An Introduction to Cerebral Visual Impairment
Presented on Tuesday, 25th September 2018
Content
This session was an introduction to Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) for those practitioners who are very new to the field, mainstream teachers or other practitioners who had heard about CVI but were unsure exactly what it is and how it can affect learning and mobility in pupils with cerebral visual impairment.
This course looked at how vision goes beyond the eyes and looked at how information is sent around the brain via the visual pathways. Participants examined some of the observed behaviours that children with CVI may demonstrate and introduced some intervention techniques that can be used in any classroom.
Participants said:
"Pitched at the right level. Speaker was clear and presented the information well. I enjoyed all of it. It was very interesting and informative."
"Lots of relevant information, visuals and questions answered fully. Further research, websites given."
Target Audience
Mainstream teachers, teachers of visual impairment, habilitation specialists, habilitation assistants, educational psychologists, parents/carers.
Presenter
Professor John Ravenscroft, Chair of Childhood Visual Impairment; Head of the SSC, University of Edinburgh
Programme
10 am Welcome and introduction John Ravenscroft
10.15 am Why seeing is so difficult
11.30 am Beyond the Eyes - how the brain processes vision
1.15 pm Assessing the Child with CVI part 1
2 pm Assessing the Child with CVI part 2
3 pm Questions, Course Evaluation and close