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Area 10: Social, Sports and Leisure

Image of three students in black school uniforms playing drums, keyboard, and singing in a music classroom with computers in the background.
Image of three students in black school uniforms playing drums, keyboard, and singing in a music classroom with computers in the background.

Supporting children and young people to have opportunities to participate in social, sports and leisure.

This area of the framework recognises the importance of supporting children and young people with vision impairment to have opportunities to participate in social, sport and leisure opportunities, and the community which is traditionally beyond formal education.

For more information regarding this element of the framework, please download the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI) and accompanying guidance.

Examples of targeted intervention approaches

  • Accessing family groups, such as baby and toddler groups in the community
  • Providing opportunities for interaction with others with vision impairment (e.g. family groups, transition days, social events)
  • Awareness of national charities and organisations supporting leisure and sporting opportunities for children and young people with vision impairment, including mentoring opportunities.
  • Accessing community groups, such as youth clubs
  • Participating in religious activities
  • Support for residential experiences within the school context.
  • Knowing how to get involved in social, sport and leisure activities and finding out what is available
  • Accessing sports, including competitive sports, providing access to adapted sports activities where the young person can fully participate and work towards competing/higher level skills if they wish.
  • Accessing music, including learning instruments and playing in musical ensembles
  • Building skills and independence to enable young people to build and sustain positive friendships
  • Meeting up with friends in age appropriate settings
  • Accessing online communities, including keeping safe online
  • Accessing social venues including restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs, theatres, and cinemas

Use of resources in practice

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