Identification, Assessment and Intervention ... - Neurodevelopment

Scandinavian Center of Neurodevelopmental Movement Langstrupvej 8 - DK 3480 Fredensborg

Identification, Assessment and Intervention Strategies

for Children with CVI.

An introduction to the CVI Range assessment model

A 2 part learning experience combining a seminar with individual assessment sessions and guidance

Christine Roman-Lantzy, Ph.D.

? Workshop dates: May 22 ? 23rd. ? Group consultation dates: May 25th - June 2nd.

? Individual dates To be announced.

Location

Scandinavian Center of Neurodevelopmental Movement, Langstrupvej 8 - 3480 Fredensborg Denmark

Course fee DKK 15.000

Course fee includes a two-day seminar followed by individual assessment and consultations with Christine Roman (total 3 hours of assessment time)

Admission includes up to 2 adult family members and one professional (i.e. a vision therapist) per child.

Scandinavian Center of Neurodevelopmental Movement Langstrupvej 8 - DK 3480 Fredensborg

Course Objectives

In This 2 part learning experience the individuals will:

Increase their understanding of the diagnostic criteria used to identify CVI Increase their understanding of the medical causes associated with CVI. Increase their understanding of the use of The CVI Range assessment. Increase their understanding of the interventions used to facilitate access to materials and environments.

CVI Course Description

A 2 day seminar in combination with individual assessment:

This workshop will provide content about cortical visual impairment (CVI), the leading cause of pediatric visual impairment. It will include information about: ? The definitions of CVI. ? The characteristic behaviors of children with CVI ? The medical causes of CVI. ? Assessment of functional vision for children with CVI. ? Intervention strategies for individuals with CVI.

Examples of instructional adaptations and specialized environments will be shared and video samples will reinforce the specialized methods.

THE CVI RANGE Participants will be offered instruction on The CVI Range. The CVI Range is a reliable and valid instrument used to determine the degree of functional vision on a numeric scale. The CVI Range addresses the specific visual and behavioral characteristics associated with CVI.

FUNCTIONAL VISION ASSESMENT Further participants will be provided opportunities to practice this functional vision assessment protocol. A functional vision assessment is a method used to determine and explain HOW a child with either ocular or cortical visual impairment uses their vision is the activities of everyday life. The results of The CVI Range are used to plan specific supports and interventions for individuals with CVI.

INDIVIDUAL ASSESMENT In addition to the workshop the CVI Range assessments and suggestions for interventions will be offered to families in individual sessions.

Scandinavian Center of Neurodevelopmental Movement Langstrupvej 8 - DK 3480 Fredensborg

WHY SIGN UP Participants will receive the results of a completed CVI Range assessment and consultation regarding methods to provide CVI based interventons in living and learning settings. The results of The CVI Range will provide a helpful profile of how their child with CVI "sees" and the supports that facilitate improvement in functional vision.

The program is designed for Parents and other family members, therapists, and teachers will benefit from the information derived from the assessment and consultation session. Attendee participation is encouraged.

REGISTRATION Please register at team@neurodevelopment.dk.

PAYMENT Course fee: DKK 15.000. The course is invoiced on registration. Payment net. 30 days. Course capacity is limited.

BIOGRAPHY Christine Roman-Lantzy, Ph.D., is the director of the Pediatric VIEW (Vision Information and Evaluation at West Penn Hospital) Program at Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, and a private consultant for CVI Resources. A teacher of visually impaired students, certified orientation and mobility specialist, and infant developmentalist, Dr. Roman-Lantzy was the CVI Project Leader for the American Printing House for the Blind. She led instruction for the Delaware, Maryland, Vermont, and West Virginia CVI Mentor Training Project and to the New England Deaf-Blind CVI Advisor Training Project, projects that aim to create a pool of professionals trained in working with students with cortical visual impairment (CVI) as well as to the Watson Institute in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Roman-Lantzy was previously the director and assistant professor in the Program in Visual Impairment at Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, West Virginia; research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Special Education- Vision Studies Program; and Infant Developmentalist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Western Pennsylvania Hospital and the Children's Home of Pittsburgh. She has contributed journal articles and book chapters on orientation and mobility, children with multiple disabilities, and visual assessment for infants and has presented lectures and workshops on cortical visual impairment all over the United States and around the world.

Since first working with children who had CVI in the mid-1970s and then completing her doctoral dissertation on the subject in 1996, Dr. Roman-Lantzy has worked with over 1,000 children with CVI in a variety of settings, from which experience her approach to assessment and intervention has evolved.

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