Visual Processing Impairment I: Evaluation and Intervention for Adult Acquired Brain Injury

Date: 11/1/2014 - 11/2/2014
Time: 8:30am Speaker(s): Mary Warren, Ph.D, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
Continuing Education Unit Hours: 12

Title: Visual Processing Impairment I: Evaluation and Intervention for Adult  Acquired Brain Injury
Date: Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2, 8am-4:30pm
Speaker(s): Mary Warren, Ph.D, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
Audience: OT, COTA, PT, PTA, SLP
Location: Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart and Lung Conference Center, Louisville, KY

Course Description:
This intensive workshop provides therapists with the skills to effectively evaluate and
treat visual perceptual dysfunction in adult patients following stroke and head trauma.
The course addresses: visual neglect and inattention, oculomotor dysfunction, visual field
deficits, reduced visual acuity, and disorders of complex visual processing. Participants
are taught how to identify deficiencies in functional performance which are caused by
visual perceptual impairment and design practical interventions which increase
independence in daily occupations. The course emphasizes a functional and practical
approach to evaluation, treatment and documentation of visual perceptual dysfunction.

Educational Objectives: 
• Identify the basic neurological foundations underlying adult acquired visual
        perceptual dysfunction.
• Correlate deficiencies in visual perceptual processing with changes in performance
        of daily occupations.
• Identify client behaviors that may indicate deficiencies in visual perceptual
        processing.
• Select appropriate assessment tools to measure deficiencies in visual perceptual
        processing.
• Use assessment results to select appropriate treatment interventions.
• Formulate appropriate treatment interventions and progression of treatment to
 enable the client to use visual perceptual processing to complete daily occupations.
• Document deficiencies in visual perceptual processing and set objective,
 achievable goals.
• Collaborate with ophthalmologists, optometrists and other rehab professions to
        maximize the effectiveness of treatment intervention.

Agenda:

  Day One
8:00 Registration (coffee and rolls provided)
8:30 Overview of the visual perceptual hierarchy: framework for
 evaluation and Intervention
10:00  Self-directed learning experience
10:15  Evaluation and intervention for deficits in visual acuity
11:30  Lunch (on your own)
12:30 Evaluation and intervention for visual field deficits (hemianopsia)
2:15 Self-directed learning experience
2:30  continued - hemianopsia
4:30  End of session

 Day Two
8:00 Coffee and rolls provided
8:30 Evaluation and intervention for visual hemi-inattention and neglect
10:00 Self-directed learning experience
10:15 continued - visual neglect/hemi-inattention
11:30 Lunch (on your own)
12:30 Evaluation and intervention for oculomotor impairment
2:30 End of session

 

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