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Course Description: The earliest years offer important opportunities to nurture visual development in babies with cerebral visual impairment (CVI). Drawing on Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood by Anne Makowski, this course explores how CVI affects visual processing and how to assess functional vision and plan meaningful interventions. Learn strategies for recognizing intervention readiness, supporting families, enhancing visual abilities, and incorporating visual learning into everyday routines.
ACVREP Credit: 1.5 hours
Objectives
- Identify strategies for supporting visual alerting, engagement, and integration in infants and young children with cerebral visual impairment (CVI)
- Describe how individualized assessment informs the selection of visual targets and intervention strategies
- Apply strategies for embedding visual interventions into everyday routines and natural environments
- Explain how family coaching and collaboration support visual development and participation in daily activities
- Describe how progress monitoring informs intervention decisions and adjustments to individualized goals