Assessment and Management of Infants and Young Children with Severe Visual Impairment: Identifying risk and vulnerability and promoting optimal outcomes

EARLY BIRD BOOKINGS AVAILABLE UNTIL 30.04.2017

Course aims

• To increase understanding of the impact of severe visual impairment on early child development, and the consequent need for early intervention with parents
• To present systematic approaches to the assessment of vision and development in the early years and consequent  provision of practical guidance
• To highlight the benefits of multidisciplinary developmental monitoring throughout the early years in order to identify children who are showing particular developmental vulnerability
• To increase awareness of the benefits of active liaison between health and education professionals and between secondary and tertiary services
• To learn about the research evidence base underpinning clinical practice with particular reference to the Optimum project and other work of the Developmental Vision research team

Who should attend

• Paediatricians, Clinical and Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers for Visual Impairment and Educational Support staff, Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Optometrists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists or other professionals engaged in the field. Please note the conference is not intended for parents of visually impaired children

Course Programme

• 6/7/17 08.30-09.00	Registration and coffee
  9-9.10	Welcome, and why are we all here	Dr Jenefer Sargent Consultant Paediatrician Great Ormond St Hospital
  9.10-9.30	Introduction to the impact of visual impairment on development	Dr Alison Salt Consultant Paediatrician Great Ormond Street Hospital
  9.30 - 9.50	Vision assessment: Acuity measurement methods in the eye clinic	Deepi Dhanoa-Hayre Orthoptist, Great Ormond St Hospital
  9.50 - 10.10	Refraction, prescription and low vision aids	Lynne Speedwell Head of Optometry, Great Ormond St Hospital
  10.10 - 10.30	Visual electrophysiology	Alki Liaisis Dept Electrophysiology, Great Ormond St Hospital
  10.30 - 10.50	Coffee
  10.50 - 11.10	Common eye conditions causing severe VI in the UK	Dr Lola Solebo, Ophthalmologist, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital
  11.10 - 12.00	Functional vision development and assessment in severe VI	Dr Jenefer Sargent Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond St Hospital
  12.00 - 12.30	Impact of visual impairment on vision: Vision promotion	Dr Alison Salt Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond St Hospital
  12.30 - 13.15	Lunch
  13.15 - 14.15	Research into early development and intervention: key issues for practice	Dr Naomi Dale on behalf of the Optimum Developmental Vision research team
  14.15 - 14.35	Assessing development: history, observation and limitations of ‘standard’ developmental tools	Dr Jenefer Sargent Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond St Hospital
  14.35 - 15.05	Tea
  15.05 - 17.00	Assessment of development: developmental materials including RZ scales (early cognition, language): benefits and limitations	Dr Naomi Dale Consultant Clinical Psychologist Great Ormond St Hospital and others (including practical activities) Dr Alison Salt & Dr Jenefer Sargent

  07.07.2017	Lecture Title	Speaker
  08.30 - 09.00	Coffee
  09.00 - 10.00	Cerebral visual impairment: diagnostic considerations and approaches to assessment	Dr Jenefer Sargent Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond St Hospital
  10.00 - 11.00	Developmental setback, social communication difficulties and autism in children with VI	Dr Alison Salt Honorary Consultant Paediatrician Great Ormond St Hospital
  11.00 - 11.30	Coffee
  11.30 – 12.15	Management of common areas of behaviour difficulty	Dr Jenny Sloneem Clinical Psychologist
  12.15-13.15	Manifestations of visual difficulty in children with complex multi-disability	Dr Jenefer Sargent Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond St Hospital
  13.15-14.00	Lunch
  14.00-15.00	Using a developmental framework for parent-focussed early intervention	Dr Alison Salt Great Ormond St Hospital
  15.00- 15.45	Early intervention and support in the community	Jackie Osborne Specialist Advisory Teacher, Visual Impairment, Hertfordshire County Council
  15.45 - 16.30	Building your local multidisciplinary team/Q and A session/group discussion	Delegates
  16.30	Tea and depart

  
  

Payment by invoice can be arranged for Education staff only on request. This will be an offline arrangement and a place will not be confirmed until payment is received. Please use the listed contact details to enquire further.