From
Eyesight to Insight:
Visual/Vestibular
Assessment &
Treatment
12.5 Contact Hours
Carl Hillier, OD, FCOVD
Mary
Kawar, MS, OT/L
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Boise, ID.
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May 7-8, 2010
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The
tuition for this 2-day course is $430.00
Discount Deadlines:
on/before 3/12: $400
on/before 3/26: $415
on/before 4/30: $430
after 4/30: $455
Course
fees include refreshments, handouts and
lab materials. |
San Mateo, CA.
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August 13-14, 2010
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The
tuition for this 2-day course is $430.00
Discount Deadlines:
on/before 6/18: $400
on/before 7/2: $415
on/before 8/6: $430
after 8/6: $455
Course
fees include refreshments, handouts and
lab materials. |
Grand Junction, CO.
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October 29-30, 2010
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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 refreshments, handouts and
lab materials. |
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. 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.
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 1.25 AOTA CEUs
This course is offered for 12.5 MBPT Hours, Category 1, Approval #3981
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
"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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