Experiences of young blind and partially sighted people in UK vs France

Christophe70
Christophe70 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited March 2018 in People power
Hello, my name is Christophe. I'm living in France. I'm working as a psychologist in a secondary school. There are some blind and partially sighted young people in this school. I'm helping them about their guidance project. As well, I am studying at University about impairment and disability. One of my interest it is blind and partially sighted young people in UK, to compare with young people in the same situation in France. If someone accept to talk about his/her experience or her/his child's experience in school, I will be very interested and happy. The question that I ask myself are : is it possible to have and individual support in each school or people must go in certain school ? Who decide to go in a school rather than another one ? Has the family got the power to decide ? I would be so glad to listen to someone through what he or she find difficul and also pleasant beeing with others in the same school.
If you have some questions about France you can ask, you welcome.
And sorry for my imperfect english
Reading you soon I hope
Christophe

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  • JennysDad
    JennysDad Online Community Member Posts: 2,290 Championing
    Hi @Christophe70 and a warm welcome to the community. If my French was as good as your English I would be very very proud of myself :smile:
    Best wishes
    Richard
  • Christophe70
    Christophe70 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Hi thanks for answers and compliments about my english level.

    So,  Username_removed if I well understand you , young sight-impaired should have an EHC Plan for theirs needs and aspirations, but it is rarelly attempted. We have the same plan in France called Individual Support Plan but for sight-impaired the quality of these plans executions depends on which schools they are made.
     If you agree, I explain how it is in France and where I work. may be you could tell me what is the same and what is different ?

    In National Education there are mainstream schools and some rare of them have
    an official support device (Inclusion) , so they have money for specialist teacher and provisions (PC, software, ...).
    I work in that kind of school. There are 5 young people who are supported. They go in the same class than the other with their PC and sofware, and lessons are given in appropriate policy characters (Arial 14 for example). In addition they rewiew courses with specialist teacher.
    As well mostly of them live far from the school (one hour). They come in taxis (provisons and taxis are paided by the administrative department).So I find it hard for them concerning their time schudle. They do more than others.

    Do you have that kind of device in England ?
    Do you some specialist teachers ?
    Who paided for helpings (provisions, transport, ... ?)

    Thanks for your answers

    Best wishes




  • Colourfull
    Colourfull Online Community Member Posts: 59 Contributor
    Hi to you,

    I am a Partially Sighted 55 yr old who Should have gone to A Specail School but was Shoved in a normal school for normal sight seers which I am very disappointed about because failed at School but have excelled at self learned on Computers with lots of certificates just need to do level 3 in Computers  would like a part time job.

    Colourfull.
  • Christophe70
    Christophe70 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Hi. Thanks for answers.
    And Mikehughescq thanks also for the websites





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