Professional Development Programs continuing education course From Eyesight to Insight for pediatric therapists
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From Eyesight to Insight:
Visual/Vestibular Assessment & Treatment
Intermediate Level Course
12.5 Contact Hours
1.2 ASHA CEUs & 1.25 AOTA CEUs
Carl Hillier, OD, FCOVD and Mary Kawar, MS, OT/L

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Course, Location & Hotel Info. Dates: Tuition:
Grand Junction, CO.
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October 29-30, 2010
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*Discounts will not be reflected at the time of registration.
All discounts are taken in-house before any credit cards are run and an email sent, which will state all applicable discounts given.

The tuition for this 2-day course is $430.00*
Discount Deadlines:
on/before 9/3: $400
on/before 9/17: $415
on/before 10/22: $430
after 10/22: $455

Course fees include vision kit, handouts, lab materials, and morning and afternoon beverages and snacks.

Mount Kisco, NY.
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November 4-5, 2010
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*Discounts will not be reflected at the time of registration.
All discounts are taken in-house before any credit cards are run and an email sent, which will state all applicable discounts given.

The tuition for this 2-day course is $450.00*
Discount Deadlines:
on/before 9/10: $420
on/before 9/24: $435
on/before 10/29: $450
after 10/29: $475

Course fees include vision kit, handouts, lab materials, and morning and afternoon beverages and snacks.

Rochester, NY.
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December 3-4, 2010
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*Discounts will not be reflected at the time of registration.
All discounts are taken in-house before any credit cards are run and an email sent, which will state all applicable discounts given.


The tuition for this 2-day course is $450.00*
Discount Deadlines:
on/before 10/8: $420
on/before 10/22: $435
on/before 11/26: $450
after 11/26: $475

Course fees include vision kit, handouts, lab materials, and morning and afternoon beverages and snacks.

Description:
This 2-day workshop provides a practical opportunity for participants to interact with a sensory integrative occupational therapist and a developmental optometrist as they collaborate on the goal of facilitating optimum performance in children with movement and vision issues. Many children have unidentified visual and vestibular challenges which interfere with the development of physical, emotional and cognitive skills including receptive and expressive language, reading and writing. Speakers will reveal and clarify some of the mysteries of previously ambiguous performance issues in childhood. Participants will develop a broader net for capturing the subtleties of visual-vestibular behavior by gaining insight into underlying causes.

Hands-on experience will provide ample opportunity for participants to learn how to administer a vision screening examination. Comprehensive treatment protocols, including the Kawar Oculo-Vestibular Protocol, will be shared so that therapists are exposed to a broad range of practical, innovative, sequential vestibular-visual activities and exercises for use with their clients. This course has been well received by occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech pathologist, psychologists, developmental optometrists, and special educators.

Included in the tuition are a vision screening kit, which participants receive and use at the workshop (a $45 value) and a CD-ROM containing valuable resources.

This course is offered for 1.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level; Related Area)
This course is offered for 1.25 AOTA CEU's

This course is offered for 12.5 MBPT Hours, Category 1, Approval #3981

Suggested Audience: Occupational Therapists and interested others

Objectives: Participants will be able to:
1. Administer a vision screening examination.
2. Refer clients for optometric evaluation effectively using standardized criteria.
3. Demonstrate powerful treatment strategies that utilize the vestibular- oculomotor-cervical triad.
4. Describe the paradigm shift that indicates that functional performance is driven by vision and movement.

Schedule* (12.5 contact hours)
Day 1
8:00 Registration
8:30 • Introduction • Visual system support for movement and function
• Vestibular system: Functional anatomy • Clinically relevant vestibular system function
10:00 Break
10:30 • Evaluation of the vestibular system: Lab • Referral criteria
• Therapeutic use of vestibular stimulation strategies • Proprioceptive system
12:00 Lunch on your own
1:00 • Infinity Walk lab • Yoked prism lab
1:45 • Posture & movement
2:30 Break
3:00 • Flow lab and Tracking Tube lab
3:45 • Visual anatomy • Definition of terms used in visual testing, analysis and treatment • The visual process of reading • Behaviors that indicate difficulty
with a part of the visual system
5:00 Adjourn

Day 2
8:30 • Visual perceptual skills & information analysis • Treatment for visual
perceptual skills & information analysis • Cognitive visual-perceptual testing
• Vision screening lab
10:00 Break
10:30 • Vision screening lab
12:00 Lunch on your own
1:00 • Vision treatment • The Multi-Matrix
2:30 Break
3:00 • Spatial Visualization
3:30 • Treatment slides and video demonstrations
4:30 Adjourn

* Topic times may vary; contact hours do not.

Participant comments

“This is an excellent course for speech language pathologists, especially those who work with an occupational therapist or wish to understand more about the goals occupational therapists have for their clients. However, even if the SLP does not have direct access to an OT, this course will provide the therapist with information that can broaden their knowledge base regarding their clients. Many children that an SLP sees have sensory integration issues, vision and vestibular issues and dyslexia or other reading dysfunctions. This course provides the SLP with in-depth knowledge regarding the neural basis of these issues and how to screen, treat, or refer to the appropriate professionals, especially if there is a need to refer to a developmental optometrist. Most importantly though it will allow the SLP to see their clients more holistically.”

“Mary Kawar and Carl Hillier did a fantastic job presenting the info and I would recommend this course to anyone.”

“Wonderful, wonderful course. Needed the skills for visual screening and better integrating vision into treatments. Thank you!”

“Everything was perfect.”

“This was a fantastic class and I’m thrilled to have been here. Both speakers did an exceptional job. Carl is a wonderful, humorous, playful, lighthearted teacher presenting some big material in an accessible way. Thank you!”

“I really enjoyed this presentation. I thought the information provided was very helpful and useful to my clinical practice. I also appreciated the neuro anatomy that was included.”

"Excellent - in all my years of continuing ed, I rate this very high, especially for usable therapy suggestions."

"The Tx suggestions were very concrete and applicable. Many conferences give vague suggestions."

"I appreciate that both presenters were willing to answer questions throughout the session, and further explain any information needed."

"All course materials and lectures were excellent. The speakers were engaging and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed both speakers and I feel the information is relevant and realistic."

"Every OT needs to come to this course if they are working in peds. It seems like (the) workshop was two separate workshops. Great information. Best workshop I've been to in a long time."

"I very much appreciate the experience and knowledge base that the presenters brought to the workshop. Excellent workshop. Very valuable to my practice."

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