Using Technology and APH Products
to Support Children with CVI
Beth Ramella, M.Ed., TVI/COMS
Director of Outreach Programs
Western PA School for Blind Children
412 621-0100 x 379 or ramellab@wpsbc.org
American Printing House
• A company that began in he 1850s and thrives
today
• Located in Louisville, KY
• APH offers hundreds of products for people
who are blind or visually impaired
• APH’s Mission – promotes independence of
blind and visually impaired persons by
providing specialized materials, products and
services needed for education and life
APH Products
• Light box or Mini litebox
• CVI Complexity Series
• Invisiboard
• ToAD kit
• Flash light kit
• Light box materials
– Level 1
– Level 2
– Level 3
• Familiar objects
pictures
• Pegs and pegboard
• Let’s See kit
• CVI swirly mat
• CVI Perspectives video
• Tangle toy and ball
• Plexiglas spinner
• Plexiglas blocks
Phase I
Phase I
Phase II
Phase II
Phase II
Phase II
Phase II
Phase III
Phase III
Phase III
Phase III
Product ideas…