Considerations for Design and Implementation of AAC for Clients with CVI
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Welcome to SLP Nerdcast. We are really excited for today's episode. We've been chit-chatting away in this Zoom room before we hit record with lots of laughter and a lot of nerdy tangents. Very excited. We are here to welcome. We have the pleasure of welcoming Chris Russell back to the show to talk to us about AAC and CVI. Welcome, Chris.
Thank you so much, Kate and Amy. I'm really happy to be back with you guys.
Uh, we're super happy to, as you know, because we've been chatting so much. Um, you're here to talk to us about considerations for design and implementation of AEC for clients who have CVI. Before we get started with the exciting topic, can you just tell us a little bit about yourself and your work with CVI?
Absolutely. So I have worn a number of different hats in my work over the last 15 years. Um, I've been a paraprofessional at a school for the blind in California and then in New York when I moved to New York. I've been a classroom teacher at a school for the blind working with kids with multiple disabilities. Then I went back and got my TVI certification. So I've been a TVI. Um, and then for eight years I worked. Worked with the New York State Deaf-Blind Collaborative, the State Deaf-Blind project in New York, funded by the US Department of Education. And that is really where I got. Deep into CVI. I would say mostly just because my work involved um traveling around New York and providing technical support and coaching to schools.
And I just saw such a huge number of students with CVI. I recognized my own need to get more training in that area and Kind of that led me to where I am now. Now I am actually working as a special ed teacher and TVI in a pediatric ICU through the New York City Department of Education hospital schools.
Your background is so interesting and you obviously come to this topic with a lot of experience. Um, before I read our learning objectives, I wanted to take a second to talk about why this topic is so important. And Amy, I am gonna pass you the mic because I know this is a topic you are very excited and passionate about. I know, I do. I have big feelings about it. Um, I feel like As somebody who started off in the field of speech pathology, really interested in AAC from the very beginning, I knew nothing about CBI when I first started out. Um, and I would go to professional developments and I would go to conferences, um, and I would hear, you know, all of these messages around the importance of core vocabulary, the importance of a robust symbol system.
Um And you know, I would have clients where it would be years and years and years and years, and we're trying kind of the same intervention.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this SLP Nerdcast episode and who are the hosts?
0:00–9:23
2
How does Chris Russell’s professional background shape his perspective on CVI?
9:23–18:42
3
What are the ten behavioral characteristics and three phases of CVI?
18:42–28:03
4
How do the dorsal and ventral visual streams affect symbol recognition for children with CVI?
28:03–37:05
5
What design considerations should guide the selection of aided AAC symbols for CVI clients?
37:05–46:19
6
How can high‑tech AAC systems be adapted for visual complexity and sensory accessibility?
46:19–54:00
7
What is sensory‑balance planning and how does it inform multimodal AAC implementation?
54:00–1:02:21
8
How can clinicians support pre‑intentional communicators and scaffold the development of symbolism?
1:02:21–1:07:13
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