Six Hours Professional & Educational CE credits Available on Visual Processing!
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Thanks to Pesi/MedsPn, a non-profit organization providing continuing education and credit for OTs, OTAs, Speech Language Therapists, Educators, Social Workers and Counselors. PESI has scheduled me to present three 2011 workshops in CO titled: Visual Processing: Improve Academic Success, Increasing Sports Performance & Build Confidence Seminar: Dates for the seminars are: Nov. 2- Denver Nov. [...]
Tags: See It. Say It. Do It!, Vision & Learning, visualization
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Camp Experience is Quite the Experience!
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Yes, I went to summer camp. It’s something I started doing 4 years ago. Initially I went as a camper, knowing only 1 person. That year Camp was so much fun, my business, Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center PC, decided to sponsor Camp Experience. CampExperience™ is a one-of-a-kind retreat designed exclusively for women that are ready [...]
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Self-Adjustable Glasses May Help Billions See
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Thanks to the American Optometric Association for their information: As part of a series of articles dedicated to healthcare issues in the developing world, the New York Times (9/27, D3, Bakalar, Subscription Publication) reports in “Small Fixes” that adjustable-focus eye glasses were invented by UK physicist Joshua Silver. “The two lenses are filled with clear silicone fluid, [...]
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See Well Learn Well-3D in the Classroom
Monday, September 26th, 2011
A new public health report was collaboratively written by the American Optometric Association, 3D@Home and 3deyehealth.org As Dr. Dori Carlson states, “The steps described in this new document help to guarantee 3D classroom opportunities that allow students to thrive and learn more efficiently in subjects ranging from mathematics and sciences to the arts; better preparing [...]
Tags: 3D movies, Vision & Learning, Vision Therapy
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Tour de Optometry – Awesome Success for the 7th Year!
Monday, September 19th, 2011
All of the 22 Schools & Colleges of Optometry in the US and Canada have been visited by a (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) COVD Board Member or Past-President. The Tour presentation is the mission of the COVD Tour de Optometry Committee. These visits continue to spark interest in vision therapy by bringing “private [...]
Tags: COVD, Vision Therapy
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Happy 1 Year Birthday
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Happy birthday to my precious grand-daughter, Edina! If you would like to learn more about vision development, check out my blog series on Vision Development Through Edina’s Eyes. By Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Colorado Optometrist in Vision Therapy.
B’s Ballpark Museum-SPECIAL Event
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Join us in Denver, CO at my husband’s non-profit Baseball Museum: 30 Ballparks and FREE Admission Get FREE Admission for 2 to B’s Ballpark Museum when you buy an Autographed Touring the Majors Poster Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:00-5:30 pm If you know someone who wants to visit all 30 big-league parks (or if they [...]
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Dyslexic Advantage
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Many of you know about Drs. Eide, neurologist in Seattle, WA. Drs. Eide have just published their 2nd book, Dyslexic Advantage. Per their Amazon summary: In this paradigm-shifting book, neurolearning experts Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that people with dyslexia have unique brain structure and [...]
Tags: Vision Therapy, Visual processing, visualization
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Vision Development: Birth – 2 months
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
OBSERVATIONS: Babies often don’t focus on you or other targets, as nerve cells in their retina and brain are not fully developed. The infant cannot accommodate (focus on near objects) very well. However, within a few days after birth, infants prefer looking at an image of their mother’s face to that of a stranger. Visual acuity [...]
Tags: Vision & Learning, Vision Development
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Kudos to Dr. Paul Freeman
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Thanks to colleague and friend, Dr. Len Press, for his beautiful acknowledgement of another colleague and friend, Dr. Paul Freeman. Dr. Freeman is the editor of the Journal of the Americian Optometric Association. It’s readership is around 40,000 optometrists, assistants and others. Dr. Freeman has strongly supported vision therapy for years, and his editorial reflects [...]
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