College of Optometrists in Vision Development 2021 Annual Meeting

The College of Optometrists in Vision Development is excited to offer the 2021 Annual Meeting- Virtually!

Join us for three days of concurrent education, including COPE qualification where applicable, and the popular Vision Therapist Track. Engage with speakers and ask questions through real time chat, see who is in your course, and interact with attendees from all over the world.

Visit the exhibit hall and view experience the dynamic and creative booths curated for your knowledge and all your practice needs. Participate in interactive breakouts with exhibitors, view posters from 2020 and 2021, and visit with the authors during their office hours.

Join real time topic-centric chat rooms to collaborate, learn and network with peers and more!

Virtual education and events tentatively scheduled to run from April 14th-17th.

Want to watch ALL the presentations for a total of 27 hours? You can! We will offer the education sessions on demand to all registered attendees after the scheduled program has concluded for a period of 30 days.

Sessions

VDR Symposium: A NeuroVisual Approach to Binocular Vision Dysfunction Featuring Vertical Prism

Dr. Debbie Feinberg
Dr. Leonard Press

Membership Social and Welcome Toast – CHEERS to 50 Years! With Dr. Brad Habermehl

Neuro-Functional Amblyopia Treatment Protocol (Followed by Q&A via the Zoom Link on the toolbar)

Dr. Pilar Vergara

Preparing, Prompting and Playing: Entering the World of Autism Part 2 (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Jessica Stevenson, COVT

Myopia: The New Hot Disease Affecting Billions – How to Treat It (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Jeffrey Cooper

Three Gems in the Crown of Developmental Optometry: Who Were Not Optometrists (Q&A follows via Zoom)

Dr. Joseph Trachtman

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes...really should be Head and Eyes, Jaw and Airflow (Zoom Q&A)

Dr. Dawn Dunford
Dr. Dennis Carrington

Spatial Transformation Properties of Prisms (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Mark Dean

Student and Resident Networking

With Eriq Plechot (NSL), Dr. Elizabeth Pallante (NRL), and “Pearls of Wisdom” featuring Dr. Neil Draisin

Road to COVT

Road to FCOVD (Zoom Password: COVD)

Dr. Kavita Malhotra
Are you thinking about starting your journey to Fellowship, are early in the process, or just curious for more information?

Learn how Associate members of COVD can become Fellows, and earn their FCOVD certification. Optometric students and Residents will gain a better understanding of how to navigate the steps so they can be prepared to successfully complete COVD Fellowship.

Join us for this one hour interactive discussion as we review the process, with tips on how to make it easier to earn FCVOD certification!

Daily Introduction, Friday, Dr. Paul Freeman

Dr. Paul Freeman

Relationship Between Reading Ability and Executive Function in Young Children with Vision Impairment

Dr. Dawn DeCarlo

Enhancing Sports and Performance: Testing and Training (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, FCOVD
Taylor Benton, COVT

Results of the CITT-ART Study (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Mitchell Scheiman

BV Buffet - Basic (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Ronald Gall

Neuromechanisms of Convergence Insufficiency in Young Adults (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Tara Alvarez
Dr. Mitchell Scheiman

Unlocking the Person Disrupted by ABI: Vision Rehabilitation Therapy Guiding Survivors to Thrive

Juliet Machado, COVT

Optometric Considerations in the Evaluation and Management of Visual Field Deficits (Zoom Q&A)

Dr. Curtis Baxstrom, FCOVD

The Developmental Optometrists Toolbox (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Valerie Lam

Live 50/50 and Exhibitor Raffle with Dr. Mark Dean, Seargent-at-Arms

COVD Practice Opportunities – “Dine with the Doctors”

COVD Practice Opportunities – Dine with the Doctors
Cohosts Nancy Torgerson, Dru Grant and Katie Davis Tarver

Are you an optometric student, resident or seasoned optometrist looking for an opportunity to work in a dynamic vision therapy practice?

Is your vision therapy practice looking for an associate doctor or potential partnership leading to practice ownership?

Are you a seasoned practitioner looking to sell your practice?

COVD has an opportunity for you!

Join us for "Dine with the Doctors" COVD Practice Opportunities.

When: April 16^th Friday evening, 7:15 Eastern Time Zone, after the Exhibitor Raffle

Doctors... prepare your 1 minute elevator speech of who and what you are looking for.

Registered ODs can provide practice postings, flyer and/or brochures regarding the opportunities they are giving.

Hope to see you there!

