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See It. Say It. Do It! - 20/20 is Not Perfect Vision

Does your smart child struggle in school and have difficulty keeping up on schoolwork?
Is your child frustrated with reading or resist handwriting?
Does your child have difficulty with or avoid sports?

1 in 4 school-aged children have undiagnosed visual problems that affects school & sports performance.
There are more than 15 visual perceptual skills which can impact the learning process.
Attention, behavioral, or learning difficulties can often be due to undiagnosed vision problems.

Learn how to identify these visual problems and about the successful solutions to many of the blocks that affect a child’s ability to learn and perform. Through case presentations and hands-on fun activities, this highly interactive seminar is loaded with humor and presents information that can be used immediately.

Ideal for Seminar ranging 60-120 minutes

See It. Say It. Do It! - Integrating Your Internal & External Vision

In this highly interactive presentation, Dr. Hellerstein will show participants how visualization greatly impacts their lives and those of their patients, students, even their own family members. This is a fun and en-“lightening” course allows attendees to participate in exploring visualization within oneself, so that they can more effectively utilize these strategies. Visualization techniques for academic studies, including spelling, reading comprehension, and math; sports performance; and stress management will be demonstrated.

Ideal for Keynote or Seminar 60 mins. to 2 days

Visual Processing & Academics:

New Strategies for Improving Reading, Spelling & Creative Writing Skills

Do you have students who struggle in school and have difficulty keeping up on schoolwork?
What about yours students who are frustrated with reading, or resist handwriting or timed tests?

Did you know that:

1 in 4 students has a visual problem
Attention, behavioral, or learning difficulties can often be due to undiagnosed vision problems

There is a solution to treating children with “hidden” vision problems…end result: improvement in school success, sports performance and confidence. You will learn the highly successful model developed by Dr. Hellerstein: See It. Say It. Do It! This model provides easy, practical, step-by-step strategies and activities to enhance children’s visualization skills by teaching them how to create pictures in their minds (See It), declare their goals (Say It) and take action (Do It) to make their dreams reality. This helps students learn easier, take more risks without the fear of making mistakes and have fun. Children can be empowered at very young ages to utilize these strategies. The See It. Say It. Do It! strategies are similar to those used by great athletes and top business professionals to increase their success and performance.

This highly interactive workshop is loaded with humor and presents information that can be used immediately with your students of all ages. Many attendees utilize the activities for their own personal and family use, as well as their districts and classrooms. You will have fun while dissolving internal blocks that hold your student back from greater success. We guarantee it! Register today!

6-7 Hour Seminar (CE Teacher credit may be available)

For Therapists (OT, PT, SPEECH, VT)

Can Your Child See…Really See?

20/20 vision does NOT mean perfect vision! Many children have 20/20 eyesight, yet 1 out of 4 children have vision problems. This impacts their school success, sports performance, and confidence.

There are commonalities between the models of human performance used by optometry and occupational therapy. The greatest advantage of collaboration between the developmental optometrist and the occupational therapist is the opportunity to provide the most appropriate, integrated and efficient treatment for patients with learning, visual perception and visual motor difficulties.

In this interactive, fun presentation, you will:

1. Discover how your vision works, outside and within.
2. Learn how to identify patients with visual problems.
3. Find creative solutions to help patients with vision problems

60-120 min. seminar for occupational & physical therapists

A Collaborative OD/OT Approach to Visual Dysfunction

This course provides information on the vision/visual perceptual dysfunction in patients in rehabilitation and long term care programs. Pioneering the collaboration of vision and sensory motor techniques, developed by Dr. Hellerstein and Beth Fishman, OTR, the participants will experience interactive and integrative visual/sensory motor learning strategies. Through case presentations (videotapes and slides), treatment recommendations for patients demonstrating visual dysfunctions, perceptual deficits, spatial disorientation and/or field losses will be given. A mutli-disciplinary approach is presented.

