Becoming a Team to Build Understanding of CVI

Presented by Burju Sari, Presented by Ellen Mazel

Omer dressed as Mario

He was looking at lights. He was just looking at me for short periods of time. He hated baby toys. He didn’t like being outside. We tried to pretend everything was normal.

Burju Sari is the proud mother of two beautiful boys. Born premature, one of the boys experienced a brain bleed, unbeknownst to the parents. Learn how Omer and his family’s lives changed once he was properly diagnosed with CVI and the family met Ellen Mazel, and she told them everything is going to get better.

Learning Goals and Objectives

Learning Objectives:

Participants will name 3 visual improvements in this case study
Participants will name 3 area of need around the CVI characteristics that still impact learning.
Participants will identify 2 methods of parent advocacy.

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Readings

Texts mentioned:

Roman Lantzy, C. A. (2018) Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment and Intervention. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.To order this book, please contact Sarah Bush - American Printing House for the Blind at (502)899-2306, or sbush@aph.org

Dutton,Gordon and Lueck, Amanda (2015) Vision and the Brain: Understanding Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children