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How to help your child with CVI - Teamwork

We are continuing our “How to help your child with CVI” series today with “Teamwork” Teamwork is so important in many aspects of our lives, and certainly when it comes to helping a child with CVI. During this podcast you will hear, as always, from Dr. Mary Zatta who will be discussing importance of teamwork and collaboration for children with CVI and strategies that you can use to encourage your child’s team to work together. Then you will hear from some of the parents whose children have CVI as they recount their experiences with their own teams. Also, don’t forget, if you are a professional and would like to earn professional development credits from this series, please visit our website at perkinselearning.org Enjoy this podcast.

How to help your child with CVI - Intervention

This weeks podcast is the 3rd in our series “How to help your child with CVI” The past few weeks we have looked at Diagnosis and Assessment, this week the focus will be on Intervention. It is always good to have someone knowledgeable to “Show you the ropes” so to speak. During this podcast, you will learn how to identify intervention strategies and know what qualifications to looks for in a professional provide appropriate services to a child with CVI Just like the last two podcasts, we will hear from Dr. Mary Zatta who will provide information regarding this topic and then hear from parents who will share their experiences in this area. As a reminder, for professionals who are listening to this podcast, you are able to earn professional development credits by completing the self paced tutorial on this subject. For more information, please visit our website at perkisnelearning.org.

How to help your child with CVI - Assessment

We are continuing our new series "How to help your child with CVI".  Todays podcast will focus on Educational Assessment.  As with last weeks podcast, you will hear from Dr. Mary Zatta.  She will be discussing the importance of Education Assessments, and then we will hear from parents who will share their experiences in this area.

How to help your child with CVI - Diagnosis

Hello!  We are starting a new series on this podcast titled "How to help your child with CVI".  This is based on a self-paced tutorial offered at no charge on perkinselearning.org - only in podcast form!  We hope this series will be of help to parents and professionals who may have questions regarding CVI.

Guide Dogs for the Blind - with Jake Koch

This weeks podcast we will be discussing Guide Dogs.  I had a delightful conversation with Jake Koch, community outreach specialist with Guide Dogs for the blind,  we discussed a variety of topics in regards to guide dogs.  When is a good time to think about getting a guide dog?  Are there things that should be completed prior to getting a guide dog?  Which is better,  guide dog or cane?  All of these and more are discussed during this podcast.  Please enjoy! If you are interested in contacting Jake, please visit Guide Dogs for the Blind website at https://www.guidedogs.com/ [https://www.guidedogs.com/]