Course Description
(4 day course -- 28 hours Continuing Education)
Prerequisite: VT/Visual Dysfunctions VT - 1
For: Optometrists and Therapists
This course supplements the core VT/Visual Dysfunctions (VT I) course
with testing and therapy activities to
diagnose and treat patients with
strabismus and amblyopia.
For whatever reasons, strabismus and amblyopia have a reputation for
being difficult to understand and treat.
The approach of the OEP Clinical
Curriculum stems from the understanding of Chaos and Complexity
Theory
which states, "That which
appears to be complex, most often can be explained very simply. That
which appears so
simple, most often is actually
very complex.” You will learn how specific disruptions or
"thwarting" experiences
occurring at critical times in
normal infant development can result in strabismus or amblyopia.
How and why do amblyopia and strabismus develop? What percentage of
strabismus and amblyopia are functionally
related? How can the development
of amblyopia or strabismus be beneficial to the person at a
specified point in
time and why is this behavior
not beneficial in the long run? Once the mechanism of the
development of strabismus
and amblyopia is understood,
treating the conditions is easier. Supplemental testing will be
discussed in reference
to gaining insights into the
behaviors of strabismics and amblyopes. Among these tests are the
following:
Contrast Sensitivity
2.5X Telescope
Pinhole VA
Single Letter Vs. Whole Line VA
Bagolini Striated Lenses
Visual Evoked Potentials
Opticokinetic Nystagmus
Vestibular Ocular Reflexes
Parks Three Step
Brock Posture Board
Special Considerations of the Cover Test
The following will be covered in depth:
The terms eccentric fixation, anomalous retinal
correspondence, suppression, eccentric viewing
The myth of critical periods
How to induce new periods of neural plasticity
Using reduced plus lenses for the treatment of
"accommodative esotropia" and…
How to reduce the compensatory plus lenses after
the person has become binocular
Bill Ludlum’s procedures for reducing vertical
tropias
Israel Greenwald's over-correcting prisms
Twenty-three additional vision therapy
procedures, many from Drs. Kraskin, Ludlum, Greenwald and other
master "strabismologists"
Each course participant receives a Vision Therapy III Manual which
includes: Case histories, VER samples,
additional readings and
individual procedure instruction sheets.
The VT III course gives you the confidence, skills and knowledge needed
to start successfully treating amblyopia
and strabismus cases immediately
upon completion of this course.
* Courses begin at 9:00 am each morning and will finish at 5:00 PM.
On the last day of the course we begin at
9:00 am
and generally finish by 3:00 PM. Lunch is included in your tuition.
(NOTE: If you have special
dietary considerations please let us know at the time you make your
reservation.)

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