Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation 101 Course

The VSI in partnership with the College of Optometrist in Vision Development or COVD wishes to invite you to attend the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation 101 Course.

Course Description:
This course is designed to:

  • Advance the understanding of the base of support (BOS) and the visual process.  
  • It will reveal how vision can affect movement and postural relationships. 
  • It will show the concatenation of changes possible to posture, movement and spatial orientation. 
  • This course will emphasize the profound relationship between
    the motor system and the senses, particularly vision. 
  • This course will provide the advanced concepts, as well as the sequence and methods of working with Acquired Brain Injury patients and prisms. 
  • You will learn how the motor system can be used to advance your therapeutic intervention to the highest level for your patients with Concussion and ABI.

 

Dr. Curtis Baxstrom, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA, FANO, MA
Congratulations to Batch 2018 of the COVD Neuro- Optometry 101 International Course who completed the 2- day training. This course was made possible through a partnership between College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), Vision Science Institute (VSI) and Dr. Curtis Baxstrom, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA, FANO, MA.
Congratulations to Batch 2018 of the COVD Neuro- Optometry 101 International Course who completed the 2- day training. This course was made possible through a partnership between College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), Vision Science Institute (VSI) and Dr. Curtis Baxstrom, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA, FANO, MA.

Specific course objectives & competencies to be gained from the Program:

  • The goal is that by the end of this course, the participant will have a better understanding between the relationship of the visual-spatial process and its primary role in rehabilitation following a neurological event.
  • The course is a practical demonstration
    designed to advance the knowledge and skills of optometrist and therapist through videos, case studies, and workshop demonstrations in therapy techniques and use of rehabilitative lenses/prisms (as prescribed).

 

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