Visual Processing Impairment

In Adult Acquired Brain Injury PART 1

Evaluation and Intervention for

Continuing Education byvisABILITIES Rehab Services, Inc.

in association withBryan Health

September 7-8, 2013Lincoln, NE

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Learning Outcomes

• 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 interventions.

Course Schedule

Saturday, September 7, 20138 a.m. Registration Coffee and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Overview of the visual perceptual hierarchy: framework for assessment and intervention

10 a.m. Self-directed learning experience

10:15 a.m. Eval and treatment of deficits in visual acuity

11:45 a.m. Lunch - on your own

12:45 p.m. Eval and treatment of deficits in visual field (hemianopsia and other field losses)

2 p.m. Self-directed learning experience

2:15 p.m. continued - deficits in visual field

4:30 p.m. End of session

Sunday, September 8, 20138 a.m. Coffee and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Eval and treatment of deficits in visual attention and complex visual processing (visual neglect and hemi-inattention)

10 a.m. Self-directed learning experience

10:15 a.m. continued - visual neglect/ hemi-inattention

11:45 p.m. Lunch - on your own

12:45 p.m. Eval and treatment of oculomotor dysfunction (diplopia and convergence insufficiency)

2:30 p.m. End of session

Instructor informationMary Warren PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She has presented numerous workshops on visual perceptual dysfunction following acquired brain injury and is an internationally recognized authority in this area.

Her research has been published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and she has contributed chapters to several rehabilitation textbooks including Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction. She isthe author of the Brain Injury Visual Perceptual Battery for Adults (biVABA) and co-author of the Dynavision Guide to Rehabilitation.

Her awards include the Cordelia Myer’s Writer’s Award from the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Award of Clinical Excellence from the Kansas Occupational Therapy Association, Outstanding Educator Award from the Missouri Occupational Therapy Association, the Healthsouth Rehabilitation Award for Clinical Excellence in Occupational Therapy from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation and the Elsie McKibben Lectureship from the Alabama Occupational Therapy Association.

Course descriptionThis intensive workshop provides practitioners with the skills to effectively evaluate and treat visual perceptual dysfunction in adult clients following stroke and head trauma. The course addresses: visual neglect and inattention, oculomotor dysfunc-tion, visual field deficits, reduced visual acuity, and disorders of complex visual processing. Participants learn to identify deficiencies in functional perfor-mance caused by visual perceptual impairment and design practical interventions to increase indepen-dence in daily occupations. The course emphasizes a functional and practical approach to assessment,intervention and documentation of visual perceptual dysfunction.

Who should attendAlthough the course is specifically designed for practitioners who work with adults with acquired brain injury, the evaluation and treatment principles are applicable to pediatric intervention. The course is taught from the OT perspective but the information provided is applicable to PT and speech language pathology.

Location and TuitionSeptember 7-8, 2013Bryan Medical Center, Bryan West CampusConference Center A & B2300 S. 16th St.Lincoln, NE 68502

$395 If postmarked by 8/2/2013$445 If postmarked after 8/2/2013$195 Student Fee

Educational credit, 12 hoursvisABILITIES is a recognized AOTA approved provider and AOTA CEUs will be provided. A certificate of com-pletion documenting 12 contact hours will be sent to participants following completion of the required CEU documentation. “The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.”

Course changesThe course hours may be subject to modification. We reserve the right to cancel the course and refund full tuition for due cause. Non-refundable airfares will not be reimbursed. ‘Use caution when purchasing non-refundable airfares.

RefundsRegistration fee, less a $50 administration charge, is refundable if written cancellation is received two weeks prior to the program date. No refunds will be made within two weeks of the program date.

ConfirmationA letter of confirmation and map will be sentfollowing receipt of the registration form.

Hotel informationSpecial rates arranged wth Lincoln hotels: Must call Hotel, name the conference and say it is with Bryan Medical Center to obtain discounted medical rates.

Comfort Suites - Lincoln East331 N Cotner Blvd(402) 325-8800www.comfortsuites.com/lincolneAll rooms $69

Lincoln Cornhusker Super 82545 Conhusker Hwy(402) 467-4488www.super8.comSingle/Double $49

Hampton Inn - South5922 Vandervoort Dr(402) 420-7800www.hamptoninn.comAll rooms $89

AirportsLincoln (LNK) airport or you may be able to find cheaper flights through Omaha (OMA), airport 64 miles from Lincoln.

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Evaluation and Intervention for

Visual Processing Impairment In Adult Acquired Brain Injury PART 1

September 7-8, 2013 Lincoln, NE