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: 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.
- April Promotional Giveaway: One registrant of the Early Connections Conference and one registrant of the 2024 CVI Conference: Building Meaningful Recognition will be randomly chosen to win a digital gift card each to purchase a pair of Billy Footwear shoes within the month of April 2024! Winners will be drawn on May 1st.
- Purchase Order requests can be sent to [email protected].
- Agenda: See the full schedule, including speakers.
- Revere Hotel Block: $209/night with code PSFTB767.
- Professional Credits: 1.1 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
- Justification Letter for Professionals
Speakers are not being paid for their presentations, but their registration fees are being waived.
Speakers do not have any nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Individual disclosures can be found in speakers’ individual bios on this page.
Did any other organization(s) provide financial or in-kind support?
Yes, we have sponsors and supporters that have provided financial or in-kind support. Scroll down to see the organizations that have provided financial or in-kind support.
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
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 -
Kathryne Hart
CVI Parent; Chairperson, Louisiana State Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Intervention; Supply Manager (Chemical Industry)Meet Kathryne -
Mara LaViola
CVI Parent; Chief Operations Officer, Texans for Special Education Reform; Board Member, Autism Society of Texas and Texas Parent to ParentMeet Mara -
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 -
Karalyn McGrorty Derstine, Ed.D.
CVI Mom; Professor of Education and American Studies in Suburban PhiladelphiaMeet Karalyn -
Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, 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, PhD
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
Full schedule can be found here.
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/CVI Matrix
Matt Tietjen, MEd, Nai, Rachel Bennett, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
The Perkins CVI Protocol
Ilse Willems, MEd
Monday, June 24, 2024
Parent Advocacy
Kathryne Hart, Mara LaViola, Ali Mahady, M.S., Lacey Smith, TVI, M.Ed., Karalyn McGrorty Derstine, Ed.D., Rachel Bennett, M.Ed.
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
What Does recognition Look Like?
Ellen Mazel, M.Ed., CTVI
Monday, June 24, 2024
Recognition Across Related Services: OT, SLP, O&M
Molly Bennett, Nikola Wolfe, Sylvia Mangan, SLP
Monday, June 24, 2024
Panel of Adults with CVI – What Supports Access and Recognition?
Nai, Nicola McDowell, Tina Zhu Xi Caruso, Dagbjört Andrésdóttir
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
“Eye Movements As A Window Into The Brain Function”
Jeremy Wolfe, PhD, Melinda Chang, MD, Glen Prusky, PhD, Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
NEI Update
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chasing CVI – A Curious Clinician’s Journey
Richard H. Legge, MD
Exhibitors & sponsors
Exhibitors
Apply to be an exhibitor at the 2024 conference! An early bird fee of $1,000 Is available until February 29, 2024. The regular fee is $1,250.
Sponsorships
We have five sponsorship packages available. Please email [email protected] for more information.
2024 Perkins CVI Conference Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Kim Charlson
- Richard Legge, M.D.
- Ellen Mazel, M.Ed.
- Barry Kran, OD, FAAO
Champion Award
- Patricia Musolino, M.D., Ph.D.
- Nicola McDowell, Ph.D.
