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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.
Texts mentioned:
Roman Lantzy, C. A. (2018) Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment and Intervention. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.
Dutton,Gordon and Lueck, Amanda (2015) Vision and the Brain: Understanding Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children
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Use the "What's the Complexity" Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.
Participants will learn about the Sensorimotor Stage of Development,the Van Dijk Approach,levels of learning in the Sensory Learning Kit and more.
The course will include information pertaining to the causes of CVI and program planning/interventions for individuals with CVI.
