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Visual Rehabilitation in Children and Adolescents from Scott Berglund

Faculty:Scott Berglund

Duration:5 Hours 45 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

Archive : Visual Rehabilitation in Children and Adolescents from Scott Berglund

Outline

ANATOMY OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM

Pathway of sight
- Parallel pathways and the LGN
  - Parvocellular retinal ganglion cells
  - Magnocellular retinal ganglion cells
- Pathway overlap and short circuits (Dyslexia Theory)
Primary visual areas
Secondary visual areas
Interpretation of these areas

VISUAL-MOTOR INTEGRATION IN THE BRAIN

Primary motor pathway
Cortical interactions between the motor system and the visual system
Secondary visual area interaction

POSITIONING, MOVEMENT, & THE EFFECTS ON VISION

Reflexes: acquiring visual-motor control
Righting reactions: proprioception, vestibular, and visual system interaction
Pelvic girdle: power, visual awareness, and alertness
Shoulder girdle: head and neck control, ocular motor activation

CROSS DOMINANCE: WHEN HAND DOMINANCE & EYE DOMINANCE DON’T MATCH

Defining and identifying cross dominance
Why do we have a dominant eye when half of each eye has control?
Directionality and play issues
Handwriting issues
Reading challenges
Treatment techniques and relationship to the brain
Lab
- Discrimination training
- Vertical midline activities

UNILATERAL VISUAL NEGLECT

Definition of neglect and the identification
Issues during play, work, and school
Handwriting clues associated with visual neglect
Environmental adaptions
Treatment techniques
Lab
- Reflex training
- Midline exercises

EYE TEAMING TRACKING & SACCADES

Musculature of the eye
What do problems look like?
When should I treat and when should I refer?
- Reading problems
- Handwriting problems
- Gross motor problems
- Orthopedic pelvic dysfunctions
Training and lab
- Focus/refocus exercises
- Motor system treatments
- Reading training

VISUAL PROCESSING

Understanding visual processing
Visual spatial relations
Visual figure ground
Effects on handwriting
Reading challenges
Treatment techniques
Lab
- Space-moment and cortical learning
- Relationship to saccades and eye teaming

SCOTOPIC SENSITIVITY & ITS SECONDARY EFFECTS

Definition and theory
Effects on visual pathways and secondary visual areas
Treatment techniques and effect on visual spatial relations, tracking, and scanning
Case study

Description:

Over the past 40 years, the genetic predisposition to visual problems has not changed. However, due to society’s sedentary lifestyle, unregulated TV viewing, excessive video game play, and poor computer habits, more and more children are demonstrating visual challenges at home, at school, and at play.

This recording is designed to help professionals understand common visual problems in children (0-21 years old), what children are “seeing,” why they are seeing it, and how to fix these visual challenges. Combining research-based lecture and interactive labs, this course provides attendees the proper tools to identify and treat visual neglect, cross dominance, eye teaming, visual processing, and scotopic sensitivity. Correcting these issues ultimately improves the child’s quality of life, as reading, handwriting, and playing are enhanced.

Grounded in evidence-based information, this recording offers comprehensive coverage of established techniques that can be implemented immediately and effectively in therapy, at home, and in the classroom.

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