A monthly forum for collaboration and discussion.
With CVI as the leading cause of visual impairment in school-aged children in the U.S., we believe that TVIs and other professionals would benefit from a having a regular, educational forum to discuss the challenges of meeting the needs of this population.
In response, we are pleased to offer a monthly Zoom webinar, which is open to professionals who have signed up to participate. If you are interested in details on future webinars, please join the mailing list.
The CVI for the TVI Committee developed this concept patterned after a similar “meeting” held by parents on a weekly basis. It seemed important to provide a venue for professionals to come together as well. Get to know the committee members as they share their stories.
Upcoming webinars
The role of the TVI in early intervention for babies
- May 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET
- Speaker: Burju Sari, M.Ed., TVI
Past webinars by category
Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- Dorsal Stream Functions in CVI: Vision for Action – Dr. Corinna Bauer
- Ventral Stream Functions in CVI: Object and Face Perception with Dr. Corinna Bauer
- Does This Child have Cerebral/Cortical Vision Impairment? – Dr. Barry Kran
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
- An inside look at CVI Now: Resources and key learnings to help inform your work – Rachel Bennett
- CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams – Matt Tietjen, Nai and Rachel Bennett
CVI: Impact on Vision
- My Expanding Understanding: The Visual Behaviors of CVI – Ellen Mazel
- Visual Search in CVI: Novel Assessment Using Virtual Reality – Dr. Chris Bennett
- From Hospital to Home: Using Early Visual Functioning to Support Families – Dr. Catherine Smyth
- Visual Fatigue with Rachel G. Bennett
- Prosopagnosia: “I Don’t Know Who My Parents Are!” with Dr. Sherryse Corrow and Dr. Mary Morse
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
- Discussion of the findings from the 2D image study for students with CVI – Matt Tietjen, Emily Cantillon and Claire Manley
CVI & The Environment
- CVI and AAC – Sylvia Mangan, SLP
- Considerations for Reducing Complexity within the Home – Marguerite Tibaudo
- The Impact of Clutter on Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment – Nicola McDowell
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
- Social Skills and Implications for Individuals with CVI – Burju Sari
- CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams – Matt Tietjen, Nai and Rachel Bennett
- Discussion of the findings from the 2D image study for students with CVI – Matt Tietjen, Emily Cantillon and Claire Manley
- Equitable Access to Literacy for Students with CVI – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
CVI Assessment
- CVI and AAC – Sylvia Mangan, SLP
- The Perkins CVI Protocol – Ilse Willems, M.Ed and TVI and Kaitlyn Dushay
- Assessment to Intervention – Sylvia Mangan, SLP
- An Assessment Framework: Aligned to Brain Function – Dr. Mindy Ely
- Does This Child have Cerebral/Cortical Vision Impairment? – Dr. Barry Kran
- What’s the complexity – Matt Tietjen
- What do You See? – Matt Tietjen
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
CVI & The ECC
- Expanding O&M for Students with CVI: Integrating Visual and Non-Visual Skills for Enhanced Mobility and Independence – Emily Price, MS ED, COMS and Dawn Anderson, PhD, COMS
- CVI & The Expanded Core Curriculum: Early Childhood Specifics – Elise Darrow
- Considerations for CVI & Social Inclusion Parts 1 and 2 – Dr. Christine Roman – Lantzy
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 1) – Judy Endicott
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 2) – Judy Endicott
- Creating a CVI-Friendly Digital Book – Jonathan Hooper
- Making Literacy Decisions for Children with CVI – Tammy Reisman
- Supporting CVI During O&M, with Jennifer Siff
- Tactile Experiences for All: Supporting Students with CVI– Dr. Catherine Smyth
- An Approach to Sensory Balance – Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy and Matthew Tietjen
- What’s Next? A Case Study Using a Calendar Box – Peg Palmer
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
- Empowering Each Other: A conversation between two CVI parents – Burju Sari and Lacey Smith
- Social Skills and Implications for Individuals with CVI – Burju Sari
- CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams – Matt Tietjen, Nai and Rachel Bennett
- How to make literacy decisions – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
CVI & Early Intervention
- Update on the Neonatal Assessment Vision European Grid (NAVEG): Numbers, Training, and the Future – Cathy Smyth
