Course: Visual Assessment of Children: The Orthoptist Role
Presented on Wednesday 9 February 2005
Programme
10.20 am Introduction - John Ravenscroft
- 10.30 am Review of the Visual Pathway and Normal Visual Development - Claire Gilmour
- 10.50 am Abnormal Development - Anisometropia, strabismus, nystagmus, etc - Joan Ballantyne
- 11.20 am Orthoptic Clinical tests and Refraction - Jennifer Skillen
- 1.30 pm Functional Vision Assessment - Gillian Coyle
- 2 pm Low Visual Aid Assessment - Morag MacGillivray
- 2.30 pm Dyslexia and Dyspraxia - Nadia Northway
11.50 am Questions and Answers
12 noon Practical session with Orthoptic Tests
3 pm Practical Session
Presenters:
Claire Gilmour, Jennifer Skillen, and Gillian Coyle, Orthoptists, Ninewells
Hospital, Dundee
Joan Ballantyne, Head Orthoptist, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow
Morag MacGillivray, Orthoptist ,Dr Grays Hospital, Elgin
Dr Nadia Northway: Orthoptist, Glasgow Caledonian University
John Ravenscroft, Manager, VI Scotland, Scottish Sensory Centre