Austin Assessment @austinassess
The Austin Assessment (currently in development) is a fun and easy iPad app for screening cerebral / brain based visual issues. austinassessment.org Joined August 2022-
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Big news! The Austin Assessment Family App is now FREE TO DOWNLOAD! Purchase single screening tests in the app After 1 test, free unlimited access to Austin Assess Game Mode. Practice, play & compete with family and friends. Search 'Austin Assessment Family' in App Store
Massey University news feature on Austin Assessment, link below. Includes a great example of the Austin Assessment in action, identifying children affected by #CVI, transforming lives. Thank you @MasseyUni peroo.sh/4X
Listen to Nicola McDowell interviewed by Paddy Gower for RNZ radio, talking about: school with undiagnosed CVI - awful identifying CVI - "literally changed my life" + Austin Assessment development, validation, progress and ambitions @radionz 12 min peroo.sh/4V
We've been very busy! Started work on validating the Austin Assessment for adults. Had a fab time at Perkins CVI Conference & our founder, Dr Nicola McDowell's incredible work was recognised as she received a CVI Champion award. Read all about it here peroo.sh/4U
Oscar was assessed as learning disabled & dyslexic. His mum got the #AustinAssessment. Screening took few min, immediately available results showed Oscar may have #CVI. Oscar's mum followed our steps for free support and Oscar is improving. Blog below. peroo.sh/4y
Dr Nicola McDowell is our founder and leader. Your resources, particularly the video below explaining CVI in mainstream schools, are invaluable to the children the Austin Assessment is identifying. Nicola is delighted to be a part of the CVI-SIM team. vimeo.com/899052936
Dr Nicola McDowell is our founder and leader. Your resources, particularly the video below explaining CVI in mainstream schools, are invaluable to the children the Austin Assessment is identifying. Nicola is delighted to be a part of the CVI-SIM team. vimeo.com/899052936
Austin Assessment in Action! Research from @AucklandUni looking at the prevalence of visual issues in children age 7 inc CVI & strengthen the relationship between health & education services. The children identified can now access the support they need.
The Austin Assessment is live and identifying children with CVI. What it was designed to do. To get support to those who need it. We need your views. Whether you have used it or not, please can you spare 1 MINUTE for a few questions? Thank you. surveymonkey.com/r/AustinAssess…
Download the Austin Assessment App today. Get the right one! Parents / Carers Austin Assessment Professionals wanting to assess more than one child, Austin Assessment PRO & purchase packs of 50, 100 or 500 screening tests. Link below or scan the QR code
Austin Assessment Launch Day next Tuesday! You will be able to download the app and screen in a few minutes, with immediate results. Don’t miss out! Join the waiting list and you’ll be sent the link first. austinassessment.org
Austin Assessment Prices below. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation. A key consideration was ensuring the AA was affordable for families as well as professionals and researchers. Launching early 2024. Join the waiting list austinassessment.org
An e.g. of how a child with CVI visually matches the pairs differently to a child without CVI, using the Austin Assessment Eye-Tracker Eye tracking results are available after every assessment with report App available early 2024 Join the waiting list austinassessment.org
Thrilled to share that after 3 years of work involving assessing 900+ children, the Austin Assessment has been validated as a screening tool for #CVI related visual difficulties. It's also validated for research & normative database Link below to paper. peroo.sh/3O
Full video demonstration of the Austin Assessment screening test. vimeo.com/884703848
30 second demonstration of the Austin Assessment, showing part of the task being completed, side by side, by a child with and without CVI. Lots more exciting development as we build up to the launch, hopefully in January 2024. #cvi #AustinAssessment vimeo.com/883880510
Fantastic end to my trip to Canada. Thank you to the New Brunswick Education & Early Childhood Development Sector for inviting me to give training on CVI in children, in English translated into French. Met amazing people, enjoyed stunning sight seeing and learnt a great deal.
Delighted to have been invited by Canada’s national @VisionLossRehab services to provide training on CVI in adults. Fantastic first half day with an enthusiastic, interesting and engaging group. You make teaching a joy! #cvi
Dr Nicola McDowell presented the Austin Assessment at the international conference Vision 2023 Denver recently. There was enthusiasm & excitement from an audience including world leaders in the field of CVI. Thanks for having us Denver, you were an amazing host. @Vision2023DEN
An update on the Austin Assessment Project - an app and a website coming soon! Thanks to the inspirational work and dedication of @nicmcdowellnz to develop a screening tool for identifying children with brain based visual difficulties equitythrougheducation.nz/latest-news/20…
This blog might hit quite a big nerve! Nicola talks of her passion behind developing a screening tool for CVI. For the children who struggle & suffer as she did For the parents who struggle & suffer as her parents did. Blog 👇 #cvi #AustinAssessment peroo.sh/2S
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