$365.00
The course will take place on Jan 17, 2026 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Course location:
Trillium Health Partners
Mississauga Hospital
100 Queensway West
Mississauga, L5B 1B8
In stock
Course Information
This course is designed for:
- Allied health providers (OT, PT, SLP) who work with individuals with neurological injuries (stroke, brain injury, Parkinson’s, SCI)
- Optometrists who are interested in working with neurologically impaired patients and with an allied health team.
Note: Although the content will be geared primarily to the adult population the principles and approach can be adapted to a paediatric population,
Course Format:
The course will be a combination of lecture, videos, demonstration and some hands on practice.
Objectives:
- Understand visual dysfunction after neurological injury and its impact on function.
- Increase expertise and comfort with identifying and addressing visual dysfunction after neurological injury.
- Ensure multi-disciplinary approach to vision rehab strategies
- Consistent approach to visual screening/assessment and identify need for referral to neuro-optometry
- Teach strategies to incorporate vision rehab into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.
Outline of course content (still in development so subject to change)
- Vision system – definitions, theory, anatomy etc
- Visual processing – spatial vs focal
- Vision’s role in movement
- Vision Action System – oculomotor, accommodation, convergence
- What happens after neurological injury
- Structural issues,
- Cranial nerves
- Post Trauma Vision Syndrome
- Visual Midline Shift Syndrome
- Visual Inattention & Homonymous Hemianopsia
- Photophobia and the role of light
- Functional impact of vision dysfunction
- Vision/Vestibular Assessment & Screening
- Treatment
- Role of Allied Health vs Optometry
- Principles of Vestibular Rehab
- Principles of Vision Rehab
- How to prioritize and progress
- Binasal occlusion
- Use of Prism
- Proprioceptive treatment
- Strategies for reading & screens
- Oculomotor retraining exs
- Vestibular retraining exs
- Balance & multi-tasking retraining
- Perceptual Retraining
- Visual Motion Sensitivity Retraining