Advancing the development & wellbeing of children with vision impairment
Thank you for your interest in the upcoming Mary Kitzinger Trust workshop:
‘Innovations in Research and Practice in Cerebral Visual Impairment’
Saturday 21st November, 10.30am to 3pm.
Mary Kitzinger Trust workshops are for professionals who work with children and young people with vision impairment (including psychologists, specialist teachers, researchers, health professionals, habilitation specialists and those working in the charity sector).
This workshop has been designed to focus on research and practice aspects related to cerebral visual impairment (CVI). We have invited experts in the field to present a diverse range of topics, including classification, prevalence, assessment, classroom strategies and understanding the complexities around CVI (see below for the provisional list of speakers).
Due to Covid-19, this workshop will be hosted remotely via Zoom webinar, see below for provisional programme. In addition to the presentations there will be two panel discussion sessions, where attendees will be invited to ask questions to the panel.
The cost for attending the workshop is £7.50.
Please find below the programme and registration details.
We do hope you can join us,
Elena, Rebecca and Alex
Provisional programme:
10.30am Welcome
10.35-11.05am Naomi Dale (with Hanna Sakki, Jenefer Sargent and Richard Bowman), Associate Professor in Paediatric Neurodisability, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health and Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Title: “New evidence-based definition, assessment and classification framework for children with CVI”
11.15-11.45 Kathleen Vancleef, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Title: “Assessment of visual perceptual functions in toddlers with CVI”
11.55-12.15 Q&A and panel discussion
Long break
1.15-1.45 Janet Harwood, Qualified Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Chair of Trustees, The Cerebral Visual Impairment Society
Title: “Strategies for Educational Support”
1.55-2.25 Cathy Williams, Reader in Peadiatric Ophthalmology and NIHR Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol and Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital
Title: "Prevalence and impact"
2.30-3pm Q&A and panel discussion