Cortical Visual Impairment Intervention

Now in the Classroom

The CViConnect Pro Mission

CViConnect for Your Students

The CViConnect Professional Edition is designed to allow a student’s educational team to work collaboratively in order to provide a consistent approach at school and home. The application runs on an iPad, although many features can be accessed through a standard web browser.

Our mission is to provide visually accessible educational materials for learners with CVI, provide customizable Activities to meet each learner’s individual vision needs, and create secure technology that provides insightful look detection data to their assigned CVI educators.*

At CViConnect, we strive to advance the CVI field by participating in research opportunities and informing the community as new research becomes available.

*CVI educators include any educational stakeholders supporting the individual with CVI, especially the families.

Key Features

Allows professionals to support multiple students

Ability to assign multiple team members to an individual student

Input student plan and assessment documentation; such as IEPs, Learning Media assessments, O&M evaluations, etc

A full library of activities created for CVI Phases I, II, and III

Both look and touch detection with automatic tracking

Fully HIPAA compliant

Score and monitor growth over time using The CVI Range (with scoring criteria and comments)

Integration with the CViConnect Home Edition for End-to-End tracking

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Testimonials

CViConnect Pro assisted classroom teachers in determining placement for students' materials within their visual field preference. Additionally, based on student behaviors and visual attendance to the sessions in the app, teachers were able to choose and create better educational items in the classroom. I appreciated observing students' visual patterns and look forward to using it next year.

Lauren Stanton

The CViConnect PRO support team is an incredible resource. The support team assisted me in brainstorming, creating activities for students on their individual CVI characteristics, as well as assistance in advocating with parents, classroom teachers, and administrators, about the importance of service time with students with CVI. This allowed that student visual access to their curriculum at their individual phase, and provided a program that is easy to use for staff in classrooms, so students can get daily visual access.

Carly Schlotterer

The CViConnect Training Modules were well done and helped to refresh my memory on previous learning that I had received on CVI in addition to providing clear instruction on how to use the CViConnect program, both on a desktop and iOS device. The modules were well organized and presented clearly. For new professionals to the field of low vision, these would be extremely helpful to gain understanding of CVI.

Elizabeth Mulligan

CViConnect PRO is a fantastic tool that provides support for students while gathering useful data for determining supports and accommodations. My favorite feature is the ability to have access to a library of shared activities to meet students' CVI ranges and interests. If the library doesn't have exactly what you're looking for, the option for creating custom lessons creates endless possibilities!

Megan Hillmer

As a teacher consultant for the visually impaired, I was struggling to have readily available activities for my students throughout their day. I didn’t want the materials I brought to become ‘vision time’. Since using CViConnect Professional Edition, the whole IEP team has access to activities, and students are receiving meaningful opportunities to use their vision throughout their day. I can individually assign the activities from their library of over 100 activities or create my own in order to best meet the needs of each child based on their CVI Range Score.

Stephanie Steffer

CViConnect Support Professional, TVI

Using CViConnect Professional Edition has enabled me to be significantly more efficient and organized. All of our teams notes, data collection, and files are stored in one spot, which can be printed at any time. CViConnect Professional Edition allows me to differentiate my instruction based on the individual needs of students, and it dramatically reduces material preparation time thanks to the plethora of high-quality activities. Therefore, I am able to spend more time providing direct services to my students to ensure they are making growth and progress. My goal as a teacher is to share activities and resources with teachers, so we can provide a quality education to students with CVI.

Julie Kushman

CViConnect Support Professional, TVI

This is amazing! So relevant for the times we are in! I am so excited about using this...Thank you for all of your help & the work that has been put into this! I am really hoping that I can show other districts that I serve how beneficial this would be to their students with CVI, especially since so many of our families with medically fragile students are opting for the virtual / home bound service. I plan to share the benefits of the program and how it has increased our ability to involve parents and increase the amount of time that these students will be able to work on their vision goals as a result of the program combined with the direct service of the TVI.

Susan Fowler

Instructor for the Visually Impaired

In CViConnect PRO, all of our student information is stored in one place and can easily be moved to another provider. Being that the activities are on the iPad and have backlighting, we find that our students will engage more than with real objects, books, pictures, etc. We were able to determine that one of our students does, indeed, have some vision! CViConnect PRO has provided a very useful way to help develop visual skills in a very targeted way. Finally, we love that the app can be used for on-the-spot learning, not just as activities for the students to complete.

Traverse Bay Area ISD

GETTING STARTED

Let’s Get Started

We are ready to accept public applications to our system. Please review our pricing page at the below link and select the plan that works best for you. We are also available to speak with you and consult on any questions you may have.

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Latest News

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There is a wealth of information on the internet providing education, instruction, and direction on how to help your child with Cortical Visual Impairment. With so many different options, it may be difficult to narrow down a few specific resources to consistently follow for the best information. Here is a list of 5 of the top CVI-related resources that you might not know about ...

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CViConnect Pricing & More

From the outset, we encouraged your feedback and promised to make changes that made sense. So, with this announcement, we are lowering the monthly subscription fee to $10 per subscriber per month. We believe this will allow many, many more of you to subscribe to this awesome app and be a part of the CViConnect community ...

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FAQs

How do I add a new student?

Log into the CViConnectpro.com website.
Select the Student tab across the top of the screen.
Click the plus in the upper right-hand corner.
After filling in the text fields, click “Save” in the upper right-hand corner.
You will then be directed to the student’s page.

Do I have to use my student’s email or their parents?

No, if you’d rather you can use the “pencil” icon icon to auto-generate a generic email.

Why do I have to enter my student’s email?

The unique email address is used to ensure the program is within HIPAA compliance. If you do not have the student’s email or do not wish to use their personal email, you can use the “pencil” icon to auto-generate a generic email address.

How do I add a new team member?

Log On to the CViconnectpro.com website.
Using the menu across the top of the screen select Team-CVI.
Click the plus in the upper right-hand corner.
After filling in the text fields for your new team member, click the save icon in the upper right-hand corner.

Is this program HIPAA compliant?

Yes, the CViConnect program is fully HIPAA compliant.

Can I print The CVI Range after scoring my student in their online profile?

Yes, you can print using the print options from your web browsers file menu.

Team

Steve Hendrix

Managing Partner

Dr. Roman-Lantzy

Consulting Partner

Brent Kevern

Research & Development

Stephanie Steffer

Business Director

Julie Kushman

CViConnect Support Professional, TVI