CVI

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Discover tips, resources and articles to support you and your child with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment.

CVI on the FLY. Red heart with wings. Learn, Observe, Vary, Explore written beneath

CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment) and LOVE

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Your child’s literacy journey is unique and an opportunity to make it a one-of-a-kind experience. LOVE is an easy model that families can use when supporting their child with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment). We will dive into Learn, Observe, Vary and Explore and how you can use LOVE […]

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CVI Now: A Perkins School for the Blind Resource 

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)What is CVI?  Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment, or CVI, is the leading cause of childhood blindness and low vision. CVI is a lifelong, brain-based visual impairment that a recent study shows affects up to 1 in 30 kids. Caused by complications from premature birth, lack of oxygen, pediatric stroke, […]

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Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)What Is Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? Although vision or sight, as a sense, is primarily associated with the eyes, in reality, vision is the product of a complex system of which the eyes are only one part. The processing of visual information—the receipt of visual stimuli through the […]

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Teaching Letter and Number Identification to Students with CVI

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Did you know someone can have perfectly healthy eyes but struggle to see?  Cortical/cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is a brain-based visual impairment. It is also the leading cause of visual impairment in children. Our eyes and brain have to work together to receive visual information. For students with […]

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Behind the Scenes: Mom Creates CVI-Friendly YouTube Videos

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)When my pregnancy was 8 weeks along, an ultrasound found an abnormality and we first heard the diagnosis “cystic hygroma”. We spent the next 12 weeks questioning everything…and then the hygromas spontaneously resolved.  We let our guards down, celebrated this victory, and then the baby stopped growing at […]

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