OT and Vision Remediation

We, at OT Potential, keep hearing stories of more and more OTs teaming up with optometrists to provide vision remediation interventions.

(Vision remediation focuses on retraining the eye and brain connection. This is in contrast to low vision therapy, which focuses on compensation and adapting the environment to  maximize remaining vision.)

The need is clear: occupational therapy can provide needed interventions for those with diagnosed visual inefficiencies from such things as acquired brain injury, or even developmentally — but the number of OTs with this training is not keeping pace with the need.

But, what does it take to fill this gap?

On this one hour live webinar and podcast course, we are lucky to have one OT, Alicia Reiser, who has built a private practice around this need. We’ll learn about the special training she pursued, how she forged relationships with local ODs, and most importantly the difference she is able to make in the lives of her clients.

1. You will be able to identify common assessments occupational therapy professionals may utilize during vision remediation therapy.

2. You will be able to recognize common treatments occupational therapy professionals may utilize during vision remediation therapy.

• Intro

• Discussion

  1. How did you become interested in vision remediation?

  2. What did you learn from writing your paper on Concussion-Related Vision Disorder?

  3. Tell me the story of how this intersected with your private practice.

  4. What training do you feel like is most helpful for OTs interested in vision remediation?

  5. What assessments do you typically use?

  6. What are common treatment interventions?

  7. How did you develop relationships with optometrists/ophthalmologists and how important were those?

  8. What advice do you have for OTs wanting to launch a private practice in vision therapy or expand their offerings to include this?

• Live Q&A

• Closing

• Concussion-Related Vision Disorder Practice Patterns in Occupational Therapy: A Survey

• Occupational Therapy Curricula Patterns for Acquired Brain Injury-Related Vision Disorders for Entry-Level Programs: A Survey

• Preliminary assessment of a standardized vision screening guideline in a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit

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Speaker interests: Alicia Reiser is the founder and director of A Rise Above Occupational Therapy, a private practice offering vision remediation — the subject of this course. She is also an author of one of the research articles cited here, Concussion-Related Vision Disorder Practice Patterns in Occupational Therapy: A Survey.