Contact
Rachael Benson
Administrative Assistant
The Spiral Foundation
(617) 969 - 4410 ext. 231
courses@thespiralfoundation.org
When
Monday, September 8, 2014
-to-
Monday, October 6,2014
Where
Anywhere! This is an online event.Visual Processing and the Brain: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers
Level:
Introductory
Prerequisites:
None.
Target Audience:
Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants, speech and language therapists, teachers, physicians, pediatricians.
AOTA:
Domain of OT: Performance Skills
Process: Intervention
Contact Hours:
This course is worth 7.0 contact hours or .7 AOTA CEUs.
Course Completion Requirements:
To earn contact hours for this course participants must: Complete the online course ; submit a course evaluation ; score 80% or more on the post-test.
Visual Processing Assessment: A Simple Tool for Healthcare Providers
Level:
Introductory - Intermediate
Prerequisites:
None. Completion of, or prior knowledge of processing skills and behaviors covered in, Visual Processing and the Brain: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers is recommended.
Target Audience:
Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants, speech and language therapists, teachers, physicians, pediatricians.
AOTA:
Domain of OT: Performance Skills
Process: Evaluation
Contact Hours:
This course is worth 5.0 contact hours or .5 AOTA CEUs
Course Completion Requirements:
To earn contact hours for this course participants must: Complete the online course ; submit a course evaluation ; score 80% or more on the post-test.
ADA/Section 504: If you require special accommodations, please contact us at the address above.
Cancelation Policy: No refunds. Please
see here, towards the bottom of the page, for the Spiral Foundation's complete policy regarding cancellations and refunds.
(617) 969-4410 ext 231.
Desert Bay Productions, owned by Leslie Peters, is an award winning production company. They provide multimedia educational courses and training programs that are used by agencies across the country. Each program is research-based and relies on extensive input from a team of subject matter experts. Their Vision and Learning program is known to many as Catalyst Vision and Learning.
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Presented by:
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October 20: Supporting the Social Emotional Needs of Children
December 1: Facilitating Fine
Online Course:
Visual Processing and the Brain: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers
AND
Visual Processing Assessment: A Simple Tool for Healthcare Providers
Presented by:
Desert Bay Productions
These courses will be available from:
Monday, September 8 to Monday, October 6, 2014
The Spiral Foundation is proud to bring back two of Desert Bay's award-winning online courses! Visual Processing and the Brain and Visual Processing Assessment will be available from September 8 to October 6. Register for one or the other, or save money when you register for both!
Visual Processing and the Brain:
An Introduction for Healthcare Providers
In this video course you will experience how vision overrides your auditory sense, engage in brain games, review research on visual processing, and appraise typical AD/HD questionnaires for similar symptoms. How the brain receives, processes and remembers information is neurologically dominated by the visual sensory system. Participants will evaluate how visual efficiency and perceptual problems can impact learning, memory, and behavior. Deficits in these visual processing skills can mimic or exacerbate the symptoms of attention deficit, learning disabilities, dyslexia and a variety of physical, psychological, and behavior problems, leading to medications and interventions that do not address the underlying problem.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between visual processing and visual acuity.
- Practice brain experiments and describe brain plasticity.
- Review research on ocular-motor and visual perceptual skills.
- Define how 13 vision, auditory, vestibular skills can impact behavior.
- Explain how 13 skill deficits can lead to a misdiagnosis.
- Describe why vision can lead to physical symptoms when watching 3-D.
- Examine new questions to include in patient intake forms.
Level: Introductory
Requirements: None
This course is worth a total of 7.0 contact hours or .7 AOTA CEUs.
Purchase includes supplemental workbook. Shipping and handling included in price.
Cost:
ONLY Visual Processing and the Brain: $205
Both Courses: $351
Visual Processing Assessment:
A Simple Tool for Healthcare Providers
Approximately 1 in 4 people have a hidden visual processing deficit that can cause physical symptoms as well as impact learning, memory, and behavior. Healthcare providers and therapists can employ a quick and easy non-normed assessment to determine if a potential processing problem is presenting as an alternate health issue. Because deficits in visual processing skills can mimic the symptoms of many other healthcare concerns it is important to use key client questions to uncover a suspected processing problem. Using an educational screening tool, participants will examine assessments for thirteen skills including eye movement control, eye teaming, focus shifting, auditory-visual integration, visual memory and more.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Use an educational assessment tool for several processing skills.
- Integrate new client questions into your practice, where appropriate.
- Recognize behaviors and compensation tactics that indicate a problem.
- Explain the importance of amblyopia screening for children of all ages.
- Evaluate referral resources for amblyopia.
Level: Introductory -- Intermediate
Requirements: None. Completion of the Visual Processing and the Brain course is recommended.
This course is worth a total of 5.0 contact hours or .5 AOTA CEUs.
Purchase includes supplemental workbook. Shipping and handling included in price.
Cost:
ONLY Visual Processing Assessment: $185
Both Courses: $351
Missed One of Our Online Events?
All of our past LiveTalks and Webinars are available for purchase on our webstore. We also offer a variety of other great SPD resources for parents and therapists!
Check us out at the Spiral webstore!
While you're there why not take a look at our bookstore, which is full of great reads for everyone from therapists to children!
Continuing Education
Occupational Therapy Practitioners/ Occupational Therapy Assistants: The Spiral Foundation is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants by the American Occupational Therapy Association. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.