Vision and Motor Development

Course Description

Vision and Motor Development examines the close relationship between primitive reflexes, motor development and the development of the visual process. Building on Goldstein’s understanding of nervous system development through meaningful experience, the course explores how early reflex responses provide the foundations for increasingly sophisticated, efficient and automatic movement patterns.

Participants study the development and function of key primitive reflexes, including the Tonic Labyrinthine, Asymmetrical Tonic Neck, Symmetrical Tonic Neck, Spinal Galant, Moro, Fear Paralysis and Palmar reflexes. Particular attention is given to the movement learning that follows each reflex response and the potential consequences when this learning is incomplete.

Participants develop practical skill in reflex assessment, observation of movement, and identification of developmental adaptations, with the introduction of vision therapy activities designed to develop the visual process, including posture, movement, balance, coordination, spatial awareness, oculomotor skills and complex movement patterns.  

Also, there will be discussions on the testing and vision therapy for children aged 6 months - 5 years, including techniques to try to assess reflex responses on wriggly children that won’t stay still, together with VT activities for child development. This approach to VT can also be used for some patients with ASD. 

More than half of the course is practical floor work in pairs.  Attendees should wear comfortable, loose clothing for floor work, and bring a cushion.

Course Information/Registration

This course will be presented in-person only and it will not be recorded and thus, it will not be available to watch later. This is to make sure that the information is fully understood and transferred.

The course is 3 full days long, so please take that into account when making your travel plans.

The cost is $750.00 US per person. Download the Registration Form and return it to: PaulHarris@OPSISEducationFoundation.com

Schedule

When: June 25-27. 2027

Where: In the offices of Dr. Lorelei F. Zeiler, 245 Argyle St. S., Caledonia Ontario N3W 1K7

Accommodations: TownePlace Suites by Marriott Hamilton, 1195 Upper James Street, Hamilton, ON L9C 3B2