The PCVIS Board of Directors invites you to attend the annual meeting the evening before the Innovations in CVI conference begins. All members and friends of PCVIS are welcome.
Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 5 - 7:30 pm ET
Hosted at The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and Online
Mark Your Calendar
To join online:
5 - 6:15 pm ET
Zoom Meeting
To join in person:
5324 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Getting there
If you are visiting from out of town, we recommend taking a rideshare to the event. There is also free parking on site.
Once you arrive
PCVIS and Children's Home representatives will meet you in the main lobby and direct you to the meeting. If you are attending an Innovations in CVI pre-conference workshop, you’ll already be in the right place.
Prepare to Share Your Story
We will have opportunities for people attending the annual meeting and the Innovations in CVI conference to share their experiences on camera. Please help us fulfill our mission by participating. The videos will be used in future professional development and CVI awareness building. Here is a list of prompts to help you prepare.
Medical
1 What is one factor that can make CVI diagnosis challenging?
2 What do you want families to know about CVI?
3 What do you want other medical practitioners to know about children with CVI?
4 What is the most powerful way you feel you can impact the life of a child with CVI or their family?
Education/Therapy
1 What is your favorite tool to support learners with CVI?
2 How do you collaborate with others to support students with CVI?
3 What is one CVI characteristic that is often misunderstood?
4 What is one thing you want families to know about their children with CVI?
5 What is your favorite strategy to support individuals with CVI? (e.g., instructional, dressing, play, etc.)
6 Share a piece of advice you learned from someone else that changed the way you work.
7 What new information did you learn this year that changed the way you work with individuals with CVI?
8 Share a recent success. What made it possible?
9 What do you want new practitioners in your field to know about children with CVI?
Families
1 Talk about something a teacher or therapist did that made a huge impact on your child.
2 What do you wish your child’s teachers and therapists knew about CVI?
3 What is something you taught your child’s teacher or therapist about CVI?
4 What are your biggest concerns for your child?
5 What can professionals do to better support your child and you/your family?
6 What are your goals for your child with CVI?