17 April 2024 - 17 April 2024
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Calman Learning Centre, Durham City
Free
PLEASE NOTE All spaces have now been taken and confirmed with an email. We are having reports that some organisational firewalls are not allowing these confirmation emails through. If you have registered but not received an email please contact suzanne.boyd@durham.ac.uk and we will send you all of the relevant information.
Child having an eye test
On 17th April 2024 we will be hosting a training and networking day on Cerebral Visual Impairment or CVI at Durham University for professionals from the North East. We aim to build regional strength, expertise and coordination across health and education in the North East for children with CVI.
At the meeting, we want to showcase the expertise we have across clinical care, educational support and research on CVI. The connections and ideas generated at that meeting can hopefully lead to future joint initiatives and to improved continuity of care for the children and their families.
In the morning, we will hear from two fantastic keynote speakers:
Prof Cathy Williams, Associate Professor in Paediatric Ophthalmology at University of Bristol.
Prof Williams is leading studies to develop and evaluate services for children with CVI. She is also a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Professor Naomi Dale, Professor of Paediatric Neurodisability/Consultant Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Professor Naomi Dale will share her 30 years of experience as Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist at the Developmental Vision Clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She also leads a world leading research group at University College London as Professor of Paediatric Neurodisability in Developmental Neuroscience investigating functional vision, developmental, neuropsychological, and psychosocial aspects of children with CVI.
We will further share expertise from across the regions and hear from local teams how they have developed their services for children with CVI.
In the afternoon, we plan round-table discussions on clinically relevant topics that might lead to practical recommendations and questions for further research like ‘What is an appropriate testing protocol for diagnosis of CVI?’, ‘How to best support children with CVI in school?’. We want people to go home with some specific pointers on what they can change in their daily practice and identify some challenges that we as a region want to work on in the next few years.
We are now fully booked however will be operating a waiting list. please use the same form to join this list.
Programme of the Day
Start time
End time
Duration
Speaker(s)
Title
9.00
9.10
10
Katie and Kathleen
Welcome
9.50
30+10
Cathy Williams
Health and Education services working together - an ecological approach to helping children with Cerebral Visual Impairment
10.10
15+5
Katie Fuller
Visual processing difficulties in mainstream school
10.30
Carl Harvey
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - developmental vision clinic
10.50
20
BREAK
11.30
Naomi Dale
Identification and profiling the spectrum of CVI in children: insights from using a scientifically validated assessment battery
11.50
Kathleen Vancleef
How insights from cognitive neuroscience can support assessment of higher visual functions in young children
12.10
Laura Jarwick;
Mahmoud Nassar;
Yasmin de Alwis
Great North Children’s Hospital – Multi disciplinary developmental vision clinic
12.20
Stephanie Crains
Sight tests with Special Schools; a personal perspective of an Optometrist.
13.20
60
13.30
Introduction to discussion tables
14.15
45
Discussion tables round 1
14.30
15
15.15
Discussion tables round 2
15.30
16.30
Table chairs
Plenary conclusions
Discussion Topics
Topic/Question
1
Gathering our collective resources to support parents of children with CVI
2
Developing a standardised assessment protocol for CVI in clinic
3
Developing a workflow for assessment of functional visual processing in schools
4
Collecting and prioritising suggestions to support children with CVI in mainstream school, incl. adaptation to physical environment.
5
Collecting and prioritising suggestions to support children with more complex needs within a specialist educational setting incl. adaptation to physical environment.
6
Generating feasible ideas to make sure vulnerable children in mainstream school who might have (mild) visual processing difficulties are not overlooked
7
Suggesting ways to deal with the interplay between autism and CVI.
8
Generating ideas for bridging the gap between health and education
9
Gathering suggestions to support children who don’t have an CVI diagnosis (yet) with areas limited resources
Coming to a joined understanding of what CVI is with a scientific underpinning
Location Description
Durham University, The Calman Learning Centre, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
Ken Wade Lecture Theatre (CLC203), Derman Christopherson(CLC406) and Kingsley Barrett(CLC407)
Finding us
Nearest parking: Howlands Farm Park and Ride, Howlands Farm, DH1 3DE, £2/person, bus every 15 min, 5 min bus journey, get off at first stop at Church Street, 4 min walk to Calman Learning Centre
Other parking options: Durham City car parks - Durham County Council
For people with accessibility needs, we may be able to arrange parking closer to venue. These spaces are limited to please get in touch with Suzi (Suzanne.boyd@durham.ac.uk) with your car registration number as soon as possible.
Event Organisers
Kathleen Vancleef, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Durham University
Katie Fuller, Lead Specialist Teacher, Newcastle Children's Vision Team
This event is also kindly supported by the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing and Vision Impairment North East.
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