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Dr. Boulet explained all about eye movements so next we will learn how to assess those eye movements. Assessing eye movements should be a regular part of every therapist’s evaluation process. Many children that have had an eye exam and do not require glasses still have visual complaints. Often dismissed by teachers and parents, the…
The Test of Visual Perception skills (TVPS) is a common part of a school-based occupational therapists evaluation process. Performance on this test has been used to infer visual processing problems. These “visual processing problems” are then thought to be related to letter reversals or reading problems. The good OT will be working to improve these…
Dr. Boulet shares a series of videos that presents several activities to help improve and develop reading and writing skills. Many of these activities take a unique perspective and offer novel approaches to to improving skills that affect so many children’s academic performance.
Dr. Boulet and Robert discuss changes in a world of stay-at-home school and Zoom meetings after Dr. Boulet finds an article he takes issue with. Dr. Boulet discusses an article he wrote about the 20/20/20 rule as he and Robert discuss the real danger of screen time and its affect on children.
In this two part series, Robert Constantine, OTR\L shares the importance of good workstation setup at the home office and even gives us a simple stretch and some exercises to help with the upper back and shoulder strain. Dr. Charles Boulet returns in part 2 to explain the signs, symptoms and best management of computer…
Dr. Boulet explains simple techniques to help transition our children using meditation to help have a productive therapy session. He then uses this settled state to improve visual fixation.
Dr. Boulet and Robert, the Vision Rehab OT are back it, making simple things into effective visuomotor tasks. This video has us using an egg crate and various balls to help eye hand coordination, and peripheral central awareness....
Getting our young patients to fixate on a target during ocular motor tasks can be a challenge. Dr. Boulet and Robert show us a easy way to improve their interest using spoons as targets just as one might use Wolff Wands. This is another simple way to improve the efficiency of your ocular motor activities....
The second helping of Eyeball Soup has Dr. Charles Boulet explaining the peripheral and central visual systems using an empty TP Roll (??). Robert Constantine, OTR\L, Vision Rehab OT, then uses this activity to help explain some of the visual characteristics of Autism. Jackson, B. L., Blackwood, E. M., Blum, J., Carruthers, S. P., Nemorin,…...