Programm - DIPLOPIA

Experts: Paul Harris, Glen Steele, Herbert Mathews, Robin Lewis, Vassilis Kokotas
Moderators: Katarzyna Pydzik, Maria Tarasoudis

Panel 1. The Clinical Evaluation and Management of Patients Who Present with Diplopia
1. The key importance of vision in overall development
2. Early identification of visual disorders
3. Examination methods for a typically developing child, including principles of management and therapeutic intervention
4. Protocol for the assessment of double vision (diplopia)
5. How to support a patient with double vision in regaining symmetrical use of their own body
6. The risk of inducing permanent double vision in a patient following vision therapy
7. Permanent double vision in a patient – experiences with VT and changes in everyday life: the true story of Matt Mathews

Panel 2. Optical, Perceptual, and Communication Aspects Essential for Effective Diplopia Management
1. Misconceptions about the nature of diplopia and the organization of the visual field
2. The possibility of permanent or persistent double vision following surgical intervention for strabismus
3. Why diplopia does not have to be a permanent consequence of surgical intervention
4. Management and elimination of double vision through a combination of corrective lenses and vision therapy
5. Rationale for management within a training program for patients with double vision
6. Double vision as a feedback mechanism for rebuilding binocular vision
 
Workshops:
1. Just Look Retinoscopy and Child Development 
2. Assessing double vision
3. Prism based VT techniques for diplopia
4. Free space VT techniques for diplopia
5. Using Loose Lenses and Prisms in the Development and Organization of the Stereo Field
6. Development of Visual Organization and Stereoptical Awareness Through the use of Polaroid Techniques
7. Aids in reestablishing binocularity with a person who is experiencing double vision
8. Techniques to Assess Ability and Progress in Vision Therapy using a Retinoscope