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Professionals

A list of professional resources and links can be found below:

VINCYP Pathway of Care – Help for Professionals to identify VI Services in their area

VINCYP Standards and Quality Indicators 

Multiagency Referral Form – for making referrals to Services via the Health Board Central Contact System

Good Practice Guidelines for Early Intervention

Visual Impairment Care Bundle – Checklist for Ophthalmologists and Paediatricians when a VI is identified

Health Board Central Contacts

Interagency Advisory Report – Template to assist professionals when meeting together to identify and provide the appropriate services

Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) Diagnostic Pathway

Self Assessment Frameworks – benchmark your services

Minimum Size Detection Test

Shadowing Opportunities 

Snellen-Logmar Calculator

Clinic Area Printable Resources

VINCYP Postcard

Easy-Read Poster for Use in Clinical Areas

External Links

How good is our Sensory Service? – A Framework for Auditing and Evaluating the Quality of our Sensory Services (link to Scottish Sensory Centre)

Arclight – The Arclight Project is a social enterprise based in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews. 

Professionals

  • Checklist for Ophthalmologists and Paediatricians - When a VI is identified
  • Self Assessment Frameworks - benchmark your services
  • Template for Professionals to help identify and provide appropriate services for children with VI
  • Multiagency Referral Form - for use when a VI is identified
  • Health Board Central Contacts
  • VINCYP Standards and Quality Indicators
  • The Pathway of Care
  • Snellen-Logmar Calculator
  • Minimum Detection Size Test
  • Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) Diagnostic Pathway
  • Good Practice Guidelines for Early Intervention
  • Shadowing Opportunities

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