- CVI & The Expanded Core Curriculum: Early Childhood Specifics – Elise Darrow
- Teaching Strategies and Resources for Sensorimotor Stage Learners – Tina L. Gutierrez, TVI, MEd
- Early Intervention and CVI: Using “Idea Sheets” with Families in Natural Routines, with Dr. Catherine Smyth
- Empowering Each Other: A conversation between two CVI parents – Burju Sari and Lacey Smith
- Empowered Curiosity: Implementation of the CVI Companion Guide – Elizabeth Hartmann, Andrea Montano, Kitty Edstrand
- Supporting social emotional development with young children who have CVI – Deborah Chen
CVI Services & Programming
- The Perkins CVI Interventions Library – Nicole Homerin, M.Ed and Kaitlyn Dushay
- The Perkins CVI Protocol – Ilse Willems, M.Ed and TVI and Kaitlyn Dushay
- Educational Website for Students with CVI and Complex Needs – Adele Smolansky
- Understanding Parent Perceptions on Assessment and Educational Programming for Their Children with CVI – Melody Furze
- Determining Service Levels for Learner with CVI using: VISSIT – Dr. Shannon Darst
- CVI: The IEP and Educational Program Development with Christopher Russell
- Our Collective CVI Learning Lab – with Rachel Bennett and Marguerite Tibaudo
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- A look at the Visual Access of the WISC-V for individuals with CVI – Emily Cantillon, PhD
- Nine Classroom Adaptations for Students with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment – Emily Cantillon
- Making It Easier to See: Using Consistent Language in the Classroom Setting for Young Students with CVI – Elise Darrow
- Bridging the Divide: Supporting Students with CVI in the Clinical and Educational Settings – Lauren Mehner, MD, Cathy Smyth, PhD, Elise Darrow, TVI, and Tammy Miller TVI
- Update on the Neonatal Assessment Vision European Grid (NAVEG): Numbers, Training, and the Future – Cathy Smyth
- Educational Website for Students with CVI and Complex Needs – Adele Smolansky
- Understanding Parent Perceptions on Assessment and Educational Programming for Their Children with CVI – Melody Furze
- The CVI Umbrella: A Community of Ideas – Matt Tietjen
- My Expanding Understanding: The Visual Behaviors of CVI – Ellen Mazel
- Comparing Neuroplastic Changes in Ocular versus Cerebral Causes of Visual Impairment – Dr. Lotfi Merabet
- One State’s Approach to Building Competence around CVI with Dr. Mindy Ely and Susan Sullivan
- Our Collective CVI Learning Lab – with Rachel Bennett and Marguerite Tibaudo
- Ellen Mazel discusses UMass Boston’s Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) courses – Ellen Mazel
- Empowering Each Other: A conversation between two CVI parents – Burju Sari and Lacey Smith
- Discussion of the findings from the 2D image study for students with CVI – Matt Tietjen, Emily Cantillon and Claire Manley
CVI and other disabilities, including hearing loss
- Using a New Checklist to Identify Students Who May Have Brain-Based Hearing Issues, and Strategies for Supporting Their Learning and Active Engagement – Maurice Belote
- What’s my ViBe?: Visual Behaviours in Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Dr. Rachel Pilling
- Teaching Strategies and Resources for Sensorimotor Stage Learners – Tina L. Gutierrez, TVI, MEd
- CVI and Deafblindness with Christopher Russell
- CVI and Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) – Maurice Belote
- Promising Practices: Considerations for the Accessibility of Sign Language for Individuals with CVI – Marguerite Tibaudo
Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Panel of Lived Experiences with CVI – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES and Emily Cantillon, CTVI
- Empowering Each Other: A conversation between two CVI parents – Burju Sari and Lacey Smith
- Understanding Parent Perceptions on Assessment and Educational Programming for Their Children with CVI – Melody Furze
- The Impact of Clutter on Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment – Nicola McDowell
- Visual Fatigue, with Rachel G. Bennett
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 1) – Judy Endicott
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 2) – Judy Endicott
- Supporting social emotional development with young children who have CVI – Deborah Chen
- Promising Practices: Considerations for the Accessibility of Sign Language for Individuals with CVI – Marguerite Tibaudo
- Social Skills and Implications for Individuals with CVI – Burju Sari
- CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams – Matt Tietjen, Nai and Rachel Bennett
- Equitable Access to Literacy for Students with CVI – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
Past webinars in order
