Description:

The Pediatrics Special Interest Section (SIS), co-sponsored with the Sensory Integration and Processing SIS, will be hosting Dr. Dave Martin in a discussion-based CEU event via Zoom to increase OTPs' knowledge of developmental optometry and how to increase collaborative efforts between OT and Developmental Optometrists in supporting visual development of our clients. 

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• express an understanding of Developmental Optometry,
• recognize how Developmental Optometry can help your patients, and
• explain how occupational therapy practitioners and developmental optometrists work together.

Speaker:

Dave Martin, O.D.

"I received my undergraduate degree from Northern Michigan University in 1992. I continued my optometric training and received my Doctor of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2005. I then continued my developmental vision training in Vision Therapy and Vision Development at the Kansas Vision Development Center. I then completed the clinical curriculum from the Optometric Program Extension Foundation.

My passion is Neuro-Optometric vision rehabilitation, and I truly enjoy helping patients that suffer from traumatic brain injuries, such as concussion, returning them to a more normal life and helping them to continue to pursue their interests. I am also an active member of the Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation Association and the Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation Association. I also belong to the International Sports Vision Association. Sports vision enhancement and training are also something I am very passionate about.

I opened the Family Vision Development Center in 2010 where we are about to celebrate our 15^th anniversary."