CVI creates a world of confusion for your child
Meet Alisha Waugh
Working with her own son with CVI, Alisha Waugh married her Physical Therapy training with best practices CVI training to bring her child Griffen to a level of CVI Phase III visual function. He now reads fluently and is inquisitive, seeking to learn new things all the time.
Alisha’s passion is to bring her success in improving visual functioning impacted by CVI directly to you- right into your living room, clinic, or classroom to help your child in the same way through phone and video interactions. She is trained and certified through the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist and is a licensed Physical Therapist.
CVI Articles in our Blog
Alisha Presents on Orientation and Mobility for Students with Cortical Visual Impairment
In this presentation I cover specific strategies useful to professionals and parents regarding Orientation and Mobility for those with CVI vs. other ocular visual impairments. The full presentation can be found here.
CVI- Orientation and Mobility…. Does My Child Need This Related Service?
What is Orientation & Mobility? First of all, what is Orientation and Mobility, a.k.a. O&M? Orientation refers to knowing where you are in space relative to other things in your environment. This allows you to have a sense as to where you are. Mobility refers to traveling through space. Taking consideration of both terms together, it entails […]
CVI- Extracurricular Choices and Considerations
Choosing Activities requires special consideration of visual needs and abilities.