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The CVI Range Endorsement – A statement from PCVIS

The CVI Range Endorsement – A statement from PCVIS

by PCVIS Team | Sep 26, 2021 | CVI & Assessments, CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI Continuing Education, The CVI Range, Uncategorized

The Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society (PCVIS), in response to the recent decision to discontinue the Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsement, wishes to acknowledge the purpose of the CVI Range Endorsement, its role in fueling momentum toward training and...
Exploring Memory and Misrecognition in Children with CVI (Part 2)

Exploring Memory and Misrecognition in Children with CVI (Part 2)

by Kira Brady | Jun 14, 2021 | CVI & Education, CVI & Social Emotional Learning, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI at Home, CVI for Parents, Uncategorized

When I first discovered the Roman Word Bubbling app in early 2020, I quickly made a set of bubbled and laminated family names. I used velcro to attach them to a black foam board, sat my son in front of the board, and began working to teach him “Mommy,” “Mama,”...

Upcoming Webinar: “Seeing through a CVI Lens” Part II

by PCVIS Team | May 7, 2021 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness

Please join us Wednesday, May 12th, at 7:30 ET for “Seeing through a CVI Lens” Part II, an interactive simulation experience, to walk in the shoes of an individual with CVI, experiencing the unique visual and behavioral characteristics associated with CVI...
PCVIS Launches Webinar Series

PCVIS Launches Webinar Series

by PCVIS Team | Mar 23, 2021 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, PCVIS News

As the mission of the Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society is to advocate for children with CVI, heighten public awareness, and promote research and other activities that lead to improvement in vision care for children with CVI, we are excited to launch our...
There’s No I in Team

There’s No I in Team

by Barbara Lopez Avila | Jan 20, 2020 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI at Home, CVI for Parents, CVI Literacy, Phase II CVI, Speech & Communication for CVI

Dr. Barbara Lopez Avila is a CVI mom and developmental psychologist. Her beautiful and brilliant son, Logan, is in Phase II on the CVI Range scale.  As a mom to four gorgeous children, one diagnosed with cortical visual impairment (CVI), to say I am overwhelmed is an...
Help Promote Further CVI Research

Help Promote Further CVI Research

by PCVIS Team | Dec 15, 2019 | CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI Research

We have a critical opportunity to influence the future of CVI research!  NIH's National Eye Institute (NEI) issued a Request for Information regarding its Strategic Plan, entitled 2020 Vision for the Future, with a response date of January 8, 2020. Building upon its...
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