Vision Therapy CanadaVisualization - The Critical Link Between Vision Therapy and Learning
with John Abbondanza
June 5 & 6, 2021
Educational Info
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Visualization is a skill that can have a significant impact on patients in a vision therapy program, yet it is commonly not emphasized in many optometric programs and often misunderstood. This two-day seminar will review our current understanding of visualization from a behavioral and neurophysiological view and teach how visualization techniques may be incorporated into any VT program. Specific procedures designed to help patients with reading, math, and spelling will be reviewed, as well as how visualization may be important in patients with a variety of challenges, including vision and learning problems, executive function disorder, impulsivity, and post-concussion vision syndrome.
CE: 12 Hours
SCHEDULE
Saturday June 5th, 2021: 9am to 5pm
Sunday June 6th, 2021: 9am to 3pm
Educational Info
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Visualization is a skill that can have a significant impact on patients in a vision therapy program, yet it is commonly not emphasized in many optometric programs and often misunderstood. This two-day seminar will review our current understanding of visualization from a behavioral and neurophysiological view and teach how visualization techniques may be incorporated into any VT program. Specific procedures designed to help patients with reading, math, and spelling will be reviewed, as well as how visualization may be important in patients with a variety of challenges, including vision and learning problems, executive function disorder, impulsivity, and post-concussion vision syndrome.
CE: 12 Hours
SCHEDULE
Saturday June 5th, 2021: 9am to 5pm
Sunday June 6th, 2021: 9am to 3pm
Speaker Bio
John Abbondanza
Dr. John Abbondanza is a graduate of Boston College and the New England College of Optometry and has been practicing for thirty years. He is a fellow in the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, a past president of the Mass Society of Optometrists, and a strong supporter of COVT&R.
He is an instructor for the Optometric Extension Program Foundation Clinical Curriculum series of courses and lectures all over the world about behavioral optometry and vision therapy.
In addition, he is the Residency Supervisor in Pediatrics/Vision Therapy at Vision Care Specialists and is Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the Southern College of Optometry and the New England College of Optometry. Dr. John is in private practice and specializes in vision therapy and vision related learning problems.
Venue: Online
Contact Us
Got questions? Send us an e-mail at ce@visiontherapycanada.com and we will try our best to answer it in a timely manner.
Thank you for your patience.
Contact Us
Got questions? Send us an e-mail at ce@visiontherapycanada.com and we will try our best to answer it in a timely manner.
Thank you for your patience.