Description
Course Details
Instructor
Dr. Karen Pryor, Ph.D., PT, DPT, ND, CH, CFPS
Date
anytime, anywhere (60 day access)
Running time 6 hours
Format
On-Demand Webinar
6 contact hours
0.6 AOTA CEUs
7.5 NBCOT PDUs
7.2 NY PT CEUs
CE Broker Tracking # 50-31070,
Cost
$199
Target Audience
OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs
Level: Intermediate
The power of vision can be utilized in many ways to progress a challenged patient. With dyslexia, strabismus, cortical vision impairment, low vision or blindness, other senses can be stimulated to cross-wire the information through Neuroplasticity. You will learn novel ways to incorporate techniques to promote visual functions. First visual anatomy will be described in such a way as to analyze nervous system deficiencies and visual challenges. Then, strategies will be offered to utilize Neuroplasticity during therapy sessions. Techniques to treat misalignment of eyes with before and after pictures are presented.
Participants will learn to construct treatment steps to increase visual performance and processing in regard to
- dyslexia,
- sustained gaze, and
- visual tracking
The stimulation of additional sensations with Neuroplasticity techniques may allow relocation of visual function. What to look for when the visual cortex has damage will be discussed with case studies. These simple techniques are easily applied and instructed to caregivers for home programs.
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About the Instructor
Karen Pryor, PhD, PT, DPT, has a doctorate in physical therapy and has practiced for 40 years in the field. Involved with birth to three through early intervention since 1986, she developed techniques to be utilized in homes, childcare centers, and school systems to advance therapy programs in children.
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What Our Course Participants Say
"This conference was great for therapists who work with children and have noticed difficulties with vision but needed more background to what the issue is and how to address it during therapy - types of therapeutic activities and how to use other senses to promote new neural pathways." – Valerie
"detailed explanations, key phrases for help in memorizing important content" – Shayna
"This is the first course in 5 years that has directly discussed the Blind/Visually Impaired/Multiple disability students that I work with. The examples and tactics were extremely helpful " – Amanda
"Always discussing TREATMENT, Love this presenter. Dr. Pryor always has cute sayings as well." – Andrea
"Dr. Pryor is extremely knowledgeable and provided much information." – Paula
"Very comprehensive PD. Dr Pryor offers researched information along with clinical observations and experience, followed by specific treatment. All of this information is needed, for EBP and clinical programming. " – Susan
"Amazing that she created so much positive change in vision" – Anna
"A lot of assessment and treatment ideas" – Sarah
"This course was very informative - provided details on anatomy" – Hemel
"Clarity of the speaker, lots of key points repeated and shown in different ways, case studies, good examples of treatment ideas" – Abigail
"I appreciated all the treatment ideas and the review of the material that the presenter did throughout the webinar. " – Penina
"Clearly presented how the vision interconnects with most of the nervous system and brain." – Robin
"Great background of visual processing and solid theory " – Alexi
