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Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood

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APH Press is proud to offer this guide through the history and best practices related to the treatment of CVI in children from birth to 36 months

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Catalog Number: F-B0061-00

Authors: Anne McComiskey

ISBN: 978-1-950723-00-3

Format: Print

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Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood is based on the author’s nearly five-decade career working with families in homes and classrooms. Understanding and knowledge about effective interventions to address the visual skills of children with CVI evolved enormously over that period. Babies with CVI reflects that evolution. The book presents specific approaches, strategies, and activity suggestions that families and visual impairment professionals can use to meet the unique learning needs of a child with CVI. It stresses the importance of early intervention, proper evaluation, and integrating teaching opportunities into the child’s daily routine.

 

“[This book] is my effort to present easy-to-digest information to parents and professionals less familiar with the learning needs of babies with CVI, and to offer suggestions for interventions and strategies to help these babies learn visual skills and maximize visual learning opportunities.”

– Author, Anne McComiskey

Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood contains chapters on the following topics:
  • Supporting Parents of Babies with CVI
  • The Visual System
  • Cerebral Visual Impairment
  • Creating a Home Action Plan
  • Developing Visual Skills
  • Early Visual Development Guide

 

 

  • Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood

    Foreword by Kay Alicyn Ferrell

    Acknowledgments

    Author’s Introduction

    Chapters

    Chapter 1: Supporting Parents of Babies with CVI

    Chapter 2: The Visual System

    Chapter 3: Cerebral Visual Impairment

    Chapter 4: Creating a Home Action Plan

    Chapter 5: Developing Visual Skills

    Chapter 6: Early Visual Development Guide

    Appendices

    Appendix A: Sample Interventions

    Appendix B: Locating Programs for Families of a Baby with CVI

    Appendix C: A Different View: A Training Guide about Babies with Cerebral Visual Impairment

    References

    Glossary

    Index

    About the Author

  • Praise for Babies with CVI:
    “Babies with Cerebral Visual Impairment is a book I wish I had when I began working with babies and families back in 1975. This kind of work was all so new then — new to me and new to the field. My teacher preparation program focused on teaching school-age children, not working with adults who had never anticipated becoming the parents of children with a disability. I learned from week to week, and from family to family. [This book] would have shortened my learning period. The book provides strategies for approaching families, making home visits, and having appropriate (and sometimes difficult) conversations. Better yet, [the author] gives the reader activities and interventions for working with infants and toddlers with CVI.”

    – Kay Alicyn Ferrell, PhD
    Professor of Special Education, Emerita
    University of Northern Colorado

  • Federal Quota Funds: Available

    Format: Print

    Media: Book

    Language: English

    Authors/Editors: Anne McComiskey

    This Item Made to Order: APH does not necessarily carry this item in inventory for immediate delivery — when you order it, we will produce it for you as a special order; therefore, allow several weeks for delivery

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