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Parenting
Angela Gowans, education advocate, discusses components of the IEP and advice on how to advocate for your child's needs
Every child with CVI has a right to an assessment-driven, dynamic, and student-centered approach to literacy.
Marguerite Tibaudo, CVI Project Assistant Director, discusses systematic instruction, CVI promising practices, lesson design, and data to inform the IEP.
Matt Tietjen, TVI, discusses the neuroscience of math, how CVI can make math difficult, and promising practices for helping kids with CVI learn math.
Targeted supports, accommodations, and adaptations based on comprehensive assessments can help reduce visual fatigue and allow for a more accessible day.
Children with CVI show fatigue in many ways. Read parent observations of their child's signs of visual fatigue.
Allie Futty, CATIS, TVI, COMS, discusses how to assess and implement assistive technology that will remove barriers to access for students with CVI
O&M specialists present and answer CVI parent questions about a range of topics related to safe navigation, concept development, orientation and mobility
How to approach holidays and gift-giving for your child with CVI
Our kids with CVI have so much to say. A carefully designed AAC system matched to the child’s unique needs will help them thrive.
A speech language therapist shares two different examples of what AAC looks like for her learners with CVI
The CVI visual behaviors and characteristics make it hard for kids with CVI to access mealtime.
Strategies that support the use of visual attention, visual recognition, and visual motor skills while eating.
An SLP and TVI present and answer parent questions about CVI and Communication, with a focus on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Halloween can be tricky for children with CVI. Learn some tips for how to make Halloween a treat!
Learn about promising practices around CVI and remote learning. Watch this Expert Q&A event with three creative and dynamic educators.
Home routines are a great way to build rich instructional experiences for children with CVI. Here are two examples.
With remote learning as the new normal, read about general instructional strategies for kids with CVI that address visual access and multisensory learning.
There’s a lot to consider when it comes to your child with CVI and remote learning. Here are six considerations to help set up your child for success.
Environmental adaptations are critical for children with CVI. He are 10 tips for setting up your child’s learning space to allow access to learning.
The last in a three-part series on CVI and remote learning. Learn about some tips to give your child’s educator on how to present themselves on screen.
Learn about why visual clutter affects kids with CVI and how to declutter your home.
Caring for a child with CVI is hard. Here are some ways to take care of yourself, so you can sustain through this tough parenting journey.
Children with CVI possess a broad range of abilities, and they should have a specific and adaptable team to help them navigate their visual impairment.
Children with CVI don’t have the same opportunities for incidental learning as others do. Here's why it matters, and how parents can help bridge the gap.
Here’s how to navigate tricky conversations, well-meaning comments and unwanted advice about CVI with family and friends.
Children with CVI are susceptible to unpredictable meltdowns, but these are common and navigable. Here are several tips for dealing with CVI meltdowns.
Children with CVI experience the world differently from us and differently from each other. But what exactly does your child see?
Early Intervention helps ensure appropriate educational programming for children and places them on the path to accessible learning.
After your child is diagnosed with CVI, you should follow these five steps involving processing emotions, obtaining assessments and beginning intervention.