The ultimate goals of Bridge to Life include:

  • serving individuals with physical and/or communication impairments from birth through adulthood, locally, nationally and globally 
  • providing professional development opportunities in our areas of expertise 
  • contracting with families, agencies and school districts to offer direct services to students with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs

Save the Dates for Spring 2025!
Conversation Series on CVI and AAC with Dr. Christine Roman Lantzy

Browse Programs @The Bridge School

Webinar 9: Effective Interaction Strategies for Children with CVI and CCN

CVI@The Bridge School

Adapted AAC-CVI Framework – Adapted from work at Penn State University

Latest Events CVI@The Bridge School

2023 Summer Workshop – Addressing the Needs of Students with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and Complex Communication Needs (CCN) in the Classroom Setting.

The Bridge School is excited to announce the AAC-CVI Framework, adapted from work at Penn State University.

Students with CVI have unique, individualized needs that impact their performance in elementary school. The largest challenges faced by Bridge School students with CVI involve navigating the environment, constructing meaning from curriculum presented primarily through pictures and texts and communicating their knowledge using AAC. Our students with CVI often lack experience looking for environmental cues and they have limited knowledge learning from information presented through visual representation. By collecting data based on observable visual behaviors for The CVI Range Assessment, teachers can design materials and adaptations that support new opportunities for students to use their vision. CVI interventions can be consistently applied across the school environment and curriculum, so students practice using their vision frequently, throughout the day. For Bridge School students with SSPI who utilize AAC, CVI interventions have provided more emphasis on incorporating the language that describes visual representations into discussions and instruction. Having an emphasis on descriptive language as a scaffold for instruction serves to enrich and enhance the overall comprehension of a student with CVI.  At The Bridge School, as CVI interventions have increased for each student, so has their classroom participation.