Meet your trainer

Fiona Broadley

Fiona Broadley is a Registered Qualified Habilitation Specialist and manages a Specialist Outreach team delivering Habilitation, Reprographics and  Specialist ICT support to children and young people with vision impairment (CYPVI) across Birmingham. She has worked in the VI field for more than 40 years, and for the last 34 has worked in education, teaching in specialist, mainstream and special settings.  She also lectures to student Habilitation Specialists at Birmingham City University, and with her team, delivers the Habilitation elements of the training for Specialist Teachers of the Vision Impaired (QTVI) and for MSI teachers at the University of Birmingham. Fiona is the Chair of Habilitation VIUK and strives to raise profile of habilitation at all levels. Habilitation encompasses the range of orientation and mobility skills, environmental and access recommendations, and independent living skills for CYPVI. Fiona is the author of 2 books on habilitation, that are written in an easy access style, suitable for parents as well as professionals:

• Supporting Life Skills for Young Children with Vision Impairment and other Disabilities: An Early Years Habilitation Handbook (Routledge 2021)
• Supporting Life Skills for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment and Other Disabilities: A Middle Childhood Habilitation Handbook (Routledge 2023)