Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is the leading bilateral visual impairment in children under the age of 18. CVI is caused by an insult to the posterior visual pathway resulting in difficulties processing what the eye is seeing. Children receive a diagnosis of CVI through recommendations of an ophthalmologist or optometrist and results of a CVI Range assessment, often administered by an occupational therapist. Despite CVI being the leading bilateral visual impairment in children, there are few occupational therapists trained on general CVI knowledge and/or the CVI Range. The aims of this paper are (1) to describe how occupational therapy can provide a meaningful service to children with CVI and (2) to describe the process of creating training guidelines for the CVI Range.

Creator

• Abbott, Amanda

Contributors

• Nichols, Alison

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Abbott.Amanda.pdf

Keyword

• Health Sciences

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 2018-05

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