Cerebral Visual Impairment and Cerebral Palsy

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Gain the knowledge to spot signs of visual impairment in children with cerebral palsy

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Angela Kiger

Angie Kiger is an assistive technology professional with extensive experience working with infants, children, and adults in a range of settings

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ReLAB-HS

Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems

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Introduction

Children with cerebral visual impairment (CVI) are frequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Despite the importance of early diagnosis, there is no standardised assessment tool to diagnose CVI. Nor is there one referral criteria guideline. The challenge in early diagnosis relates to the wide range of visual dysfunctions present in CVI. These include central and peripheral vision dysfunction, dysfunctions in movement perception, gaze control, visual guidance of movement, visual attention, attentional orientation in space, visual analysis and recognition, visual memory and spatial cognition. These impairments can all affect a child's learning and social interactions. This course defines CVI, presents the relationship between CVI and cerebral palsy, and discusses the common characteristics of CVI.

Aims

The course aims to define and characterise cerebral visual impairment and its relationship with cerebral palsy.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Video
Reading activity
Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.
Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hour depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.
Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.
Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.2 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

Respect the Plus Community Culture.
Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

describe the relationship between cerebral visual impairment and cerebral palsy
discuss the aetiology, main features and common characteristics of cerebral visual impairment
identify the key features of the assessment for cerebral visual impairment

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Angela Kiger: Financial Relationships Disclosure: Angie Kiger is currently employed by Permobil, a global manufacturer of seating and wheeled mobility equipment. The content of this course relates to all assistive technology of which wheelchairs and seating equipment are considered. However, the content of this course does not promote or represent any specific brand or product.