Visual Skills and Their Impact on Learning

Visual Skills and Their Impact on Learning

Research shows that 80% of all learning in school settings is acquired through vision, and unfortunately, there is an increase in focus and attention issues in the classroom that can be linked to visual challenges. If children have difficulty using their eyes, they will often give up or work twice as hard as other students, resulting in frustration and a lack of motivation. Children are often misdiagnosed with attention deficits without looking at possible visual insufficiencies. This 3-hour webinar includes easy-to-understand explanations of the visual system, a variety of FREE resources, and examples of implementation strategies for clinicians to utilize in practice.

Learning Outcomes

1. Compare the impact of vision on reading versus writing.
2. Differentiate Vision Therapy and Occupational Therapy.
3. Compare and contrast visual screenings.
4. Analyze the primary components of the visual system.
5. Examine visual strategies and exercises that can be done at home, during therapy sessions, or in the classroom.

Course Information

• Target Audience: introductory- to intermediate-level occupational therapists, teachers, and parents
• Course Instructor:  Kim Wiggins, OTR/L
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• CE Broker course code: 20-958082

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID# 05809. This distance-learning, independent format is offered at 0.3 CEUs, Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Kim Wiggins, OTR/L, is an experienced occupational therapist specializing in the treatment of children since 2001. She is a full-time therapist at a City School District in upstate New York, owner of www.OTKimWiggins.com, and has been a nationally known speaker since 2011. Kim is certified in Mobile Devices for Children with Disabilities, Puzzle Art Therapy, Handwriting Without Tears, Zaner Bloser, The Size Matters Handwriting Program, The Listening Program, and as an Irlen Screener. To view Kim’s courses, check out her product page.

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• Financial: Kim Wiggins receives a speaking fee from Sensational Brain LLC and is the owner of OTKimWiggins LLC. Kim is an affiliate for these companies and receives a percentage of profits from her referrals for these webinars:
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  • Move Thrive Play (https://www.moveplaythrive.com): Primitive Reflexes
  • SpedNotes (a free program until August 2020, https://www.spednote.com/): Get It Done! OT documentation and Writing IEP Goals
• Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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