Ideal for Seminar for OTs & PTs ranging from 2 hours to 2 days

Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Brain Injury

Visual/vision perceptual dysfunctions are frequently associated with acquired brain injury. Remediating and guiding a patient with visual problems increases the effectiveness of the overall rehabilitation program and ultimate recovery. Vision strategies for patients with brain injury, utilizing the latest technology and integration of lenses, prisms, and vision rehabilitation therapy, are presented in this workshop through interactive experiences and case presentations.

Ideal for Workshop ranging from 60 to 120 minutes.

For Optometrists & Vision Therapists

Visual Information Processing: Evaluating Beyond 20/20 (COPE approved 29830-FV)

Does your patient struggle in school or with sports? Learn how to properly evaluate these patients with potential visual information processing (VIP) difficulties. There is successful treatment for these patients through vision therapy.

2 Hours for optometrists & vision therapists

Vision Therapy Grand Rounds (COPE approved 29831-FV)

Do you have patients with learning disabilities, attention problems, or special needs? These patients often need more than glasses or routine vision care. Patients with a variety of binocular, ocular motor and visual information processing deficits are presented. Videos, pre-post optometric findings and specific treatment strategies are utilized in this interactive workshop. Co-management of patients with complex visual issues is emphasized.

Presentation for Optometrists, Physicians and Vision Therapists – 120 minutes

See It. Say It. Do It! – 3 Ways to Transform Your Practice (COPE Approved 29829-PM)

In this highly interactive presentation, you will experience how visualization greatly impacts your life and those of your patients and family. Branding and marketing strategies are included. However, this is more than a practice management course! See it to believe it!

The 3 ways to transform your practice include:

1. Investing in yourself. Experience the See It. Say It. Do It! Model – (Visualize, Declare, Take Action). You will learn simple breathing, relaxation and visualization activities that can be used immediately for your practice and personal growth. Have fun while dissolving internal blocks and allowing greater success, fulfillment and peace of mind.
2. Learn how to successfully build your staff.
3. Have fun marketing your practice.

Abundance will come to you & your practice.

2 hour seminar for Optometrists, Physicians and Therapists

Vision Transformation: The Power of Visualization (Cope Approved 2567-FV)

In this highly interactive presentation, Dr. Hellerstein will show participants how visualization greatly impacts their lives and those of their patients, students, even their own family members. This is a fun and en-”lightening” course which allows attendees to participate in exploring visualization within oneself, so that they can more effectively utilize these strategies for vision therapy patients.

2 hour seminar for Optometrists, Physicians and Therapists

Integrating Your Internal & External Vision: The Power of Visualization – (23037-FV)

The purpose of visualization is to awaken the unsuspected dimension within yourself through contact with your outer and inner visual worlds. The roots of visualization rest deeply in visual picturing, or visual imagery, aided and reinforced by one or more supporting sense.” Emily Lyons Visualization greatly impacts all aspects of our lives. Vision therapy techniques to enhance visual processing and visualization skills, which then can applied to specific academic activities; i.e. spelling, reading comprehension, and math; sports performance; and stress management will be demonstrated. This is a fun and en-“lightening” course which allows each attendee to participate in exploring visualization within oneself, so that she/he can more effectively utilize these strategies for vision therapy patients.

5 hour seminar for Optometrists, Physicians and Therapists

C.L.I.P. Together for Community or Breaking Through the Barriers

Building a community, whether it be within a workplace, organization, or neighborhood, takes clarity, communication and commitment from the leadership to the people. Recognizing, living by and sharing values builds communication and trust to create and to empower your community. Clarifying the vision or purpose through visualization and utilizing action plans to make each person accountable, creates TransSults (transformational results) beyond what is predictable. This presentation is highly interactive, loaded with humor and presents information that can be used immediately.

Ideal for Workshop ranging to 180 minutes.

Additional Seminars

See It. Say It. Do It! – What’s New in Eye Care?

In this highly interactive presentation, Dr. Hellerstein and her staff will show participants how vision greatly impacts their lives. This is a fun, interactive and en-“lightening” course which allows attendees to learn about common visual conditions and the most current treatment options. New instrument technology, contact lenses, glasses, vision therapy and vision transformation options are presented, so that participants become more empowered in making eye care decisions.