Vision Rehabilitation After Neurological Injury – Fredricton, NB – Oct 24, 2025

$365.00

The course will take place on Oct 24, 2025 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Atlantic Time

Course location:
Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation
800 Priestman St
Fredericton, NB E3B 0C7

Course Information

This course is designed for:

  1. Allied health providers (OT, PT, SLP) who work with individuals with neurological injuries (stroke, brain injury, Parkinson’s, SCI)
  2. 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:

  1. Understand visual dysfunction after neurological injury and its impact on function.​
  2. Increase expertise and comfort with identifying and addressing visual dysfunction after neurological injury.​
  3. Ensure multi-disciplinary approach to vision rehab strategies​
  4. Consistent approach to visual screening/assessment and identify need for referral to neuro-optometry​
  5. 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


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