VISUAL PROCESSING IMPAIRMENT I
Evaluation & Intervention for Adult Acquired Brain Injury
INSTRUCTOR: MARY WARREN PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This intensive workshop provides therapists with the skills 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 interventions which increase independence in daily occupations. 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.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • 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.
Low Vision Rehabilitation Graduate Certificate
The curriculum is designed for the working clinician. The courses are paced to enable our students to handle multiple roles as student, employee, parent, care provider and volunteer.
Speaker Information:
MARY WARREN PhD, OT, SCLV, FAOTA is Associate Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Warren developed the Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation at UAB and served as its program director and as Co-Director of the UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation before retiring in 2018. She continues to teach in the certificate program. Dr. Warren has lectured extensively on vision rehabilitation for persons with age-related eye disease, and vision impairment from adult acquired brain injury and is an internationally recognized authority in this area. Dr. Warren is the author of the Brain Injury Visual Assessment Battery for Adults (biVABA), co-editor of the textbook: Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adults with Low Vision and has contributed chapters to several rehabilitation textbooks including "Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction" and Ways of Living, Intervention Strategies to Enable Participation. In addition, Dr. Warren chaired the AOTA panel that developed specialty certification in low vision rehabilitation (SCLV). She was named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association in 2006 and received the Award of Merit from AOTA for her work in vision rehabilitation.
Course Locations:
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COURSE HOURS:
8:00 am Registration
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Day One
8:30 am - 2:30 pm Day Two
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lunch (on own)
 
 
COURSE CHANGES:
The course hours may be subject to modification. We reserve the right to cancel the course and refund full tuition for due cause. Use caution when purchasing non-refundable airfares. Airfares will not be reimbursed.
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.
TUITION:
Tuition includes all course materials, morning and break refreshments. Lunch is not included. Save by enrolling early and get a discount off the regular tuition. This allows us to plan better and save you or your department CE funds.
DISCOUNTS:
visABILITIES registrants will receive a $50 voucher to attend future visABILITIES courses. Any facility with three or more registrants can discount each registration by $50, saving $150+.
SPONSORSHIP:
visABILITIES is the exclusive provider of these courses. If you would like to have one of these courses come to your location contact visABILITIES.
DEPOSITS:
A $50 deposit will hold your space in these courses. All balance due amounts must be postmarked two weeks prior to the course date to guarantee a spot. Balance due notices will not be mailed.
CONFIRMATION:
A letter of confirmation with updated info/details (if needed) & map will be sent following receipt of registration.
STUDENT RATE:
$95 undergraduate or level II field-work student rate for two-day courses and $125 rate for the three-day course, subject to availability. Please indicate school in employer space on registration form. CE units will not be awarded with the student rate.
C.E. UNITS:
Course participants who signed into and out of the course each day will receive a certificate documenting 12 contact hours for the two-day course and 18 hours for the three-day course. Partial credit is not awarded with these courses. 
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