Minister Josepha Madigan launches Transition Year Programme for students with vision impairments
Minister Josepha Madigan launches Transition Year Programme for students with vision impairments
Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD has today officially launched the NCBI Transition Year Programme for students with vision impairments.
The purpose of this project is to support students who are blind or visually impaired in developing the life skills required for career exploration, training, and employment, with the aim of improving their life experience and participation.
The initial round of this programme aims to support students with vision impairment completing Transition Year in further developing their core and life skills necessary to successfully transition from second level education in line with their peers. The programme is being delivered digitally via three-hour weekly workshops over nine months facilitated by staff from NCBI’s Children and Young Person’s Team, with support from Inclusive World Training.