COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) held its 40th Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico… beautiful venue, great friends and excellent speakers. One of the featured speakers was Dr. Susan Barry, neuro-scientist and author of Fixing My Gaze. She spoke on the neurobiology basis supporting neuroplasticity. Her expertise and entertaining speaking style laid the foundation for […]
COVD: Recapitulating 40 Years of Excellence
Great historical article summarizing the pasts 40 years of excellence for COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) Click here
Do Gifted Children Choose Their Gifts?
Dr. Len Press, optometric colleague, just published an article about the unique learning styles of gifted children. He concludes, “Ultimately, it is our responsibility to be sure that the creative gifts that children have in visual thinking and visualization are not sacrificed in acquiring other visual readiness skills for reading. The challenge is to make children like Brigid feel […]
Vision Therapy Grand Rounds
My gratitude to the GWCO (Great Western Council Optometry) Board for the opportunity to speak this past weekend to their optometric meeting. Over 100 optometrists attended my 2 lectures: Vision Therapy Grand Rounds and The Power of Visualization. Great interest, questions and response. It’s exciting to see how many primary care optometrists were interested […]
Understanding Children Who Struggle In School
Dr. Len Press, my mentor and fellow developmental optometrist, just finished reading a marvelous new book by Deborah P. Waber, PhD, a neuropsychologist in the Learning Disabilities Program in the Department of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. It is encouraging to hear Dr. Waber’s perspective that over-emphasis on phonological processing for the past 20 years […]
See It. Say It. Do It! – See the Video
Thanks to Cat, author of SensoryFlow.com on-line news magazine, she has continued to share the important message of vision & learning. Her site is full of very useful information for parents, teachers and therapists to better understand children with special needs (especially with sensory processing disorders). She includes other experts who treat and speak […]
See It. Say It. Do It! – Review in Optometry & Vision Development
I am grateful for a wonderful book review written by Dr. Janice M. McMahon, faculty member of the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). The review is published in Optometry & Vision Development, Volume 41/Number 3/2010. Dr. McMahon concludes, “Dr. Hellerstein’s conviction and enthusiasm for her subject matter are evident from the introduction of this book straight through to […]
Visualization for COVD Fellows & Therapist Candidates
Listen to the conference call from 9/13/2010. Relax and prepare for stressful situations, like the oral interview for COVD Certification. Strategy is also very useful for other “stressful” situations. Here’s the link: COVD IECB prep-9216626-443413
Dr. Hellerstein Reports an Extraordinary Tour De Optometry Year
Now in its sixth year, the COVD Tour de Optometry Program continues to bring “private practice” to the schools and colleges of optometry. “The Tour continues to thrive. We are connecting with the optometric students, residents, faculty, and the administration at all the schools and colleges of optometry across the United States and Canada,” states Dr. […]
Vision Problems Can Rob Movie-Goers of 3-D Depth
Another article about the impact of vision problems on watching 3-D movies. “An estimated 3-9 million people in the USA may have vision problems that keep them from enjoying such 3-D movies as Avatar and Toy Story 3, estimates the American Optometric Association. And as many as 56 percent of people between 18 and 38 years of […]