steps, eges, pillrs other trsitio poits highlighte with yellow pit Hrils to help with moility Cler pels o oors so people e see pprohig from the other sie Attetio to lightig provisio of lis to reue glre Goo lssroom mgemet wlkwys ler, lyout of lssroom osistet, resoures kept i the sme ple ppropritely mrke with prit or ttile mrkers Clokrooms orriors free of lutter A istitio etwee quiet tive res i the plygrou she res for lerers with light sesitivity Well-mitie grous, free of ostrutios Ttile eviromet Geerl priiples i the provisio of ilusive ttile lerig eviromet Cosiertio of the qulity of: Ttile trils o rils or other texture mteril t h height tht lerers follow to fi the route to prtiulr lotio i the shool i.e. toilets, iig hll. Differetitio of floor overigs res withi the shool to iite hge of eviromet Wll isplys essile to touh t hil height 44

45 3. RECORD ShEETS 3.1 with HI Nme of : Dte of Birth: Dte: TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY Dte: TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Dte: TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio 45 Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio:

46 3. with VI Nme of : Dte of Birth: Dte: Dte: Dte: TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: 4

47 3.3 with MSI Nme of : Dte of Birth: Dte: Dte: Dte: TOTAL SCORE TOTAL SCORE TOTAL SCORE CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY SERVICE SUPPORT ALLOCATION MATRIX Totl Rge Support Ctegory Support Allotio Eviee uerpiig y professiol justmet me to the s mtrix support llotio: 47

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50 4. CD CONTENTS Eligiility Frmework (Revise 015) (pf) Herig Impirmet Form (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Visio Impirmet Form (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Multi-Sesory Impirmet Form (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Reor Sheet: with HI (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Reor Sheet: with VI (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Reor Sheet: with MSI (WORD) Versio 1 Support Allotio Mtrix: Blk Versio Pre-prepre Support Allotio Mtrix Plese ote: The itertive Forms for HI, VI MSI, whih utomtilly eter the s selete sores oto the Sorig Summry Sheet lulte the Totl, re ot ville o the CD ut e owloe from the NtSIP Wesite To ess the oumets you will ee to e registere logge i o the NtSIP Wesite. Registrtio is free ope to ll. If you ee help with registrtio, guie/wlkthrough e fou t Ay memets require to the Summer 015 Eitio of the Eligiility Frmework forms will e me to the NtSIP Wesite versios te origly. 50

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