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VISION. WHAT TO LOOK FOR. THE EYE. CONSISTS OF 5 AREAS: Cornea Iris Lens Retina (rods and Cones) Optic Nerve. The Eye. SCAN HERE THE EYE. Interesting Facts. The nerve root at the top of the mouth is the same nerve that controls vision
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VISION WHAT TO LOOK FOR
THE EYE • CONSISTS OF 5 AREAS: • Cornea • Iris • Lens • Retina (rods and Cones) • Optic Nerve
The Eye SCAN HERE THE EYE
Interesting Facts • The nerve root at the top of the mouth is the same nerve that controls vision • Kids who don’t have a lot of oral stimulation (tube fed children) may be at greater risk for delayed visual maturation • Positioning for vision also affects oral structures.
VISION • Defined as: • Sensory function relating to sense of: • Light • Form • Size • Shape • Colour
And is: • Most distant of senses • Stimulates, reinforces and pulls together other sensory information • 80% of incidental learning occurs through vision (if we are sighted)
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VISION • Impacts: • Cognition • Communication • Gross motor development • Fine motor development • Social-emotional development
POPULATION • 40-70% of kids with visual impairments are likely to have additional disabilities • Up to 92%% of children with severe physical disabilities have a visual impairment • Small number of children are functionally blind • Visual impairment affects development
VISUAL MATURATION • Vision develops in an organised developmental way • Attention-understanding • Lights/objects/people • Fixation/shifting/tracking • Near/far • Peripheral/central • Familiar/unfamiliar • Parts/whole • Simple/complex • Large/small
BLINDNESS • TOTAL BLINDNESS • NO FUNCTIONAL VISION • NO LIGHT SENSE • LEGAL BLINDNESS IS 20/200
LOW VISION • REDUCED ACUITY • FAR SIGHTED (CAN’T SEE CLOSE) • NEAR SIGHTED (CAN’T SEE AT DISTANCE) • PERPHERAL FIELD LOSS • CENTRAL FIELD LOSS • ASTIGMATISM • CATERACTS • RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA
WHAT TO DO? • REPORTS BY OPTOMETRIST OR OPTHAMOLOGIST • LOW VISION CLINICS • TEACHER OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED • ADAPTATIONS: • CORRECTIVE LENSES • BRIGHT DESIGNS • SPACING • SIZING • CONTRAST • CLUTTER REDUCTION
T H I S A B O O K • THIS IS A BOOK • This is a book • This is a book
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VISUAL IMPAIRMENT • PARTIAL OR TOTAL IMPAIRMENT AFFECTING ABILITY TO PERFORM DAILY TASKS • THIS INCLUDES BLINDNESS, LOW VISION, AND BY ICF (International Classification of Function) CORTICAL (Cerebral) VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
CORTICAL (CEREBRAL) VISUAL IMPAIRMENT • OCCURS IN THE BRAIN BETWEEN IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERPRETATION • OCCURS IN EITHER DORSAL OR VENTRAL STREAM OF PASSAGE
VENTRAL STREAM • VISUAL LIBRARY OF THE BRAIN • Objects and shapes • Facial recognition • Facial Expressions • Shapes (no letters)
DORSAL STREAM • POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX • Processing information • FRONTAL LOBE • Focusing information • MOTOR CORTEX • Utilizing information
CVI • AFFECTS: • Perception • Recognition/processing • Motor response
CVI • DOES NOT OCCUR IN ISOLATION • MOST DIAGNOSED VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN N. AMERICA (2005) • UP TO 92% OF CHILDREN WITH NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS DEMONSTRATE SYMPTOMS OF CVI
CVI • Getting our CVI ‘ducks in a row’
THINGS TO REMEMBER • Make no assumptions about what your student can see • Allow processing time • Use real/concrete objects • Get your student’s attention • Position objects appropriately • Think about the background • Use multisensory approach
AND • Be consistent • Be sure of your voice tone • Use contrast • Use primary colours
FINALLY, • How we work with our kids with visual impairments, affects how they interact with their world