Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment and Intervention

The current leading cause of visual impairment among children is not a disease or condition of the eyes, but cortical visual impairment (CVI)-also known as cerebral visual impairment-in which visual dysfunction is caused by damage or injury to the brain. The definition, nature, and treatment of CVI are the focus of great concern and widespread debate, and this complex condition poses challenges to professionals and families seeking to support the growth and development of visually impaired children. On the basis of more than 30 years' experience in working with hundreds of children of all ages with CVI, Christine Roman-Lantzy has developed a set of unique assessment tools and systematic, targeted principles whose use has helped children learn to use their vision more effectively. This one-of-a-kind resource provides readers with both a conceptual framework with which to understand working with CVI and concrete strategies to apply directly in their work.

• Cortical Visual Impairment Advanced Principles
• Vision and the Brain: Understanding Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children
• Little Bear Sees: How Children with Cortical Visual Impairment Can Learn to See
• Strategy To See: Strategies for Students with Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment
• Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy for Students With Low Vision
• Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
• ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments
• Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives
• Foundations of Education: Volume II: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments
• Early Focus: Working With Young Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired and Their Families