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Family support

If your child has received a vision impairment diagnosis, it can help to know you have someone in your corner.

Specialist advice from our 'Families First' service can help make life easier to navigate together as a family.

Who is this service for?

    • You, or anyone in your family, who has been affected by your child’s vision impairment – including brothers, sisters, and extended family members

    • Any child or young person in England and Wales who has a vision impairment, from 0-25 years old.

How does it work?

Your Family Practitioner will spend time with you, to get to know you and your family, so that they can understand how best we can help. If it’s right for your family, we can meet with your other children. We can do this at home, we can meet you at school, or wherever you feel most comfortable.

We can also, with your permission, work with other professionals so that everyone’s working towards the same goals.

What we can offer

Emotional wellbeing support:

  • Giving you the space to explore you or your child’s feelings, or any issues and concerns that are important to you and your family.
  • Supporting you throughout your family’s journey, from the point at which you receive a diagnosis of vision impairment until you no longer need us.

Practical support:

  • Suggestions and possible solutions on practical coping strategies with your child, like setting boundaries.
  • Advice on how to support your child’s learning and development.
  • Support at meetings, e.g. school reviews or meetings with Social Services.
  • Help with applications and paperwork to ensure that you’re receiving the correct benefits for your family.
  • Introductions you to other organisations, so that your family always receives the right services.
  • Habilitation advice and support.

  • Connect with
    families

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    Come together with other families to share experiences

    Connecting Families

  • Information, advice and
    guidance

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    Providing practical information and advice tailored to you

    Get advice

  • Activities and
    events

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    Get involved with groups and activities for the whole family

    Whats's on

Get in touch

If you’re interested in RSBC’s Family support services, or if you have any questions, please fill the form below or email connections@rsbc.org.uk

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