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Making Accessible Literacy Materials for Students With CVI

Making Accessible Literacy Materials for Students With CVI

by Jessica Marquardt | Mar 28, 2025 | CVI & Education, CVI Literacy

Students with CVI need individualized and accessible literacy materials to succeed. Each learner is different, so their materials and learning media will be uniquely tailored to their needs. As always, decisions about programming and materials should be based on...
Moving Toward Literacy Goals: Making reading accessible and fun for students with CVI

Moving Toward Literacy Goals: Making reading accessible and fun for students with CVI

by Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald | Feb 11, 2020 | CVI & Education, CVI Literacy, Phase II CVI, Phase III CVI

Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald is a certified Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments currently working in Florida. She shares how she uses Google Slides as a tool to adapt and present material to help her students with CVI move toward their literacy goals....
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...
CVI and Literacy: Phonemic Awareness

CVI and Literacy: Phonemic Awareness

by Judy Endicott | Nov 15, 2019 | CVI & Education, CVI Literacy

Phonemic Awareness: Having Fun with Sounds Judy Endicott is a Reading Specialist and grandmother to River, an amazing kid who also happens to have CVI. Children with CVI require a unique, systematic approach to literacy based on their individual needs. When materials...

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