Fri, Nov 18
|Dublin
School Psychologists' Consortium - Visual Abilities, Vision Issues that Impact Education and Vision Therapy
This collaborative session will focus on visual processing disorders and appropriate therapies. School Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, and Special Education Teachers will learn how multiple visual abilities impact students' ability to learn and read and various therapies to help.
Time & Location
Nov 18, 2022, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Dublin, 717 Smith St, Dublin, GA 31021, USA
Guests
About the event
Visual Abilities, Vision Issues that Impact Education and VisionTherapy presented by: David L. Cook, O.D., F.C.O.V.D, F.A.A.O. "Author, Speaker, and Clinician, Dr. David Cook has limited his practice to vision therapy for over 40 years. He has spoken across the United States as well as in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Spain, and Greece. He has earned numerous awards for his optometric publications."
Registration will begin at 9:30
Dr. Cook Presentation - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr. Cook will discuss vision and learning, including visual processing disorders and other vision issues that impact a child's ability to learn and read. The session will also provide information on the scientific support for vision therapy for improving eye-muscle coordination, perceptual problems, and other visual-related problems.
School Psychologists will meet after lunch to do a Consortium Braintrust to gather data about the work we are doing in our respective systems and operational practices.
School Psychologists Consortium
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM