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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...
8 takeaways from Innovations in CVI

8 takeaways from Innovations in CVI

by Jessica Marquardt | Oct 8, 2024 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI Continuing Education, CVI Events, CVI for Parents, CVI Medical Info, CVI Research

Last week, The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh Pediatric VIEW hosted the Innovations in CVI Conference, focusing on navigating teams and transitions. Founded in 1999 by Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy as an extension to NICU follow-up programs at West Penn Hospital, the...
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...

In Process: Replication Study for the Reliability of The CVI Range

by PCVIS Team | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized

The replication study of the reliability of The CVI Range is in its preparation stage (Borchert, M. & Roman Lantzy, C.).  Grant funding was obtained from the Ingerman family to investigate whether the functional vision in children can be reliably quantified. The...
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....

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