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CVI in the Occupational Therapy Setting

Nikoletta Livingston, OT, discusses our sensory systems and their interplay with CVI.

CVI and OT

CVI Now hosted a live virtual event on CVI in the Occupational Therapy (OT) Setting: Tools for families and clinicians, held on November. 18, 2021. Nikoletta Livingston, an Occupational Therapist in the Perkins Secondary Program, presented and answered questions about 

Nikoletta shared four case study examples of students with CVI who are each at a different stage in the Pyramid of Learning and Development: sensorimotor functions, visual perception, executive functions and self-regulation, and academic access & independent living.

The big picture

Access to learning and the environment must begin with supporting sensory regulation by addressing the foundational sensory needs (interoceptive, proprioceptive, and vestibular). Only then can the next level of sensory processing engage (auditory, tactile, visual, etc.). From there, more skills and systems can grow and build toward independent living skills and educational progress.

Access runs deep for our kids with CVI—it’s about supporting sensory regulation, developing educational programming matched to assessment, modifying the environment, and adapting the learning tasks for full multisensory access. 

Nikoletta Livingston is an occupational therapist in the Perkins Secondary Program, with a particular interest in CVI. Nikoletta loves to collaborate with educational teams and families to explore creative methods of supporting students as they work to attain greater independence in daily living skills.

Check out Nikoletta’s presentation on Empowering access in daily life: CVI, sensory processing, and independent living

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