Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Workshop Series

Cortical Visual Impairment Workshop Series

Dates:  Monday, November 9-12, 2020

Time:  9:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Fee: 

• $25 for MN Parents & other IEP Team Members who service students with cortical visual impairment and/or low incidence needs (i.e., Deaf/Hard of Hearing, blind / Visually Impaired, Deafblind etc.)

• $125 for all other interested individuals

 

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.

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)

 

	Monday 11/09/2020	Tuesday 11/10/2020	Wednesday 11/11/2020	Thursday 11/12/2020
9-10am	CVI Overview: Identifying, Understanding, Diagnosing CVI Causes & Risk Factors FAQ and Current Issues in the Field	CVI Phases: I, II and III Assessment and Interventions	CVI and Bio Behavioral States: Supporting Availability for Learning	O&M and CVI
10-11am	CVI Characteristics & Phases	Phase I: Building Visual Behaviors	CVI and Bio Behavioral States: Supporting Availability for Learning (continued from above)	Social Development and CVI
11-12pm	CVI Range	Phase II: Integrating Vision with Functioning	CVI and Bio Behavioral States: Supporting Availability for Learning (continued from above)	Social Development and CVI (continued from above)
12-1pm	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
1-2pm	CVI Range	Phase III: Resolution of CVI Characteristics	CVI and Communication Matrix	CVI and Distance Services
2-3pm	Video Observation: CVI Characteristics	Phase III: Resolution of CVI Characteristics (continued from above)	CVI and AAC	CVI and Distance Services (continued from above)
3-4pm	Q&A Opportunity	Q&A Opportunity	Q&A Opportunity	Q&A Opportunity

 

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Special Accommodations: Please alert BrightWorks 2-3 weeks prior to the workshop/event if you need special accommodations, including sign language interpreters. (BrightWorks requires a notice of 2 business days to cancel a sign language interpreter. If you fail to cancel, we reserve the right to bill your school/district for this expense.) Update your profile as needed. Special accommodations are not included with each registration, but are stored in your profile until you make changes.