Practical Guides to Assess Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)

Presented on 9th November 2022

Content

In this one hour webinar for Teachers of children with Visual Impairments and Educational Psychologists, attendees were guided through some simple activities that you can do as part of a Functional Vision Assessment of children and young people who have a diagnosis of CVI or suspected CVI.

The first part of the session went through activities that you can do to create a structured assessment of children who have complex ASN and CVI. Suggestions were also offered for report writing and creating a visual profile.

In the second part, Demi Hunter explained the activities that can be used to assess dorsal and ventral stream function in children and young people who are a nursery, primary or secondary setting.

Target Audience

Teachers of children with visual impairment (TVIs & QTVIs) and Educational Psychologists.

Presenters

Demi Hunter and Elizabeth McCann, University of Edinburgh