Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits in Children

Friday, May 21, 2021, 7:30 AM - Saturday, May 22, 2021, 3:30 PM, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

This virtual conference is designed to help therapists develop a comprehensive understanding of vision and how vision can impact the therapy process in children. A three-component model of vision will be reviewed, stressing the importance of optical, visual efficiency and visual information processing disorders. Screening procedures that allow therapists to test for the most common vision problems will be presented. Treatment options will be discussed at length, including both compensatory strategies and rehabilitative techniques (vision therapy). Case studies will be used throughout the presentation.

1. Describe the complexity of the visual system
2. Identify the three major components of the visual system
3. List three ways various vision deficits affect performance in play, learning, work and sports
4. Administer a screening battery to identify common vision disorders that can affect therapy
5. List two of the various treatment approaches available
6. Plan and implement compensatory strategies to manage vision problems interfering with therapy
7. Plan and implement direct intervention to manage vision problems interfering with therapy

The registration fee includes course registration, live stream access to the conference and access to view presentations online. For any questions, please email [email protected].

Registration Fee:...........................$225

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association Inc. 11.5 contact hours or 1.15 AOTA CEUs will be awarded to participants at the completion of the program. Assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA. Approved Provider Number: 4878. Appropriate for Intermediate-level Occupational Therapists. Course falls under category of occupational therapy process.

PHYSICAL THERAPY ACCREDITATION

The content of this course has been submitted for 11.5 hours of Physical Therapy CEUs in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. If you require PT CEUs in a different state, please contact course coordinator to obtain materials for submission. NJBPTE Course Approval Number: 2002-124. The course approval expires on Jan. 31, 2022

ASHA ACCREDITATION

 

This program is offered for 1.15 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).

Instructional personnel disclosures, financial and nonfinancial, can be found here: Vision Faculty Disclosures.docx

The conference will be held virtually Friday – Saturday, May 21 - 22, 2021. 

 TARGET AUDIENCE

This conference is designed for therapists and assistants (occupational, physical, speech) who work with children (birth though 18 years), and teachers (preschool, special and early education, visually impaired).

ASHA (11.50 hours), Non-Physician AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Attendance (includes PA, RT, RDMS) (11.50 hours), Occupational Therapy (11.50 hours), Physical Therapy (11.50 hours)