COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This intensive workshop provides therapists with a clear understanding of how to effectively evaluate and treat visual perceptual dysfunction in adult patients following stroke and head trauma. The course addresses: visual neglect and inattention, oculomotor dysfunction, visual field deficits, reduced visual acuity, and disorders of complex visual processing. Participants are taught how to identify deficiencies in functional performance which are caused by visual perceptual impairment and design practical short-term treatment interventions which increase independence in daily living activities. The course emphasizes a functional and practical approach to evaluation, treatment and documentation of visual perceptual dysfunction.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Although the course is specifically designed for therapists who work with adults with acute brain injury, the evaluation and treatment principles are applicable to pediatric and cerebral palsy populations. The course is taught from the OT perspective but the information provided is applicable to PT and speech language pathology.

	Identify the basic neurological foundations underlying adult acquired visual perceptual dysfunction.
	Correlate deficiencies in visual perceptual processing with changes in performance of daily occupations.
	Identify client behaviors that may indicate deficiencies in visual perceptual processing.
	Select appropriate assessment tools to measure deficiencies in visual perceptual processing.
	Use assessment results to select appropriate treatment interventions.
	Formulate appropriate treatment interventions and progression of treatment to enable the client to use visual perceptual processing to complete daily occupations.
	Document deficiencies in visual perceptual processing and set objective, achievable goals.
	Collaborate with ophthalmologists, optometrists and other rehab professions to maximize the effectiveness of treatment intervention.

AOTA CEUs: Following completion of the workshop the CE administrator will review the attendance logs and the course evaluations. If the participant has met the established criteria, a certificate documenting 12 AOTA CEUs will be sent to the the participant. "The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA."

Peterborough, ON K9J 3P4
September 5-6, 2008
MindWorks Group
312 Rubidge St  
For Info and to Register contact
Terry Lamont 705-741-3412
info@mindworksgroup.ca

Hartford, CT 06112
October 18-19, 2008
Mount Sinai Rehab Hosp of CT
490 Blue Hills Ave  
Auditorium
$345 If postmarked by 9/20/2008
$395 If postmarked after 9/20/2008
Space is Limited! Register Online Now

REFUNDS:
Registration fee, less a $50 administration charge, is refundable if written cancellation is received two weeks prior to the program date. No refunds will be made within two weeks of the program date. Full credit in the amount of tuition may be applied to future courses, subject to availability.

EDUCATION LEVEL:

Entry Level: One year or less of clinical experience in working with persons with visual impairments.

Intermediate Level: A minimum of one year or more of clinical experience with working with persons with visual impairment from brain injury.

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MARY WARREN MS, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She has presented numerous workshops on visual perceptual dysfunction following acute brain injury and is an internationally recognized authority in this area. Her research has been published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and she has contributed chapters to several rehabilitation textbooks including Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction, edited by Lorraine Pedretti. She is the author of the Brain Injury Visual Perceptual Battery for Adults (biVABA) and co-author of the Dynavision Guide to Rehabilitation. Her awards include the Cordelia Myer’s Writer's Award from the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Award of Clinical Excellence from the Kansas Occupational Therapy Association, Outstanding Educator Award from the Missouri Occupational Therapy Association, the Healthsouth Rehabilitation Award for Clinical Excellence in Occupational Therapy from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation and the Elsie McKibben Lectureship from the Alabama Occupational Therapy Association.