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Visually-guided reach (VGR) is a skill that we typically assess and often try to promote in our students, but what about students who have limited motor control and may not be able to extend their arms or control their reach at all? Many students with...
CVI
Posted by Chris Russell
What is Visual Complexity?
Difficulty with Visual Complexity is one of the 10 characteristics that impact the visual functioning of individuals with CVI. To learn more about each of the characteristics, see: Cortical Visual Impairment and the Evaluation...
Posted by Sharon Elliott
We have successfully transitioned my son who is non-verbal and scored at a 2.5 on The CVI Range (Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy) at his initial assessment to a current score of 5++ by using whole objects in an object schedule system to using photographs of...
Posted by Chris Russell
This 8-page form is offered as a template and should be individualized, based on the results of the CVI Range Assessment and additional student needs. All highlighted areas should be replaced with your own information.
This form includes the following...
Posted by Adam Wilton
The lightbox is a tool to provide access to literacy materials for students with multiple disabilities, including those with cortical or cerebral visual impairments (CVI). In the past, the lightbox has typically been used to promote sensory efficiency,...
Posted by Derya Uyar
This week summer vacation ended and schools have started with distance education in Turkey. We continue online classes with our students.
I have 3 students this year. All of them are with MDVI (multiple disabilities and visual impairment). This year I...
Posted by Colleen Johnson
When the pandemic hit and school closed, I looked how to best serve my students with CVI (cortical visual impairment) through distance education. Many parents didn’t want to do coaching or direct lessons through Zoom meetings for various reasons that...
Posted by Sarah Flores
During social distancing, Zoom meetings can be a lifeline for students. They can also be very visually and auditorily complex. Here is a list of basic, broad recommendations I shared with teachers who are holding group Zoom meetings with students with...
Posted by Christine Roman-Lantzy
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While you are home…
I am writing this blog post during a time in which we are all self quarantined. It’s a strange and unsettling time. If you are spending more time indoors than you expected, and you are a...
Posted by Judy Endicott
“When you’ve met one child with CVI, you’ve met one child with CVI.”
-- Gordon Dutton
While the specifics mentioned below were developed to meet the needs of my grandson in conjunction with his CVI Range assessment (Roman...
Posted by Sarah Blackstone
This post is adapted with permission from the authors Aileen Arai, MA, Director of Education, The Bridge School and Sarah W. Blackstone, PhD, CCC-SLP, PI, CVI/AAC Project, The Bridge School, from a presentation at the Getting in Touch with Literacy conference...
Posted by Regina Quaid
and Misty Epperson
All children love to play hidden object games. Here is an activity that I found on Pinterest that students with vision impairments can participate in with a few minor accommodations.
I Spy Tubes
First make the “I Spy Christmas...
Posted by tracy.wilks
Environmental modifications in the classroom can help students with cortical visual impairment (CVI) to function more independently. Many of these modifications could benefit other students as well, by reducing visual clutter and complexity. While...
Posted by Diane Sheline
Having the new Roman Word Bubbling tool to create “Bubble” Words has been extremely helpful for those of us who use “Bubbling” as a strategy for increasing literacy skills in our students with CVI. Developed by Dr....
Posted by Charlotte Cushman
In their webinar Trust the Process: A Case Study in Literacy and CVI, TVIs (Teachers of the Visually Impaired) Amanda Whelan and Joy Wilson share tips and guidelines to adapt literacy materials for a Kindergarten student (Krish) with cortical visual...
Posted by Krista Owens
Picture symbol programs such as Boardmaker, SymbolStix, LessonPix, etc. are wonderful and very convenient programs for teacher to use to adapt material for students, but have you considered the appropriateness of these programs for our students with...
Posted by Claudia Swapp
A fun part of the recent Oregon CVI Conference was a “Make and Take” portion that included producing over 180 CVI adapted books to get out to students with cortical visual impairment in Oregon . The conference was held April 4 – 5, 2019 and...
Posted by Scott Wall
By Scott Wall and Claudia Swapp
A conference on Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) for Teachers of the Visually Impaired was held in Bend, Oregon April 4-5 of this year. The conference was prepared and presented by a team of professionals from Columbia...
Posted by Kelly Brown
How the Classroom Teacher, Speech Language Pathologist, and Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment came together to support one another and increase student engagement with a Reading Group
“It just seems like her days could be so much...
Posted by Regina Quaid
Learners with vision impairments can sometimes feel left out when it comes to traditions, such as Easter Egg Hunts. There are auditory eggs hunts that learners with visual impairments can participate in, but what about those learners with CVI (cortical visual...
