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September 2020
OEP VT1: Visual Dysfunctions with Dr. Geoffrey Heddle
This 5 day course from OEP will discuss problems of visual efficiency. VT1 is the first course in the OEP series. https://www.oepf.org/sites/default/files/calendar/VT1%20Sept%209-13%202020%20Bolton%20ON_0.pdf
Find out more »TBI: Acquired Brain Injury & Concussion Addressed
This TBI Seminar is for practitioners wishing to gain a better understanding of how to best manage these complicated, complex and challenging cases in optometric practice. Speaker: Randy Schulman MS, OD, FCOVD https://www.oepf.org/calendar/regional-clinical-seminar-tbi-acquired-brain-injury-concussion-addressed
Find out more »October 2020
Light & Field Therapy
A 2 day Syntonic lecture intended to occur in Halifax, Nova Scotia. More details about registration will follow. This event was originally scheduled for June but is being rescheduled to autumn 2020 (tentatively) due to coronavirus. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE THIS EVENT IS IN THE CALENDAR IS NOT THE SCHEDULED DATE. THIS DATE IS A PLACEHOLDER UNTIL MORE DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE.
Find out more »How to Speed Up and Stabilize Visual Processing by Individually Designed Motion Training
"There is no orderly life without proper motion. Visual processing can show this impressively." Showing very good results as well with typical deficits in processing because of binocular coordination delays (FD), or after TBI´s, or simply in the presence of asthenopic complaints, with postural deficits, aso, I think these motion exercises a MUST for behavioral optometrists offering VT. Learn More
Find out more »November 2020
OEP Clinical Curriculum- VT1/Visual Dysfunctions
Instructor: Geoff Heddle, OD https://www.oepf.org/calendar/oepf-clinical-curriculum-vt1visual-dysfunctions-5
Find out more »OEP Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury with Paul Harris
This course builds on the OEPF CORE Foundation of VT1, VT2, and VT3. The course takes a case-based approach and provides two new grids of vision therapy activities. https://www.oepf.org/sites/default/files/calendar/ABI%20TBI%20Nov.%2020-22%2C2020%20Canada_0.pdf
Find out more »January 2021
V.T.I. Vision Therapy Integration
Topic: Vision Therapy Integration How to Integrate or begin a successful VT practice Details: Designed for Optometrists looking to offer Vision Therapy at their clinics but not sure of the most efficient way to integrate it into their clinics.You will be guided step by step on how to begin, what to buy, where to further train and much more. This two-three hour session will be offered across Canada and will be facilitated by Optometrists approved and trained through Vision Therapy…
Find out more »April 2021
The Optometrists’ Role in Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury -Alberta Association Spring Symposium
There are more than 200,000 concussion cases annually in Canada. Learn about the optometrists' role with fundamental concepts of concussions and treatment approach, inter-professional management approaches, nutrition for concussion management, neuro-visual rehabilitation, and more. There is a full agenda of morning lectures and an afternoon of interactive grand rounds case analysis on concussions and vision therapy management. The afternoon seminar will give you the experience to apply your knowledge and work with a smaller group to present your recommendation for…
Find out more »Virtual Spring Symposium
Mark your calendars! The AAO’s Annual Spring Symposium is going virtual on Saturday, April 24th. There are more than 200,000 concussion cases annually in Canada. Learn about the optometrists' role with fundamental concepts of concussions and treatment approach, interprofessional management approaches, nutrition for concussion management, neuro-visual rehabilitation, and more. We have a full agenda of morning lectures and an afternoon of interactive grand rounds case analysis on concussions and vision therapy management. The afternoon seminar will give you the experience…
Find out more »May 2021
Embracing the Future of Vision Therapy Leveraging Technology to Create Better Teams, Systems and Patient Outcomes
Join EyeCarePro and Vision Therapy Canada's Dr. Paul Rollett for a CE webinar on embracing the future of Vision Therapy. This webinar will give an outline for how to think about implementing different tools for balancing efficiency and effectiveness within the Vision Therapy setting. Attendees will be given practical and tactical advice for building headache free systems that will allow them to focus efforts on what they do best - changing people's lives. Click Here to Register
Find out more »June 2021
Visualization – The Critical Link with Dr. John Abbondanza
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…
Find out more »February 2022
Myopia Control – Optical Solutions
Myopia is becoming a global epidemic and is associated with a greater risk for eye disease in adults. Optometrists now have tools to help slow progression in myopia. This webinar with Dr. April Eryou will review the data surrounding spectacle lens options, contact lens option, eye drops and vision therapy.
