The OPSIS Advancing Learning through Vision Course is a comprehensive, patient-centered course covering neuro-optometric examination, prescribing, and therapy. It is 18 days of intensive VT education conducted over six three-day weekends both live and online. The 126 hours of case-based practical learning includes demonstrations of over 70 VT techniques and variations.

You will learn the how’s and why’s of both examination and therapy. When you complete the OPSIS Course, it will re-invent your role in the profession from that of remediation to one of potentiation. It will change your life and the lives of your patients.

Optometrists who are just beginning to investigate neuro-optometry, or optometry practiced from the behavioral perspective will find everything they need to begin a practice providing visual therapy, and to prescribe lenses designed to enhance performance, reduce stress, prevent common visual problems such as myopia, and remediate visual issues such as reading difficulties or strabismus.

More experienced optometrists will find ways to deal with more challenging patients, expand their horizons, and deepen their understanding of the visual process. One of the most common outcomes is a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for what optometry offers every patient seen - and understanding that each person has untapped visual potential that can be met through prescribing from a broader or renewed perspective.

This in turn leads to more patient benefitting from visual therapy, and more patients using lenses designed to enhance visual performance, protect visual health, guide visual development, and provide comfort and healing in case of injury.

Warsaw, Poland

Session 1 - Sept 26-29, 2024

Session 2 - Oct 3-6, 2024

Sessions 3-6 - TBA 2025

Vision Therapists will not only get a protocol to follow, but an understanding of how each activity can be used to help their patients maximize their human potential. They will understand why each activity is sequenced the way it is and how to customize and tailor those activities to meet the needs of each person they work with. This minimizes the stress of figuring out each week what activities should be worked on, while drawing on the 100+ years of experience in providing effective life-changing VT from your instructors.

You will also understand what the doctor does during testing and the treatment options available to them which complement the VT you provide. You will be empowered to be a full and contributing member of the care delivery team.

Your Instructors

Robin D. Lewis, OD, FCOVD

Caroline Hurst, BSc, FCOptom, FBABO

Paul Harris, OD, FCOVD, FACBO, FAAO