Independent Qualified Teacher of Vision Impaired (QTVI)
and Registered
Habilitation Specialist

Vicky Taylor is a qualified teacher (QTS) with over 30 years of experience in a diverse range of educational settings. Vicky is also an Independent Qualified Teacher of Vision/Visual Impairment (QTVI - mandatory teaching qualifications of VI) and a Qualified Registered Habilitation Specialist with Hab VI UK.She has over 20 years experience working in a large and diverse Local Authority as a QTVI, Advisory Teacher, Habilitation Specialist and Vision Support Team Leader. Vicky is based in Yorkshire, UK, and can provide independent advice, training, support and teaching.  She will consider local, national and even international work. She has experience working within all educational institutions and Key Stages, including early years settings, academies, MATs, special schools, independent schools, colleges and universities.  Recent work has included support and advice for Ministry of Defence schools overseas and online braille teaching with a child in the Middle East. Vicky has also worked closely with and trained professionals from a range of other services including, health, social care and educational psychology. She has carried out specialist Vision and Habilitation/Independence/Mobility assessments and authored reports for a range of audiences including legal professionals. In addition Vicky has extensive experience working with parents, babies, children and young people with vision/visual impairment, including those with complex needs, from birth to 25 years.

Through targeted assessments, specific in service courses, locality based generic VI training, interventions and reports, Vicky's work supports and supplements the provision of Local Education Authority Sensory Services.  

You can find her on The NatSIP ‘Find an Advisor’ directory, an independent database of specialists in sensory impairment including professionals who hold the mandatory teaching qualifications of Visual Impairment.

Vicky Taylor Vision Consultancy provides specialist services that may not be readily available in your area, such as generic or specific training courses in Vision Impairment, or specialist assessments in areas such as Technology or Habilitation.

Vicky works closely with colleagues in Local Authorities to help meet any shortfall in local service provision and can help clarify processes in EHC (Education Health Care) planning.