Announcement

Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society Launches New Website!

This new website for the Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society (PCVIS) offers information about CVI.

The Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society (PCVIS) has launched a beautiful new website with extensive information about CVI.   A group of talented mothers of children with CVI has compiled information and resources, including the following pages:

  • What is CVI?
  • CVI 101
  • How is CVI diagnosed?
  • How is CVI different?
  • The 10 Characteristics of CVI
  • Medical Professionals
    • Defining CVI
    • How Doctors Diagnose CVI
    • Medical Care After CVI Diagnosis
    • Communicating With Families
    • Medical Resources for CVI
  • Educators and Therapists
    • CVI and Learning
    • Phase I CVI
    • Phase II CVI
    • Phase III CVI
    • An Approach to Literacy
    • Salient Features and Comparative Thought
    • The “What’s the Complexity?” 
  • Families and Caregivers
    • Impact of CVI on Families
    • Newly Diagnosed
    • CVI and the IFSP/IEP
    • Everyday CVI Adaptations and Approaches
    • Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)
  • Research
    • CVI and Neuroplasticity
  • CVI and Advocacy

 

Visit the website.