Daily Introduction, Saturday, Dr. Paul Freeman

Dr. Paul Freeman

Functional Electrodiagnostics for Clinical Practice (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Paul Harris

Near Dynamic Retinoscopy – What’s It All About? (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Glen T. Steele

"My Approach To" (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Maura Massucci
Dr. Kavita Malhotra
Dr. Christa Roser
Dr. David Cook

Oral Research (Q&A to follow via Zoom link)

Dr. Eric Borsting
Dr. Dmitri Poltavski
Stanley W. Hatch

1) Evaluating the effectiveness of a Dot Pattern Visual Cognition Task for the assessment of visual sequencing and visualization aptitude in elementary school children - Christine Nearchou

2) Comparison of Binocular vision function in adults with high and low autism spectrum quotient rating score -Aditya Goyal

3) Frontal theta-gamma ratio is a sensitive index of concussion history in athletes on tasks of visuo-motor control - Dr. Dmitri Poltavski

4) An Examination of the Oculomotor Behavior Metrics within a Suite of Digitized Eye Tracking Tests - Dr. Melissa Hunfalvay

5) Vertical Yoked Prism use in Vision Therapy and Spectacle Prescriptions in a Sample of COVD Members - Stanley W. Hatch

Closing Remarks with Current President Dr. Dan Press and Incoming President Dr. Jennifer Dattolo

Dr. Dan Press

COVD Annual State of the Organization Meeting for Members

Sponsors

The Binovi platform is a software-based platform that combines software, hardware, expert knowledge, and data analysis to help optometrists, vision therapists, and sports trainers work together with their clients to improve their vision.

Toni Bristol

Visit our booth to receive your free marketing flier designed by Toni Bristol to help educate parents, patients, referral sources and potential referral sources.

GreenSky Patient Solutions®: Healthier Patient Financing Solutions™

InfiniteVT was created with one goal in mind – to make providing vision therapy easier, so that doctors and therapists can spend more quality time on patient care. If you are looking for the ultimate vision therapy EMR practice management system, visit our booth today.

MacuHealth offers a patented combination of Lutein, Meso-Zeaxanthin and Zeaxanthin, clinically proven to maintain the macula's health, improve visual performance and protect against oxidative stress. Our Triple Carotenoid Formula is scientifically developed, derived from natural ingredients and verified by third parties to ensure potency, safety and stability. MacuHealth is committed to prioritizing scientific research and brings evidence-based formulations to patients for a lifetime of vision.

RightEye is an eye movement behavior biomarker company using eye-tracking technology to revolutionize health care and vision performance through innovative vision tests and vision training programs. RightEye technology vision care providers with the assessment of their patients’ visual impairment, reading disorders, and athletic performance issues by following an evidence-based, metrics-driven methodology. Using a cloud-based platform, RightEye provides data-rich reports that offer an objective, measurable way to view the quality of a person’s eye movement and monitor the success of various treatments. RightEye customers include recognized professional and amateur sports teams, vision care providers, hospital systems, rehabilitation facilities, and the U.S. military.

Vivid Vision is the latest in technology for treatment and assessment of binocular vision disorders. Engage your patients in the most powerful way using the latest in Vision Therapy tools.

Please join us for details about Vivid Vision and an online demonstration.

Bernell offers over 2,000 ophthalmic tools and equipment that create a one-stop-shop for optometrists around the world! We carry a wide range of products to meet the primary care and vision testing needs of our customers, as well as the largest line of vision therapy, visual rehabilitation, and behavioral optometry products in the world!

At Bernell, we offer to our professional customers to match or beat anyone's pricing on our comprehensive line of products! Our goal at Bernell is to be your practice partner and never want you to pay more when you buy from us!

Be sure to check out our 2021 COVD Show Special Offers!

How you perceive is how you perform.

As leaders in sensory performance solutions, Senaptec has the greatest breadth of equipment available on the market. We provide seamless experiences across all Senaptec devices and empower people with breakthrough sensory performance tools including Sensory Station and Senaptec App, Strobe eyewear, Quad Strobe eyewear, Swift Touch, and Synchrony. These tools assess and train a wide range of fundamental skills. While the different products are complementary, they work in unison or as stand-alone tools.

Join Senaptec in Empowering Your Senses

As Canadian Optometrists, we are dedicated to enhancing optometric education and public awareness of Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation to improve the lives of our patients.

Web Vision Therapy is a web based vision therapy system designed for both in office and patient home use under the supervision of an eye care professional. While the patient’s subscription is active they have unlimited use of the over 70 activities. Many of the activities can be used with Red / Blue glasses to separate eye function. Web Vision Therapy is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux desktop and laptop computers. It can also be used with the Apple iPad and Android based tablets and many smartphones. Which of the more than 70 activities the patient may use and how they are configured can be done remotely by the eye care professional as the patient makes progress. Various charts and reports are available to the eye care professional based on both historic and recent patient activity results.

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