- Expanding O&M for Students with CVI: Integrating Visual and Non-Visual Skills for Enhanced Mobility and Independence – Emily Price, MS ED, COMS and Dawn Anderson, PhD, COMS
- CVI and AAC – Sylvia Mangan, SLP
- How to make literacy decisions – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
- The Perkins CVI Interventions Library – Nicole Homerin, M.Ed and Kaitlyn Dushay
- The Perkins CVI Protocol – Ilse Willems, M.Ed and TVI and Kaitlyn Dushay
- CVI Assessment
- CVI Services & Programming
- Using a New Checklist to Identify Students Who May Have Brain-Based Hearing Issues, and Strategies for Supporting Their Learning and Active Engagement – Maurice Belote
- CVI and other disabilities, including hearing loss
- A look at the Visual Access of the WISC-V for individuals with CVI – Emily Cantillon, PhD
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Assessment to Intervention – Sylvia Mangan, SLP
- CVI Assessment
- Nine Classroom Adaptations for Students with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment – Emily Cantillon
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Making It Easier to See: Using Consistent Language in the Classroom Setting for Young Students with CVI – Elise Darrow
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Panel of Lived Experiences with CVI – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES and Emily Cantillon, CTVI
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Bridging the Divide: Supporting Students with CVI in the Clinical and Educational Settings – Lauren Mehner, MD, Cathy Smyth, PhD, Elise Darrow, TVI, and Tammy Miller TVI
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Equitable Access to Literacy for Students with CVI – Tammy Reisman, TVI, CAES
- CVI & The Environment
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Update on the Neonatal Assessment Vision European Grid (NAVEG): Numbers, Training, and the Future – Cathy Smyth
- CVI & Early Intervention
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Educational Website for Students with CVI and Complex Needs – Adele Smolansky
- CVI Services & Programming
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Discussion of the findings from the 2D image study for students with CVI – Matt Tietjen, Emily Cantillon and Claire Manley
- Impact on Vision
- CVI & The Environment
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- CVI Ally: An Academic Access Companion for Students with Brain-based Visual Impairments and Their Teams – Matt Tietjen, Nai and Rachel Bennett
- Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- CVI & The Environment
- CVI & The ECC
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Social Skills and Implications for Individuals with CVI – Burju Sari
- CVI & The Environment
- CVI & The ECC
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Promising Practices: Considerations for the Accessibility of Sign Language for Individuals with CVI – Marguerite Tibaudo
- CVI and other disabilities, including hearing loss
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Supporting social emotional development with young children who have CVI – Deborah Chen
- CVI & Early Intervention
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Empowered Curiosity: Implementation of the CVI Companion Guide – Elizabeth Hartmann, Andrea Montano, Kitty Edstrand
- CVI & Early Intervention
- Understanding Parent Perceptions on Assessment and Educational Programming for Their Children with CVI – Melody Furze
- CVI Services & Programming
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- Empowering Each Other: A conversation between two CVI parents – Burju Sari and Lacey Smith
- CVI & The ECC
- CVI & Early Intervention
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Voices: Living with CVI/Parenting CVI
- An inside look at CVI Now: Resources and key learnings to help inform your work – Rachel Bennett
- Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- CVI and Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) – Maurice Belote
- CVI and other disabilities, including hearing loss
- Dorsal Stream Functions in CVI: Vision for Action – Dr. Corinna Bauer
- Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- What’s my ViBe?: Visual Behaviours in Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Dr. Rachel Pilling
- CVI & Other Disabilities (#autism)
- An Assessment Framework: Aligned to Brain Function – Dr. Mindy Ely
- CVI Assessment
- CVI & The Expanded Core Curriculum: Early Childhood Specifics – Elise Darrow
- CVI & The ECC
- CVI & Early Intervention
- The CVI Umbrella: A Community of Ideas – Matt Tietjen
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Considerations for CVI & Social Inclusion Parts 1 and 2 – Dr. Christine Roman – Lantzy
