Month: July 2018

Creating a Reality: Vision is a Construct

We each create our visual world based on visual access, visual expectations, visual predictions, and previous visual experiences.

This short video introduces you to Isaac Lidsky. He shares a profound perspective of how we create not only our visual realities, but all our realities.

 

https://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_lidsky_what_reality_are_you_creating_for_yourself/discussion?utm_campaign=Accellis%20Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_pipPN06ey19jR5WiEp1S9sJ8GcVb7roYmz9IFw2PrYP9723bci3xEGvLLAjSD11WbVv4W

 

Lacking Visual Access Can Create Empty Language

This wonderful blog is by the mother of a child who has CVI. It cautions us to “check in” to make sure the subject of our language and the materials for learning are well understood by the child.

We understand this so well for our students with ocular impairments but for children with CVI who appear to be looking, we must be very diagnostic. Are they understanding the concept fully or understanding what the learning materials represent?

For children with CVI, looking is not always understanding what is seen.

Click this link to the blog:

“Fire is so loud”

Perkins 2018 CVI Symposium

The Perkins 2018 CVI Symposium is available now to watch at Perkins CVI Hub

http://www.perkinselearning.org/cvi/educators/symposium/2018

Listen to the content areas:

Lessons Learned from a Parent Perspective – Burju Sari

A Neuro-Opthalmology Perspective:  The Brain, Current Research and Case Study presentation Lotfi Merabet, OD, Ph.D., MPH, Christopher R. Bennett, Ph.D., Corinna Bauer, Ph.D.

Current Best Practices from an Educational Perspective – Christine Roman-Lantzy, Ph.D.

A Formula for Determination of Service Delivery – Lindsay Hillier, M.Ed.

Collaborative and Coordinated Care of Children with CVI– Anne Fulton, MD

Teaching Strategies for Students with CVI– Ellen Mazel, M.Ed.