Category: CVI ten characteristics

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Let’s change the way we talk about kids with CVI

Let's change the way we talk about kids with CVI
Let’s change the way we talk about kids with CVI

“He’s just so…UNIQUE.”

“I’m not sure we would have the expertise needed to assess her.”

“He almost sounds like… a case study.”

“He sounds too complex to be evaluated.”

Some days our kids with cortical visual impairment (CVI) really put the special in the term “special needs.” Lately, in yet another quest to find a provider to conduct an appropriate assessment, it is back to this all too familiar language when it comes to talking about our children with CVI. Continue reading “Let’s change the way we talk about kids with CVI” →

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CVI birthday characteristics

IMG_7898When you are planning a birthday party for your child with cortical visual impairment (CVI), it is hard not to think about the ten characteristics (Roman). How many people to invite? What color cake? Where to have the party, someplace familiar, like home, or someplace new? Let’s take a look at the CVI characteristics in light of birthdays. Continue reading “CVI birthday characteristics” →

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CVI modifications, it’s the little things.

CVI modifications, it's the little things
CVI modifications, it’s the little things

On the brink of November, for a child with cortical visual impairment (CVI), it is still the beginning of the school year. Each school year is different for all kids, but for kids with CVI, each year may as well be a whole new school (especially when it really is a new school, new school district, new neighborhood, new city, new state, a whole new world). The CVI characteristic of novelty (Roman-Lantzy) has an impact on our kids and “new” lasts longer. Newness lingers for them, much longer than it ever would for us. Continue reading “CVI modifications, it’s the little things.” →

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Can’t we all relate to sensory complexity?

Guest post by Peggy Palmer, TVI*

Can’t we all relate to sensory complexity?
Can’t we all relate to sensory complexity?

Too often, we “typically” sighted folks tend to believe that children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) are very different from us. We learn the Ten Characteristics (Roman)–hopefully–and work our way through trying to understand our student or our child with CVI. Continue reading “Can’t we all relate to sensory complexity?” →