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reader can find suggestions in utilizing specific approaches to learning and
implementing a family centered strategy.
In chapter 5, Catteneo and Merabet discuss brain plasticity and the
ability for the brain to accommodate and adapt from visual loss. They give
insight to childhood plasticity as compared to an adult brain and the vast
difference in brain sensitivity and recovery. Briefly explained are the ways to
examine brain plasticity through imaging and symptoms. The authors share
with readers the results of some specific training and strategies that can be
used with individuals with CVI to expand their ocular brain plasticity and
thereby improve visual field limitations.
Chapter 6 provides the reader with a foundational understanding of
brain attention and how it affects the 'hierarchy' of functional processes. The
author, Zuidhoek, offers the reader an understanding of how vision fits into
brain pathways and what occurs for an individual with CVI. Discussed are all
of the processes that must occur for attention to be successful and the
constant struggle that occurs for those with CVI. The author is able to explain
how visual attention plays an important role in visual memory and displays for
the reader how this can be observed and in turn accommodated for an
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