CVI: Cerebral Visual Impairment
| Focus | Assessment and support for children with cerebral visual impairment |
| Funding programme | European Union: Erasmus+ KA201 |
| Project coördinator | Mutualité Française Anjou Mayenne (France) |
| Partners | Belgium: Institut Royal pour Sourds et Aveugles (IRSA) Canada: Institut Nazareth et Louis Braille (INLB) Croatia: Centre for Education and Rehabilitation “Vinko Bek” France:Centre Régional pour Déficients Visuels (CRDV); Institut Régional pour Sourds et Aveugles (IRSAM) Netherlands: Royal Dutch Visio Spain: Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes; ASPAYM Foundation |
| Total funding | €300,143 |
| Duration | September 2015 – September 2018 |
| Website | Project results CVI Project |
Cerebral visual impairment is a disorder caused not by problems with the eyes, but by damage to the parts of the brain that process vision. It is most common in babies and young children, but can continue into adulthood.
The CVI project gathered experiences and expertise on cerebral visual impairment and developed tools and protocols to improve support for children with this condition. These included:
- A methodology for the multidisciplinary evaluation of visual impairments of the brain
- An observation tool for the family and loved ones
- An individual “passport" to describe the effects of CVI on the child in its daily life
- A tool to help those around them to better understand the children.