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Catherine Smyth, TSVI, Ph.D.

It’s More than a Touch: Early Tactual Development in Infants and Toddlers
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Catherine Smyth, TSVI, Ph.D., is the Director of Research at Anchor Center for Blind Children in Denver, Colorado. She has an extensive background as a TSVI in early intervention, providing support for families in center-based settings and homes. As co-author and Project Coordinator of the Mealtime Routines for Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairment federal IES grant, she has worked to provide feasible, successful research-based interventions that TSVIs can use with families in natural settings. Her research interests include concept development and tactual assessments for young children with visual impairment, how vision loss affects the mealtime  process, and early visual screening for infants.

Email: ​csmyth@anchorcenter.org
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  • Home
  • Virtual Training
    • Schedule of Trainings
    • Dec 10 Vision Screening via Telehealth
    • Jan 26 Multisensory Impairment
    • Feb 25 Supporting Families, Parent Coaching
    • Mar 18 Active Learning
    • Apr 29 Serving Native Americans & Tribal Communities
    • May 13 Face to Face & Virtual Experiences (NM/UT)
    • Jun 3 Unilateral Hearning Loss
    • Aug 19 Mid/Moderate Hearning Loss
    • Sep Closing Keynote
  • TSBVI Archived Sessions
  • WREIC 2019
    • Agenda >
      • Overview
      • Pre-conference
      • General Sessions
    • Speakers
    • Sessions >
      • Applying Mindfulness
      • Autism
      • B60MSI
      • Building Blocks
      • Closing Panel
      • Communications in Action
      • Cued Speech
      • CVI Brain Development
      • CVI Strategies
      • Language Dev Scales
      • Listening to Learn
      • Mindfulness
      • Neuro-Developmental
      • Ophthalmology Updates
      • Safety Connection
      • Tactile Strategies
      • Tactual Development
      • Tangible Symbols
      • Tele-Intervention
      • Trauma Informed Care
      • Visual Attention
    • Hosts
    • Sponsors
    • Exhibitors
    • Speaker Bios