The new fourth edition of Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits: A Guide for Occupational Therapists provides practitioners not only with a comprehensive understanding of vision and how vision problems can impact on the practice of occupational therapy, but also invaluable guidance on how to effectively manage clients with these issues.
The book presents a three-part model of vision to inform readers' understanding of the issues, and management across a range of eye conditions:
- Visual integrity: Includes visual acuity (clarity), the optics of the eye, and eye health.
- Visual efficiency skills: Includes focusing, eye teaming, and eye movements.
- Visual information processing skills: Includes the ability to analyze, interpret, and respond to visual information.
Covering key topics such as vision problems related to acquired brain injury and learning disorders among children with special educational needs, the new edition has been thoroughly updated to the latest findings in vision research. There are also new chapters on using an interprofessional collaborative approach to client care, and how remediation can be integrated into occupational therapy principles to create occupation-based remedial vision rehabilitation.
A unique collaboration between the professions of occupational therapy and optometry together, and including a glossary of key terms and a sample vision screening report form, this is a key text for health care professionals to provide the ultimate in patient care.
Table of Contents:
- 1. Background Information
- 2. Review of Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Development of the Visual System
- 3. Optometric Model of Vision - Part I: Acuity, Refractive Errors, and Eye Health Disorders
- 4. Optometric Model of Vision - Part II: Visual Efficiency Skills
- 5. Optometric Model of Vision - Part III: Visual Information Processing Skills
- 6. Screening for Visual Acuity, Visual Efficiency, and Visual Information Processing Deficits
- 7. Optometric Management of Refractive, Visual Efficiency, and Visual Information Processing Disorders
- 8. Managing Visual Problems in the Pediatric Population
- 9. Visual Problems Associated with Acquired Brain Injury
- 10. Visual Rehabilitation for Patients with Brain Injury
- 11. Oculo-Visual Disorders Associated with Developmental and Sensory Disabilities
- 12. Managing Vision Problems in Children with Special Needs
- 13. Using an Interprofessional Collaborative Approach for Comprehensive Client Care
- 14. OT Management of Eye Movement and Visual Information Processing Disorders: Occupation-Based Remedial Vision Rehabilitation
- 15. The Inter-Relationship Model
About the Author:
Mitchell Scheiman, FCOVD, FAAO, is a nationally known optometric educator, lecturer, author, and private practitioner. He graduated from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA, in 1975 and completed a residency in vision therapy at the State University of New York College of Optometry in 1976.
With over 50 years of experience specializing in vision therapy, Dr. Scheiman has become a leading voice in the field. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean of Research at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University.
Softcover 358 pages.
