Chris Russell
Chris Russell is the Project Coordinator for the New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, and has experience as a classroom teacher and Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) working with children who have visual impairments and additional disabilities including deaf-blindness and cortical visual impairment. Chris specializes in severe and multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness, curriculum adaptations for children with visual impairments and additional disabilities, and instructional strategies supporting communication development for children with pre-symbolic communication.
Chris presents widely in NY and nationally on educational implications of deaf-blindness, cortical visual impairment, curriculum adaptations, and communication development for children with pre-symbolic communication. He has the Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsement and serves as co-instructor with Dr. Roman on the Perkins E-Learning CVI and CVI: Phase III courses.
- Biobehavioral States and Availability for Learning
- Complexity of Array for Children and Youth with CVI
- Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI): A Fact Sheet for Families & Professionals
- Supporting Communication for Learners who are Deaf-Blind and/or have Multiple Disabilities
- Template for Functional Vision Assessment (FVA) for Students with CVI
- Visually-Guided Reach for Children with CVI and Motoric Challenges