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American Printing House for the Blind Vision and the Brain by Edited by Amanda Hall Lueck Edited by Gordon N Dutton
Cerebral visual impairment (also known as cortical visual impairment or CVI) has become the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the United States and the developed world. Vision and the Brain is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook geared especially to professionals in the field of visual impairment educators and families who need to know more about the causes and types of CVI and the best practices for working with affected children. Expert contributors from many countries represent education occupational therapy orientation and mobility ophthalmology optometry neuropsychology psychology and vision science and include parents of children with CVI. The book provides an indepth guide to current knowledge about brainrelated vision loss in an accessible form to enable readers to recognize understand and assess the behavioral manifestations of damage to the visual brain and develop effective interventions based on identification of the spectrum of individual needs. Chapters are designed to help those working with children with CVI ascertain the nature and degree of visual impairment in each child so that they can see and appreciate the world through the childs eyes and ensure that every child is served appropriately.show more