June 23, 2024 | 4:00 PM
CVI Conference: Building Meaningful Recognition
Perkins hosts the 2024 CVI Conference: Building Meaningful Recognition on June 23–25, 2024 at the Revere Hotel, Boston.
2024 Perkins CVI Conference
June 23 – 25, 2024
Revere Hotel Boston
When it comes to Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)—recognition matters. We’re honored to convene the CVI community to gather and learn from leaders in the field, medical and research experts, educators, people with CVI, and families.
We will explore quality assessment and instructional practices that help build meaningful recognition and access, current research about CVI, and advocacy resources for families and providers boldly driving change.
Together we can change the world for people with CVI.
Join Us!
- Registration: Early bird tickets are $499 until March 1, 2024. Regular price tickets are $549. Plenary Session Recording Packages are available for $199. Recordings will be sent at the end of summer 2024. In-person attendees will also receive the recordings. Take a peek at our preliminary agenda to see our session topics and speakers.
- Revere Hotel Block: $209/night with code PSFTB767.
- Professional Credits: .1 AOTA and ASHA CEUs; 10 hours of ACVREP, CTLE, PDP, CE, CME and COPE
- Recording package participation: 8 hours of ACVREP, CE and PDP
- Parent Scholarship Inquiry Form: A limited amount of scholarships are available for parents of individuals with CVI.
- Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities
- Poster Session Submission Form: Recorded 4 minute presentations (plus 2 minutes of Q&A) will be held in front of the full audience on June 24, 2024.
- Justification Letter for Professionals
Register today!
When: June 23 to 25, 2024
Where: Revere Hotel, Boston, MA
Featured Speakers
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Maurice Belote
Adjunct Faculty Member, California Deafblind Services at San Francisco State, Mount St. Mary’s University Los Angeles and the University of South Dakota UniversityMeet Maurice -
Rachel Bennett
Director of CVI Now, Parent Advocacy and Support at the CVI Center at PerkinsMeet Rachel -
Melinda Chang, M.D.
Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Southern CaliforniaMeet Melinda -
Nai Damato
Assistive Technology Trainer, Braille Instructor, American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter, DeafBlind SpecialistMeet Nai -
Amanda Griffith-Atkins, MS, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Founder of Amanda Atkins Counseling GroupMeet Amanda -
Richard H. Legge, M.D.
Neuro-ophthalmologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Truhlsen Eye InstituteMeet Richard -
Nicola McDowell, PhD
Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Massey University, New ZealandMeet Nicola -
Lotfi Merabet, OD, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Director, The Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity. Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Schepens Eye Research Institute; Staff Optometrist, Vision Rehabilitation Service. Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalMeet Lotfi -
Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD
Pediatric Neurologist, Neurologist, Critical Care Neurologist; Co-Director Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Service; Assistant Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School; Co-Director of the Neurobiology of Disease Harvard Advance Course, Massachusetts General HospitalMeet Patricia -
Glen Prusky, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Burke Neurological Institute Weill Cornell Medicine; Director, Center for Vision Repair Burke Neurological Institute; Director, Vision Research Blythedale Children’s HospitalMeet Glen -
Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
Coordinator, for the Vision Studies Program at UMass Boston; Teacher of the Visually ImpairedMeet Tammy -
Matt Tietjen, M.Ed., CTVI
Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired and State Education ConsultantMeet Matt -
Jeremy Wolfe, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Visual Attention Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Department of SurgeryMeet Jeremy
Sessions
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Keynote: Recognizing CVI and the Importance of Families
Patricia Mussolino, MD, PhD
Monday, June 24, 2024
CVI Prevalence Data
The CVI Center at Perkins
Monday, June 24, 2024
Prerequisites of Perception and Functional Application
John Ravenscroft, PhD and Marguerite Tibaudo, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
Auditory Processing Disorder
Maurice Belote, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams
Matt Tietjen, MEd, Nai Damato, Rachel Bennett, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
The Perkins CVI Protocol Platform
Ilse Willems, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
What does Recognition Look Like in Assessment?
Burju Sari, MEd and Lisa Miller, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
Parent Advocacy
Monday, June 24, 2024
CVI and Dual Media Learners
Tammy Reisman, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
The Austin Assessment – How it Relates to Recognition
Nicola McDowell, PhD
Monday, June 24, 2024
Recognition across related services: OT, SLP, O&M
Monday, June 24, 2024
What Supports Access and Recognition?
Panel of Adults with CVI
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Research Plenary and Discussion
Lotfi Merabet,OD, PhD, MPH, Melinda Chang, MD, Glen Prusky, Jeremy Wolfe, Ph.D
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Update from the National Eye Institute (NEI)
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chasing CVI — A Curious Clinician’s Journey
Richard H. Legge, M.D.
Exhibitors and sponsors
Exhibitors
Apply to be an exhibitor at the 2024 conference! An early bird fee of $1,000 Is available until December 21, 2023. The regular fee is $1,250.
Sponsorships
We have five sponsorship packages available. Please email [email protected] for more information.