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Professional Development Workshop with Vision Australia

Date: 3/03/2025 (AEDT)

Venue: 224 Liverpool Rd Ashfield, NSW, 2131

Provider: Vision Australia Ashfield

Contact: Pelayia Berdoukas, [E] pelayia.bow@visionaustralia.org, [P] 0409956900

Activity Outline

You are invited to an exclusive professional development workshop with Vision Australia. At this event, you will hear from several of our vision loss specialists about the Vision Australia services that can support your patients to live more independently. During this interactive event, you will also get to experience the latest in adaptive technology, including immersive virtual reality goggles that simulate various eye conditions. This event is OA accredited, enabling attendees to claim two hours of professional development upon completion. 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand Vision Australia’s suite of specialised low vision services
  • Have a better understanding of the role of an occupational therapist for visual rehabilitation in different stages of vision change
  • Have a better understanding of some common everyday barriers for patients who are blind or have low vision and the strategies/equipment that can help these individuals
  • Know when and how to refer a vision impaired patient
  • Learn about potential barriers to referral that patients may face and how to overcome them with funding options and service location options
  • Know of the expanded core curriculum for children and young people who are blind or have low vision

Max CPD hours awarded: 2.5

Session Information

Name
Vision Australia's Children and Young People Services
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
0.25
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
0.25
Name
Vision Australia's low vision and blindness rehabilitation services.
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
0.75
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1
Name
Low vision and blindness aids available at Vision Australia's Vision Store
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
0.25
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
0.25
Name
Referrals and funding for low vision rehabilitation at Vision Australia
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
0.25
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
0.5
Name
Vision loss simulation
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
0.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
0.5

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.