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POSITIVE EYE’S RESPONSE TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS DURING THE ONGOING COVID CRISIS… At Positive Eye we are a business that support professionals and families who work or who have children with vision impairment and/or complex needs. We work across the world from our small base in the UK. We are a micro business, but as part of our business we believe strongly in supporting the community we serve. I know that the situation worldwide regarding COVID is so uncertain and many of you may now be supporting online again in the months ahead. Positive Eye is a sharer of free resources – hence for ease and so you don’t have to go searching around the net… I have made a list of links to enable you to access well over 300 resources, all are available to you…… All our resources are child centred, practical and low cost!

 

POSITIVE EYE’S GWYNETH MCCORMACK FACEBOOK PAGE:

Lots and lots of great ideas located here, post ideas daily. https://www.facebook.com/gwyneth.mccormack/

 

RESOURCE PAGE ON THE POSITIVE EYE WEBSITE: 27 resources located here… https://positiveeye.co.uk/resources-2/

 

POSITIVE EYE IDEA MACHINE FACEBOOK PAGE 50 plus films here of the Idea Machine Story Time Show https://www.facebook.com/PositiveEyeIdeaMachine/videos/?ref=page_internal

 

POSITIVE EYE YOU TUBE CHANNEL 100 useful videos of resource ideas. https://www.youtube.com/user/PositiveEyeLtd

 

PATHS TO LITERACY 88 pages of resources… https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/users/gwyn52

 

BLOGS ON POSITIVE EYE’S WEBSITE https://positiveeye.co.uk/blogs/  I have been through the page and have selected two links to share, but check it out as there is other really useful information on here. The first link is about building stories in the everyday experiences Marvin-ness learning experiences https://positiveeye.co.uk/general-news/marvin-ness-learning-experience/

 

This second link takes you to the recordings of the two webinars I did in the summer for the SE States of America Deafblind Projects https://positiveeye.co.uk/general-news/webinars/

 

The year ahead at Positive EyeHey Gwyn? Yep? Where are you going all wrapped up cosy and warm on a cold winter's day, with a big smile on your face? Down this path... What's down that path Gwyn? How I make a difference to children is right down that path... its my year ahead.... its open... its ready to embrace... By the way Gwyn...what is on your path ahead? Well funny you should ask that as that is something I really wanted to share.... Starting with today... I am making a new version of Princess Peggy as her neck is collapsing (laugh icon). I need that as this week I start the following: SPARKLY EDUCATORS PREP CAMP to support the SPARKLY BOX OF STORIES STORY TIME SHOW This virtual conference is currently running and 32 USA Sparkly Educators are participating in a 5 session fun interactive, practical, colourful conference, from which they are going to be writing fantastic accessible stories to share at a showcase event late January! SPARKLY STORY PARENT CHAMPIONS: Have just finished their course and are now having fun creating their accessible stories for a showcase event later in January! SPARKLY BOX OF STORIES STORY TIME SHOWS Starting in the new year! Sparkly Box of Stories Story Time Show - Midwest States of America Sparkly Box of Stories Story Time Show - South East States of America Moorvision Story Time Show - United Kingdom POSITIVE LOOKING TRAIN THE TRAINER AND POSITIVE LOOKING PRACTITIONER COURSE PILOTS Two cohorts of teacher of VI are participating in this exciting development. There are 18 teachers of VI/MSI in the UK taking part. They are half way through and they will finish their course by Easter ready to pilot the Positive Looking Practitioner course with their schools during the summer and autumn terms. Second cohort of teachers of VI in the USA start their pilot in the new year. POSITIVE LOOKING FOR PARENTS The pilot of this exciting course is coming to a close soon. We have two more sessions on implementing the approaches within stories and then the parents are writing their own stories to share during a session in February. I will be running a second group starting March once I have taken feedback from the group of fantastic parents who are participating at the moment. STEP-BACK - A WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO INDEPENDENT LEARNERS (Wales - to support the implementation of the new Additional Learning Needs Act) New cohort of Step-back trainers start their course in early February. Step-back is a culture change in the way we think about support being provided and how we include all children Step-back Mentor Pilot course is underway for parents, professionals who support families. Then plenty of resource ideas, more online opportunities to attend training on numeracy, literacy, Positive Looking, social and emotional well being and other developments that currently are in my head as exciting ideas waiting to happen! Image on left: Gwyn smiling with a big hat on, standing in front of some snowy covered trees on the start of a path. Image on right: Gwyn is walking down the snowy path. She has her back to the camera and is heading into the distancePositive Looking trainingPositive Looking training