What is the curriculum framework for children and young people with VI?

The Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI) has been developed to support children and young people with vision impairment access suitable education with the required support.

The framework covers 11 key areas: Facilitating an Inclusive World; Sensory Development; Communication; Literacy; Habilitation: Orientation and Mobility; Habilitation: Independent Living Skills; Accessing information; Technology; Health: Social, Emotional, Mental and Physical Wellbeing; Social, Sports and Leisure; Preparing for Adulthood.

The Framework aims:

  • To help clarify and define the elements of specialist skill development, interventions and best practice support that are considered to be essential for children and young people with vision impairment
  • To assist qualified specialists in raising the awareness amongst other professionals and parents of the need for children and young people with vision impairment to be taught skills that enable them to access the curriculum and the wider world with as much independence as possible
  • To aid discussions and understanding amongst all involved in a child/young person’s education of how and when these skills should be taught by suitably qualified specialists and reinforced by non-specialists.

As well as supporting professionals the CFVI can be used to enable parents and carers to understand the pathways of support for their child and the services who may be involved in providing that support within a given nationwide context.

It also enables parents to feel more comfortable and confident when meeting professionals to discuss their child’s progress and participation in education and the wider world.

Further information and supporting documents for professionals and parents/carers can be found on RNIB’s Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment webpage.

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