Hi Mary! So will an eye report with normal acuities and full visual fields make it less likely that the TVI would explore this possibility? Carol On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Mary Morse via AERNet < aernet@lists.aerbvi.org> wrote: > You are subscribed to AERNet, The Association for Education and > Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Listserv. > > To post a message to all the list members, send an email to > aernet@lists.aerbvi.org. > > Address list requests to: aernet-request@lists.aerbvi.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.aerbvi.org/ > mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org and follow instructions to > unsubscribe. Go to the same address to access the list archives. > _______________________________________________ > AERNet mailing list > AERNet@lists.aerbvi.org > http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/aernet_lists.aerbvi.org > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: marymorsesped@aol.com > To: aernet@lists.aerbvi.org > Cc: > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 15:17:15 -0500 > Subject: Vision Therapy > I suggest caution when deciding if a student needs, or does not need, TVI > services. If the student is on an academic track and has CVI, be it > diagnosed or undiagnosed, the profile can be very murky and go far beyond > optometric concerns. In my experience, such students need a > transdisciplinary assessment that would include a combined report that > examines all visually-guided movements (eye, hand, feet), communication, > social interaction, spatial orientation, and much more. This does NOT mean > the TVI is responsible for being an expert in all these areas. Rather, it > might mean the TVI encourages the varying disciplines to examine with CVI > in mind as a *possibility*. The purpose is (a) to rule out benchmarks for > CVI or (b) to highlight benchmarks that might place that student as being > at risk for this very difficult-to-understand brain-based visual > impairment. CVI becomes even more difficult to understand when discussing > students who are in academic programs but not doing as well as might be > expected. Some might have all the optometric concerns listed in the varying > postings - on a neurological level. And, yes, this might mean that case > loads may "explode"!! > > Mary Morse, Ph.D. > NH > > -- Carol Evans, PhD School Psychologist (Retired and working in Tooele County School District) *http://www.aph.org/accessible-tests/position-papers/intelligence-testing/full/ <http://www.aph.org/accessible-tests/position-papers/intelligence-testing/full/>*