VT for Tunneling Interactive Workshop
Course Description
Tunneling is a pervasive vision disorder. Patients adapt to stress by reducing their space worlds. This workshop will provide activities in free space to treat patients with collapsed functional visual fields and is applicable to vision dysfunctions in general. Centering and identification are dependent on a three-dimensional world, fully open on the x, y, and z axis.
Instructor Bio
Graduate of a doctor of optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry, along with a great deal of postgraduate work. Invited speaker/lecturer to groups in the USA and abroad.
Proud member of numerous professional organizations, e.g. the American and Illinois Optometric Associations, College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Optometric Extension Program, and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association.
Author of numerous professional and lay publications which have also been greatly cited by other authors
Dr. J. Getzell
Courses Details
Course Duration
30 Days
Continuing Education Credits
02 hours
Course Price
$30
Course Description
Tunneling is a pervasive vision disorder. Patients adapt to stress by reducing their space worlds. This workshop will provide activities in free space to treat patients with collapsed functional visual fields and is applicable to vision dysfunctions in general. Centering and identification are dependent on a three-dimensional world, fully open on the x, y, and z axis.
Please bring the following:
+/-1, +/-5, either velcroid to a safety frame or trial framed, (4) 10-12” balloons, doubling glasses 5^BU & 5^BD trial framed or a set of 5^BUOD & 5^BDOS, and 5^BDOD & 5^BUOS, a set of Wolff Wands, a set of 2.5 to 3’ long wooden dowels about .25” thick, and 12 or 15 rotating prisms or a set of yoked prisms-12^ or 15^BROU, 12^ or 15^BLOU, 12^ or 15^BUOU, & 12^ or 15^BDOU. And a +2/-8 flipper (or a pair of +2 and -8 lenses) and a reduced visual acuity card.
and an eye patch to the lecture, thank you
This is an Interactive workshop your presence is required to make this a success, thank you
Bio
Graduate of a doctor of optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry, along with a great deal of postgraduate work. Invited speaker/lecturer to groups in the USA and abroad.
Proud member of numerous professional organizations, e.g. the American and Illinois Optometric Associations, College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Optometric Extension Program, and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association.
Author of numerous professional and lay publications which have also been greatly cited by other authors