Speech Pathologists and Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment: An Overview of the SLP's Role in Working with Children with CVI

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This tutorial addresses Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) through the experience of a Speech and language Pathologist by examining the characteristics of CVI that affect speech, language, and feeding. The tutorial also identifies modifications and supports for therapies and assessments when working with children who have CVI.

Participants will earn 1.5 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits by completing an online quiz. You will be provided with a self-paced tutorial using video clips and other resources related to this topic.

This is a web-based, self-guided professional development activity for TVIs, VRTs, O&Ms, Parents, Teachers of the Deafblind or Severely Impaired, and Rehabilitation Specialists.

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Learning Goals and Objectives

Upon completion of this tutorial, participants will:

  • Identify the role of a Speech Language Pathologist when working with a child with Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment, or suspected CVI.
  • Describe strategies to address and utilize students’ unresolved characteristics of CVI to encourage more appropriate speech, language and feeding assessment and intervention.

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The video content below will be presented within your tutorial module.

Total Viewing Time: 1 hour

 

  • Upon successful completion of the test, you will earn 1.5 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits (your choice). ASHA members may earn .1 ASHA CEU.  You will be able to print a signed Perkins certificate demonstrating that you earned the credits of your choice.
  • Instructions on how to enroll in the tutorial and take the online test will be emailed to you after you have successfully registered. Perkins eLearning profiles are unique to the learning platform, and separate from any other username/password you have with Perkins. If you already have a user profile for the learning platform, you will use that existing profile to access the tutorial.

PRESENTER SUMMARY:
Jenna Friedman's work as a Speech Pathologist led her to do extensive research about Cortical Visual Impairment, after many of her clients’ families reported they were not sure if their children could see. Friedman considers the CVI Range© Assessment part of all comprehensive speech and feeding evaluations she conduct for children with indicators for CVI, to ensure that all children are supported by accommodating for their visual skills and needs.

Disclosure

Jenna Friedman has been paid by Perkins to develop and present this course.
 
She has no nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
 
ASHA Approved provider Perkins School for the Blind is approved by the Continuing Education board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. See the course information for number of ASHA CEUs, instructional level, and content area. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

 

 

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