Sighted Guide Training

Sighted Guide Training

Courses on the Isle of Wight

I provide in-person sighted guide training courses teaching you how to confidently and safely guide someone with a visual impairment.  I work with companies, charities, non-profits and organisations teaching management, staff and volunteers. I also provide in person sighted guide training to friends and family on a private basis. I am based in Ryde and cover the Isle of Wight and Hampshire.

Offering sighted guiding assistance to a person with a visual impairment is a vital part of support, especially in unfamiliar areas and locations. Sighted guiding is a skill everyone can learn and it helps create a more inclusive environment.

My training courses can be tailored to your organisational needs, and will give you the skills, experience and understanding needed as a sighted guide. Attending my workshop provides a valuable opportunity for CPD and an opportunity for your workplace to raise their disability and equality standards.

A typical training session will include:

• sight loss awareness
• common eye conditions
• person centred approach
• enabling independence
• sighted guiding skills
• practice as a sighted guide
• practice under sleep shade as a person with a visual impairment
• evaluation of skills learnt
• certificate of achievement

Let's help raise visual impairment awareness and understanding together. Please contact me for a quotation. Thank you.