Find out more »March 2022
Overview of Vision Aspects of Reading- March 6th and 13th at 4pm EST
Join Dr. Meredith Graham for an Overview of Vision Aspects of Reading. This course will define reading and provide a framework for the Optometrist’s role in treating vision problems that impact reading. Concepts of visual attention and visual sampling will be introduced, as theories of learning that relate to reading are explored. Dr. Graham will review the research on reading and what we need to know as optometrists. What aspects of performance testing are relevant for reading? How do we…
Find out more »Overview of Vision Aspects of Reading- March 6th and 13th at 4pm EST
Join Dr. Meredith Graham for an Overview of Vision Aspects of Reading. This course will define reading and provide a framework for the Optometrist’s role in treating vision problems that impact reading. Concepts of visual attention and visual sampling will be introduced, as theories of learning that relate to reading are explored. Dr. Graham will review the research on reading and what we need to know as optometrists. What aspects of performance testing are relevant for reading? How do we…
Find out more »May 2022
Visual Stress and Reading
Karen Monet -Opticalm May 26, 2022 at 7:30 pm ET -Zoom Event Visual Stress and Reading: How (Mis)Perception Can Affect Visual Clarity and the Readability of Text This one-hour course presentation will outline Visual Stress, it’s neurological origins and clinical indicators, and will describe the methodical approach to patient identification, diagnosis and treatment. Visual Stress is neurological, it is a perceptual processing problem where the visual cortex becomes hyperactivated in the presence of light, contrast, patterns, flicker, and movement,…
Find out more »June 2022
Motor Training Within Optometric Vision Therapy (Ontario) – Additional Course
Speaker Bio: Caroline Hurst is a full-time optometrist working in private practice in partnership with her husband, Alan Hurst - C&A Hurst Opticians, Cambridgeshire, England. She has practised Behavioural Optometry since 1997. Oct 2004 – Oct 2011 Chairman of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO), teaching core courses for BABO since 2009. She gained Fellowship of BABO in April 2007 on the first occasion the Fellowship programme was completed. Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Local Optometric Committee from May 1998 to May…
Find out more »Motor Training Within Optometric Vision Therapy (Ontario)
Speaker Bio: Caroline Hurst is a full-time optometrist working in private practice in partnership with her husband, Alan Hurst - C&A Hurst Opticians, Cambridgeshire, England. She has practised Behavioural Optometry since 1997. Oct 2004 – Oct 2011 Chairman of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO), teaching core courses for BABO since 2009. She gained Fellowship of BABO in April 2007 on the first occasion the Fellowship programme was completed. Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Local Optometric Committee from May 1998 to May…
Find out more »Motor Training Within Optometric Vision Therapy (Alberta)
Speaker Bio: Caroline Hurst is a full-time optometrist working in private practice in partnership with her husband, Alan Hurst - C&A Hurst Opticians, Cambridgeshire, England. She has practised Behavioural Optometry since 1997. Oct 2004 – Oct 2011 Chairman of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO), teaching core courses for BABO since 2009. She gained Fellowship of BABO in April 2007 on the first occasion the Fellowship programme was completed. Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Local Optometric Committee from May 1998 to May…
Find out more »OEP Clinical Curriculum- VT Visual Dysfunctions VT1
Jun 14th - Jun 18th, 2022 10am-6pm (10am-5pm on the last day) Bolton Optometry 12 Parr Blvd, Bolton ON L7E 4H1 Instructors: Dr. Robert Hohendorf, OD & Dr. Virginia Donati, OD, FCOVD Visit https://www.oepf.org/vt-visual-dysfunctions-vt1-jun08/ for more information and to register
Find out more »August 2022
Annual Conference and AGM
Vision and Learning - Seeing a Brighter Future COPE Activity 124388 REGISTER NOW
Find out more »September 2022
Infants -Examination and VT
Join Dr. April Eryou for this Zoom webinar where we will discuss various techniques for getting the most out of your infant eye exams. We will also look at how to work with infants in the vision therapy room to promote visual development.
