Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly 61(1) Winter

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 2 of cerebral visual impairment. The chapter gives the reader a synopsis of basic terms that will be seen frequently throughout the book and allows the reader to understand how the topic of cerebral visual impairment began. Explanations are presented for why further research in the field is needed with encouragement to readers to continue to seek out new information. Lueck acknowledges that treatment and educational provisions are still growing as governing bodies begin to recognize occurrences of CVI and the difficulty that can arise in its identification. Chapter 2 begins by providing the reader with a basic overview of the various regions of the brain and their duties, including their relationship to vision. Dutton explains how visual information is typically received and then processed by the brain. He continues to explain how it is then stored for visual recognition and guidance. Dutton provides the reader with an opportunity to better understand how disruptions in various visual systems can affect vision. This chapter provides the seasoned reader with an excellent refresher in the visual system and the novice with a foundation for understanding vision and the brain. Dutton follows up with Chapter 3 by discussing how disorders of the 35

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