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Strabismus
& Amblyopia
VT/Strabismus
& Amblyopia (Vision Therapy 3)
Course Description
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.
Full
information: http://www.babousa.org
I thank Baltimore
Academy for Behavioral Optometry
for cooperation. |