- CVI & The ECC (#socialinteraction)
- Does This Child have Cerebral/Cortical Vision Impairment? – Dr. Barry Kran
- CVI Assessment
- Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- My Expanding Understanding: The Visual Behaviors of CVI – Ellen Mazel
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Visual Search in CVI: Novel Assessment Using Virtual Reality – Dr. Chris Bennett
- CVI Assessment
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- Determining Service Levels for Learner with CVI using: VISSIT – Dr. Shannon Darst
- CVI Services & Programming
- Considerations for Reducing Complexity within the Home – Marguerite Tibaudo
- CVI & The Environment
- The Impact of Clutter on Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment – Nicola McDowell
- CVI & The Environment
- What’s Next? A Case Study Using a Calendar Box – Peg Palmer
- CVI & The ECC (#compensatoryaccess)
- Comparing Neuroplastic Changes in Ocular versus Cerebral Causes of Visual Impairment – Dr. Lotfi Merabet
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Ellen Mazel discusses UMass Boston’s Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) courses – Ellen Mazel
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- What’s the complexity – Matt Tietjen
- CVI Assessment
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 1) – Judy Endicott
- CVI & The ECC (#compensatoryaccess #literacy)
- Our CVI Literacy Journey into Phase III (Part 2) – Judy Endicott
- CVI & The ECC (#compensatoryaccess #literacy)
- From Hospital to Home: Using Early Visual Functioning to Support Families – Dr. Catherine Smyth
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- Teaching Strategies and Resources for Sensorimotor Stage Learners – Tina L. Gutierrez, TVI, MEd
- CVI & Early Intervention
- What do You See? – Matt Tietjen
- CVI Assessment
- An Approach to Sensory Balance – Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy and Matthew Tietjen
- CVI & The ECC (#sensoryefficiency)
- Creating a CVI-Friendly Digital Book – Jonathan Hooper
- CVI & The ECC (#compensatoryaccess #literacy)
- Making Literacy Decisions for Children with CVI – Tammy Reisman
- CVI & The ECC (#compensatoryaccess #literacy)
- Supporting CVI During O&M, with Jennifer Siff
- CVI & The ECC (#O&M)
- Early Intervention and CVI: Using “Idea Sheets” with Families in Natural Routines, with Dr. Catherine Smyth
- CVI & Early Intervention
- CVI: The IEP and Educational Program Development with Christopher Russell
- CVI Services & Programming
- The CVI Practice Framework: An Approach to Supporting Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), with Dr. Nicola McDowell
- Understanding CVI: CVI 101
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- CVI and the Environment
- CVI Assessment
- CVI and the ECC
- CVI Services and Programming
- Ventral Stream Functions in CVI: Object and Face Perception with Dr. Corinna Bauer
- Understanding CVI (CVI 101)
- One State’s Approach to Building Competence around CVI with Dr. Mindy Ely and Susan Sullivan
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- Visual Fatigue, with Rachel G. Bennett
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- CVI and Deafblindness with Christopher Russell
- CVI & Other Disabilities (#deafblindness)
- Tactile Experiences for All: Supporting Students with CVI– Dr. Catherine Smyth
- CVI & The ECC (#sesnsoryefficicency)
- Prosopagnosia: “I Don’t Know Who My Parents Are!” with Dr. Sherryse Corrow and Dr. Mary Morse
- CVI: Impact on Vision
- Our Collective CVI Learning Lab – with Rachel Bennett and Marguerite Tibaudo
- CVI 201: Educating Others/Collaboration/Advanced Exploration
- CVI Services & Programming
FAQ
Why a Monthly “Meeting”?
With CVI as the leading cause of visual impairment in school-aged children in the U.S., we believe that TVI’s and other professionals would benefit from a having a regular, educational forum to discuss the challenges of meeting the needs of this population.
What Will the Content Be?
Each “meeting” will have a specific topic led by a professional who has demonstrated leadership in CVI. Topics have been selected based on the survey responses received. Participants will have access to the presenters powerpoint as well as other documents, videos, etc. There will be no charge for participating.
How Can I Participate?
Each month you will receive an invitation with the information about the topic, date, time, and URL for the “meeting”. The “meetings” will be recorded and available on our website for those who are unable to attend. “Meeting” times and days will be varied so as to reach as many professionals as possible.
Questions?
For more information contact [email protected].
