Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) - Make - N - Take Workshop

Cortical Visual Impairment - Make - N - Take

Date:  Sunday, November 8, 2020
Time:  12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

For: Parents & other IEP Team Members who service students with cortical visual impairment and/or low incidence needs

 

Presenter: Chris Russell is the Project Coordinator for the New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, and has experience as a classroom teacher and Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) working with children who have visual impairments and additional disabilities including deaf-blindness. Chris specializes in severe and multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness, cortical visual impairment, curriculum adaptations for children with visual impairments and additional disabilities, and instructional strategies supporting communication development for children with pre-symbolic communication. He has the Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsement, and conducts training on CVI across NY state and nationally for professionals and families. He also serves as co-instructor for Perkins E-Learning's online course, Cortical Visual Impairment, and is adjunct faculty at Hunter College, CUNY, in the graduate programs for Blindness/Visual Impairment, and Childhood Special Education: Severe/Multiple Disabilities.

This “Make-N-Take” session will focus on individualized literacy adaptations, and participants will design and create an “experience book” or “routine book” for their child with CVI.  The session will be preceded by an overview of intervention approaches by Phase & Characteristic, as CVI intervention approaches are unique to each Phase and individualized for each child. 

See attached Workshop Material & Information Sheet for more information.

Chris recommends viewing the links below before the event:

Overview of CVI approaches (Phase & Characteristic):

• - CVI Characteristics: https://pcvis.vision/what-is-cvi/the-10-characteristics-of-cvi/
• - Phase I: https://pcvis.vision/educators-and-therapists/phase-i-cvi/
• - Phase II: https://pcvis.vision/educators-and-therapists/phase-ii-cvi/
• - Phase III: https://pcvis.vision/educators-and-therapists/phase-iii-cvi/
• Experience Books: https://www.wsdsonline.org/video-experience-books/ (Click the link for Videos, they have excellent examples)

Agenda: 

12:00 am – 1:00 pm      Overview of Intervention Approaches
  1:00 pm – 3:00 pm      CVI Make – N - Take
  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm      Q&A Opportunity

 

Note:  Parents will have priority for mailed out materials.

IMPORTANT:  Please make sure to have current mailing address in your registration profile so the materials get sent to the right place.

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