Ellen Mazel's guest appearances

Ellen Mazel

Talking With Tech AAC Podcast

Perkins eLearning To Go

Kelly Fonner

Sarah Blackstone

Brian Whitmer

Lateef McLeod

Laura Taylor

Erin Sheldon

Sarah Lockhart

Charlotte Cushman

Shannon Graham

Chris Ellis

Mark Brown

Mike Hipple

Megan Roberts

Carrie Baughcum

Kevin Williams

OwlTail

Christine Tripoli

This week on TWT, Chris interviews Christine Tripoli, an SLP with the Deaf/Blind program at Perkins School for the Blind, and Ellen Maisel, Director of Cortical Visual Impairment project at Perkins. They discuss cortical visual impairment (CVI), including what it is and how to look for it.    Before the interview, Chris shares about his discussion on AAC Certification with Marie Ireland, VP of ASHA. Chris wonders if a slippery slope argument (if we let A happen, then Z will happen) is happening with AAC certification and talks about yourlogicalfallacy.com. Marie talked with Chris about the lack of data to support anyone getting denied services once a certification is put in place.    Key ideas this week:    🔑 CVI is a brain-based visual impairment that affects visual attention and recognition. The cause of visual impairment for people with CVI isn’t their eyes, but their visual brain.    🔑 Just because a child is looking at something, doesn’t mean they understand what they are seeing. This understanding is the primary challenge for children with CVI.    🔑 For brain-based visual impairment, you don’t need to just make it bigger or closer. Its about teaching them to understand what they are looking at.    If you love Talking with Tech, help us develop new content and keep the podcast going! Support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech!   Visit bit.ly/twtpod for access to previous episodes, resources, and CEU credits that you can earn for listening to TWT episodes!

This week on TWT, Chris interviews Christine Tripoli, an SLP with the Deaf/Blind program at Perkins School for the Blind, and Ellen Maisel, Director of Cortical Visual Impairment project at Perkins. They discuss cortical visual impairment (CVI), including what it is and how to look for it. Before the interview, Chris shares about his discussion on AAC Certification with Marie Ireland, VP of ASHA. Chris wonders if a slippery slope argument (if we let A happen, then Z will happen) is happening with AAC certification and talks about <a href="/talkingwithtech/episode/yourlogicalfallacy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">yourlogicalfallacy.com</a>. Marie talked with Chris about the lack of data to support anyone getting denied services once a certification is put in place. Key ideas this week: 🔑 CVI is a brain-based visual impairment that affects visual attention and recognition. The cause of visual impairment for people with CVI isn’t their eyes, but their visual brain. 🔑 Just because a child is looking at something, doesn’t mean they understand what they are seeing. This understanding is the primary challenge for children with CVI. 🔑 For brain-based visual impairment, you don’t need to just make it bigger or closer. Its about teaching them to understand what they are looking at. If you love Talking with Tech, help us develop new content and keep the podcast going! Support our podcast at <a href="http://patreon.com/talkingwithtech!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/talkingwithtech!</a> Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/twtpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/twtpod</a> for access to previous episodes, resources, and CEU credits that you can earn for listening to TWT episodes!

Christine Tripoli & Ellen Mazel - Assessment & Treatment of Cortical Visual Impairment 

Ellen Mazel discusses how vision is processed in a child with cortical vision impairment (CVI), how the child understands the visual part of their world, and the importance of early intervention. She also offers strategies for assessment and intervention. Ellen works as the CVI Program Manager for Perkins School for the Blind. She joined the administrative leadership team at Perkins School for the Blind to create and oversee Perkins CVI assessment program. The position includes continued research with Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy, a leader in the field, as well as several vision professionals at MIT, Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School to advance knowledge about CVI.   Click here for an accessible transcript of this episode on Perkins eLearning website.

Ellen Mazel discusses how vision is processed in a child with cortical vision impairment (CVI), how the child understands the visual part of their world, and the importance of early intervention. She also offers strategies for assessment and intervention. Ellen works as the CVI Program Manager for Perkins School for the Blind. She joined the administrative leadership team at Perkins School for the Blind to create and oversee Perkins CVI assessment program. The position includes continued research with Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy, a leader in the field, as well as several vision professionals at MIT, Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School to advance knowledge about CVI. <a href="https://www.perkinselearning.org/podcast/assessment-and-intervention-ellen-mazel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for an accessible transcript of this episode on Perkins eLearning website.</a>

Assessment and Intervention with Ellen Mazel