About The following products are items that I have found helpful to encourage looking behavior in students with CVI.  Level I products are often used with students who visually function in Phase I, Level II with students who visually function in Phase II, and Level III with students who visually function in Phase III.  However, … Continue reading Recommended Products

  This easy to make, CVI friendly manipulative is enticing both for it’s visual qualities (lighted, reflective, brightly colored balls) and because it makes interesting sounds as the balls are moved around and dropped into the bowl (auditory qualities).  Students well into Phase I and/or just into Phase II often respond positively to the illumi-bowl … Continue reading illumi-bowl o’ balls

Before adapting books and planning literacy materials for students with CVI, please begin by reading; Literacy for Children with CVI: Overview and Implications for Different Phases Guidelines for Modifying Books for Students in Phase I, II and III The following books have been adapted for students with Cortical Visual Impairment or CVI.  Each student with … Continue reading Adapting Books and Literacy for Children with CVI

Please begin by reading, Literacy for Children with CVI: Overview and Implications for Different Phases The following are guidelines that have been helpful to me when creating or modifying books for students who visually function in Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.  The divisions are approximations only; there will be overlap.  For example, I … Continue reading Guidelines for Modifying Books for Students in Phases I, II and III

Students visually functioning in Phase II often benefit from having their food bowl illuminated. This encourages reaching behavior and grasping of small pieces of finger foods.  In this article, I will share with you how I have made two different illuminated bowls. Illumi-bowl 1 Since many of my students have difficulty viewing targets and objects … Continue reading illumi-Bowl