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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.
This course will provide content related to students who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and who are considered to be in Phase III CVI.
Plan and administer individualized, age-appropriate, and culturally responsive assessments to develop appropriate activities
