Learn how to use The What's the Complexity Framework in order to evaluate the complexity of school environments, tasks and materials and to guide educational teams in creating more visually accessible, appropriate learning activities for children with CVI.
Use the “What’s the Complexity” Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.
Participants will move toward an advanced understanding of the CVI Characteristics (Roman-Lantzy) with an emphasis on how they manifest in students who score in late Phase II and Phase III on The CVI Range (Roman-Lantzy).
We will study the characteristic “Difficulty with Visual Complexity” in-depth, explore its central relationship to the other characteristics, and examine the ways in which it can impact behavior and access to education for a child with CVI. Our study of visual complexity will integrate the literature on cortical and cerebral visual impairment.
Participants will learn how to use The What’s the Complexity Framework in order to evaluate the complexity of school environments, tasks and materials and to guide educational teams in creating more visually accessible, appropriate learning activities for children with CVI.
In addition to learning how to rate the complexity level of a particular environment or education task, we will also emphasize the importance of balancing the complexity of the environment and task in each activity, managing cumulative complexity and visual fatigue throughout the school day, assessing interpretation of two-dimensional images, and providing direct instruction in salient features.
Participants will:
“What’s the Complexity” will use selected chapters from:
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You will have the opportunity to add 3 graduate credits to your registration for an additional $295.00 through Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg, MA). Instructions will be provided to registered participants two weeks before the start date.
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“Matt Tietjen’s What’s The Complexity Framework is nothing short of brilliant. He so expertly synthesizes ideas and research from multiple perspectives in the CVI world, which only deepened my knowledge and understanding. This frame translates the CVI Range results into a clear user-friendly framework for educational teams that reveals how profoundly CVI affects our children. I am so incredibly grateful to have been able to take this class and receive his detailed feedback…”
“It was very practical and useful! The materials were presented in such a way that everything made sense and was integrated. This can be hard to achieve with online classes, so it was very well organized and thought out!”
“A fabulous challenge and so skillfully done that others relatively new to their study/discovery of CVI will have no trouble learning as they follow Matt’s lead.”
Matt Tietjen has been paid by Perkins to be the instructor for this class. He does not have nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Some publications or products used in this course are produced, manufactured, or resold by Perkins.
Perkins School for the Blind is approved by the Continuing Education board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. See the course information for number of ASHA CEUs, instructional level, and content area. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
