Programm - BEHAVIORAL THERAPEUTIC METHODS

Experts: Pam Schnell, Fred Brecheen, Jeffrey (JJ) Lant, John Abbondanza, Justin Chelette
Moderators: Katarzyna Dubas, Bartosz Szeleżyński

Panel 1. Introduction to Behavioral Vision Therapy
1. Key Concepts in Vision Therapy
2. Basic Vision Therapy Program and Customized Extensions for Various Patient Needs
3. Essential Equipment needed to support the Vision Therapy in office
4. What a Therapy Session Should Look Like
5. Follow-up Visits, When to Schedule Post-Session Visits, and How to Conduct Examinations
6. What to Do with Patients Not Engaged in Therapy

Panel 2. Motor and Eye Movements
1. Holistic Patient Observations - How muscle tone, asymmetry, motor behaviour, breathing, occlusion and inform VT planning and progress decisions
2. Recognizing Gross Motor Issues and Integrating Them into VT Planning
3. Eye Movement Disorder Therapy
4. Fixation Disorders
5. Spatial Orientation Disorders

Panel 3. Putting it all Together
1. Accommodation Disorders
2. Vergence Dysfunctions
3. Integrate anti‑suppression technique
4. Central-peripheral processing disorders
5. Realistic endpoints, plateau recognition, and when to pause or transition care, tying back to patient engagement, functional goals in VT

Workshops
1. Saccadic and Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements - basics
2. Accommodation –  basics
3. Vergence – basics
4. Vergence – advance
5. Anti-suppression and central–peripheral processing – basics
6. Anti-suppression and central–peripheral processing  – advance
7. Gross Motor Activity – Fred Brecheen diagnoses
8. Gross Motor Activity – Fred Brecheen therapy