PEDIATRIC OPTOMETRY HOMEPAGE

Ralph P. Garzia, O.D. & Aaron Franzel, O.D.

 

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REVIEW THE OLD SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS

 

 NOTE: >>>>>>>>>>*required reading<<<<<<<<<<

HOW 'BOUT THOSE RAMS!!!

January 14, 2000 lecture notes


Cases 1, 2, 3: Pediatric examination

TEXTBOOKS IN LIBRARY

Pediatric Eye Care, Barnard & Edger (RE48.2 C5 P4)

Pediatric Optometry, Rosner & Rosner (RE48.2 C5 R67)

Principles and Practices of Pediatric Optometry, Rosenbloom & Morgan (RE48.2 C5 P75)

 REQUIRED COURSE TEXT

Clinical Pediatric Optometry, Press & Moore (RE952.5 C45 P74)

Chapter 1*

Case History

Chapter 4*

Examination of the Preschool Child

Chapter 3*

Examination of the Infant

iLINKS

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination*

A study guide for pediatric examination

Pediatric examination notes

Infant examination notes

 

iNOTES

Class notes*

iMOVIES

Quicktime movies

 

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Case #1, January 21,24

4 year old pre-school child

First eye examination - does not know letters

Mother reports that there is a family history of amblyopia. She wants to know if

there is a possibility that her daughter has amblyopia.

 

Goals:

1. Alternative visual acuity testing methods.

a. tumbling E movie

b. HOTV movie

c. Lighthouse

d. Broken wheel movie

e. Allen pictures movie

2. Validity and reliability of pediatric visual acuity testing methods.

"the psychophysics problem"

3. Examination strategies for pre-school children.

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Case #2, January 28, 31

 4 year old pre-school child

Mother and father report that their son's eyes cross in, but not all the time. They report a family history of lazy eye: an older child of the father in a previous marriage has had surgery that straightened the eyes.

 

Goals:

1. Alternative assessment of binocular vision

a. random dot stereopsis movie

b. loose prism vergence

c. Bruckner's test image

d. Hirschberg, Krimsky prism test image

2. Alternative assessment of refractive error

a. Mohindra or dark room retinoscopy

3. Examination strategies for pre-school children

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Case #3, February 4, 7

Infant examination / vision development PowerPoint* [text version for printing]

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Optometry Rosenbloom & Morgan Chapter 4: Visuomotor Development by Clifton Schor*


Case #4a, 4b, 4c February 11, 14

 

Clinical Pediatric Optometry, Press & Moore (RE952.5 C45 P74)

Chapter 12*

Prescribing & fitting children's eyewear

Management of refractive error in infants, toddlers, and preschool children by Elise Ciner. In: MM Scheiman (ed) Problems in Optometry, Pediatric Optometry*

 iNOTES

PowerPoint presentation*

 Decision making flowchart for astigmatism anisometropia


CASE #5, February 18, 21

Cases 5a, 5b, 5c

 

Clinical Pediatric Optometry, Press & Moore (RE952.5 C45 P74)

Chapter 17*

Control of Progressive Myopia

iLINKS

International Myopia Prevention Society

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Myopia*

iNOTES

Class notes*


Case #6, February 25, 28

Cases 6a, 6b, 6c

Clinical Pediatric Optometry, Press & Moore (RE952.5 C45 P74)

Chapter 14*

Comanagement of the Strabismic Child

Chapter 16* (up to page 317)

Vision Therapy for Infants...Children

iLINKS

Canadian Ophthalmological Association* congenital esotropia

Canadian Ophthalmological Association congenital cataracts

iNOTES

Class notes*

Class notes2*

VT for young stabismics*


Case #7, March 3, 6

REQUIRED COURSE TEXT

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 1* (pages 10-21)

Overview of Normal Child Development

Chapter 2* (pages 42-61)

Overview of Visual and Visual Processing Development

iNOTES

Class notes*

Class notes2*


Case #7b March 10, 13

 

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 8*

The Role of the Optometrist...Learning-Related Vision Problems

Chapter 7* (pages 179-195)

The Relationship between Visual Perception and Learning

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Learning Related Vision Problems*

 


Case #8, March 10, 13

 iNOTES

Class notes*

Class notes2*

Class notes3*

  


March 17, 20

 

iNOTES

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Learning Related Vision Problems*

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 11*

Visual Information Processing: Assessment and Diagnosis

Chapter 16*

Management of Visual Information Processing Problems

 


March 24, April 3

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 8*

Overview of Learning Disabilities

iLINKS

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada *

[Behavioral characteristics of LD link & Indicators of LD link]

Learning Disabilities Research and Resource Site *

[What is LD link & What is Processing link]

Eric Digest *


Case #9, April 7, April 10

 

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 5*

General Issues

Chapter 6*

Relationship between visual efficiency problems and learning

iNOTES

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Learning Related Vision Problems*

Reading disabilities *

Vision and reading *

HOW ABOUT THOSE BLUES!!!

iLINKS

100 years of Dyslexia

Learning Disabilities Research and Resource Site *

[What is Dyslexia link]


Case #10, April 14, April 17

 

Optometric Management of Learning-Related Vision Problems, Scheiman & Rouse

Chapter 10*

Optometric Assessment of Visual Efficiency Problems pp 272-276

Chapter 5

General Issues pp 134-138

Chapter 15*

Treatment of Visual Efficiency Problems pp 413-417, 423-428

Class handouts

Eye Movements and Reading, JE Richman & RP Garzia

Could a Transient Visual System Deficit Play a Causal Role in Reading Disability?, W. Lovegrove

 

iNOTES

AOA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of the Patient with Learning Related Vision Problems*

Reading eye movements *

Magnocellular deficit and reading disability * <<<don't forget link at the bottom

HOW ABOUT THOSE BLUES!!!

iLINKS

Joint Policy Statement on Vision, Reading and Dyslexia * <<<requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

 


Cases #11, April 21, April 24

 iNOTES *

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Mental Retardation

Down Syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Autism

Fragile X Syndrome

Cerebral Palsy

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING


Cases #12, April 28, May 1

 iNOTES

Acquired Brain Injury text * or Powerpoint

Acquired Brain Injury remediation *

iLINKS

Neuro-optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA) Virtual Campus *

BIAN (Brain Injury Association of Nipissing) factsheet *

Accommodations, etc. *

Types of Brain Injury *

 


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