CVI Phase II Position Boards
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Audio Description: A title reads: CVI Phase two; Position Boards. Diane Sheline, Strategy-to-see dot com.

Diane Sheline: This 5 year old little boy has a visual diagnosis of CVI, secondary to periventricular luekomalacia. His score on the CVI range is 3.5 to 4, placing him in the early part of Phase 2 CVI. 

He clearly is able to visually locate up to four targets in the array. He seems to benefit from the color highlighting of the reflective... quality on the targets. And the targets are all of metal, which will adhere, or stick to the magnetized bowl, helping him when he is working on his goals and objectives; including the concepts of in and out. 

He turns his head to the far right to better see targets on his left, with his left eye. Therefore the position board is well positioned, so he can more easily use his preferred visual field. Targets are presented within arm's reach, or generally within 12 to 18 inches of his body, and the array is simple with plenty of blank space. 

Although these targets, and the position board, are novel, or new to him, he still is able to use his vision for functional purposes. There is some 'look, look-away, then reach' going on, but occasionally, he also uses a visually guided reach.

The three battle cans each have different contents. One has sesame seeds inside. The second has rice inside, and the third has pinto beans inside. Therefore, they're a different weight when he picks them up, and they make a different sound when he shakes them. All three of those metal cans will stick to that magnetized bowl... but he's not quite at that point, yet. He just is having a really good time exploring them, and pulling on the elastic cords that's attaching them to the- to the position board, and... exploring what's on that board.

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