This course will focus on the Optometric care of special populations with focus on management and vision therapy and how patients with special needs require modifications to evaluation, therapy and multidisciplinary care.
Goal: Review visual and motor development and the role that developmental delays and special needs have on the visual system and visual processing. Provide ways to modify evaluation and therapy techniques for special populations.
Learning Objectives:
1) Identify key aspects of vision development.
2) Identify how vision and motor development are linked.
3) Identify how developmental delays can affect the visual system and learning
4) Identify common learning related visual problems.
5) Identify modifications to the evaluation of special populations.
6) Identify modifications to vision therapy for special populations.
7) Identify key players in the multi-disciplinary care team and how to collaborate on patient care.