Sandra Stalemo – 2-Day: Vision Therapy Intensive Training Course: Upgrade Your Skills & Boost Referrals with Today’s Best Practices

Outline

HOT TOPICS AND INNOVATIONS

• Current concepts in visual rehabilitation
• Practical applications of the latest research
• Today’s top tech
  • Bioness BITS
  • Dynavision
  • Innovative apps

CONFIDENTLY IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF VISION IMPAIRMENT

• Discover a comprehensive framework for evaluating symptoms, including:
  • Mobility, gait, and posture problems
  • Falls, dizziness, and balance issues
  • Poor coordination/executive function
  • Ocular-motor deficits
  • Visual processing deficits
  • Post trauma vision syndrome
  • Cranial nerve palsies
  • Blurred or double vision
  • Photophobia
  • Difficulty maintaining visual attention to task
  • Limited depth perception
  • Poor compensation for field cut
  • Motion sensitivity
• Hands-on lab

UPGRADE YOUR VISION THERAPY TOOLBOX

• Innovative interventions you can use immediately to:
  • Prevent falls, dizziness, and motion sensitivity
  • Address mobility, posture, and gait problems
  • Improve near/far focusing for reading, written communication, and close work
  • Promote visual motor coordination and visual processing
  • Restore functional independence, self-care, and performance of ADLs
  • Boost scanning skills for locating objects
  • Increase attention to neglected side
  • Expand visual fields and compensate for field cuts
  • Enhance depth perception and peripheral awareness
  • Reduce headaches, eye strain, and double vision
  • Decrease agitation and photophobia
• Hands-on lab

COMBINE MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR BETTER OUTCOMES

• Synergistic strategies for effectively integrating:
  • Functional compensation strategies
  • Ocular motor drills
  • Spot patching
  • Prism adaptation
  • Visual accommodations
  • Visual field scanning
  • Binocular vision exercises
• Hands-on Lab

REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS FOR COMMON DIAGNOSES AND CONDITIONS

• Neurological impairments
  • Stroke
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Brain tumor
  • Parkinson’s
• Low vision
  • Vision loss and blindness
  • Macular degeneration
  • Glaucoma
  • Contrast sensitivity
• Visual hallucinations
  • Charles Bonnet syndrome
• Hands-on lab

DESIGN SOLUTIONS USING YOUR NEW VISION THERAPY SKILLS

• Case scenario: Correctly identify the root cause of impairment
• Case scenario: Problem solve a complex vision impairment and develop an effective treatment plan
• Case scenario: Identify vision impairments that can cause behavioral problems
• Case scenario: Revise a standard plan of care for a stroke survivor
• Case scenario: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation

DEVELOP A THRIVING VISION THERAPY PROGRAM

• Core components of an effective vision therapy program
• Cost effective tools to use during initial setup
• Moderate expense and capital budget items to add to your program
• Keys to generating vision therapy referrals

MAXIMIZE YOUR REIMBURSEMENT

• Coding and billing updates for vision therapy
• Justify therapy with the right goals and progress measures
• Avoid denials and audits with these tips