Find out more »January 2023
Beginner VT Study Session
Dr. Virginia Donati **January 12, 2023 at 7:30 pm ET** DATE CHANGE Are you new to vision therapy and have questions on where you begin? Unsure of what tests are best to assess your patient, how to analyze what you have found, and what options you should recommend for your patient? Join Dr. Virginia Donati for an open discussion forum -bring your questions! You can also email your questions ahead of time to ce@visiontherapycanada.com, use Study Session in the subject line.
Find out more »Vision & TBI -Zoom Meeting
Dr. Kristel Jefferies January 26, 2023 at 6:30 pm ET This online lecture planned for planned for University of Waterloo Optometry students is now open for VTC Members as well! The lecture is an introduction into the screening and management of traumatic brain injury patients in a primary care optometry setting. Topics addressed in the lecture include the biochemical mechanisms of concussions, concussion statistics, nutrition, screening tests and an appropriate workflow to manage TBI patients in an optometric practice.
Find out more »February 2023
Vision Therapy Basics & The Four Circles in the Treatment of Strabismus – ON
Speaker Bio: For over 40 years, David L. Cook, OD, FCOVD, FAAO has limited his Atlanta practice to vision therapy. An American Academy of Optometry Diplomate in Binocular Vision and Perception, he has authored When Your Child Struggles, Visual Fitness, and The Shape of the Sky as well as the novel The Anatomy of Blindness. He has spoken around the world and received the A.M. Skeffington Award for outstanding contributions to the optometric literature on vision therapy. Vision Therapy Basics & The Four…
Find out more »March 2023
Vision Therapy Basics & The Four Circles in the Treatment of Strabismus – BC
Speaker Bio: For over 40 years, David L. Cook, OD, FCOVD, FAAO has limited his Atlanta practice to vision therapy. An American Academy of Optometry Diplomate in Binocular Vision and Perception, he has authored When Your Child Struggles, Visual Fitness, and The Shape of the Sky as well as the novel The Anatomy of Blindness. He has spoken around the world and received the A.M. Skeffington Award for outstanding contributions to the optometric literature on vision therapy. Vision Therapy Basics & The Four…
Find out more »OEP – Performance Lenses, VT and Automatic Brain Responses
OEP - 86th Great Lakes Optometric Congress is taking place March 5 & 6th with the option to attend in person or virtually. Performance Lenses, VT and Automatic Brain Responses Speakers: Virginia Donati OD, Marisa Kruger OD , and Constance B. Butler PhD See Great Links Congress 2023 for more information and to access the registration link.
Find out more »May 2023
How to Make a Presentation Poster
Dr. Mohamed Moussa, Dr. Shirley Ha, & Dr. France Corriveau ** DATE CHANGE ** Friday May 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm ET This year Vision Therapy Canada is accepting research or case presentation posters to display at our annual conference, 'Better Together" in Halifax! Not sure how to submit a poster? We have you covered! Join Dr. Mohamed Moussa, Dr. Shirley Ha, & Dr. France Corriveau as they walk you through the process!
Find out more »June 2023
Dr. Padula Course
**Registration Closed** Course Location: Courtyard Toronto Airport 231 Carlingview Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M9W 5E8 Tel: +1 416-675-0411 Saturday 9-5pm Sunday 9-4pm Title: The Consequences of Neuro-Visual Processing Compromise Following a Neurological Event Presenter: William V. Padula OD SFNAP FAAPO FNORA Speaker Info: William V. Padula, O.D., is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International (NORA), and the National…
Find out more »August 2023
Registration now open! VTC 2023 AGM – Better Together in Halifax
August 18-20, 2023 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Register for Better Together in Halifax today!
Find out more »September 2023
Beginner VT Study Session
Dr. Virginia Donati Postponed Are you new to vision therapy and have questions on where you begin? Unsure of what tests are best to assess your patient, how to analyze what you have found, and what options you should recommend for your patient? Join Dr. Virginia Donati for an open discussion forum -bring your questions! You can also email your questions ahead of time to ce@visiontherapycanada.com, use Study Session in the subject line.
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