Last updated:
3rd October 2024
Sensory Consortium
Support for students who are deaf, vision or multi-sensory impaired
This is a peripatetic teaching and advisory service available for children and young people with educational needs arising from a diagnosed hearing and/or visual impairment (0-19 years).
Specialist teachers work with the individual child within the context of the family, school and community from diagnosis through to entry to the work place. The teachers liaise closely with families and other professionals to enable and support appropriate educational provision and inclusion in either mainstream or special schools.
Referrals can be from parents, health professionals, pre-schools or schools.
The Service offers:
- Qualified specialist teaching staff
- Educational mobility specialists
- Pre-school programme
- Habilitation
- Parental support
- Teaching and support programmes
- Advice and support to special schools
- Specialist training and awareness work
- Advisory and service development support
- Educational audiology
- Specialist education support service workers
- Mentorship for SENCO and specialist training
- Environmental audits
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Individual specialist assessment
The service is hosted by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead for the whole of the Berkshire area. For more information, visit the Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service website.
T: 01628 796786