Description: This one-day live workshop was converted to an online workshop due to Covid19. 5 sessions were recorded for online viewing at your own pace for a period of 4 weeks. For attendees it will create a fuller understanding of the incredible complexities of vision and how we create our adaptive response to what we see. From the neuro-anatomy through ocular motor and visual spatial skill, the workshop participant will glean a fuller lens through which to assess and create effective intervention plans. Not only will the different definitions of function make practical sense, but the participant will feel equipped with new tools of assessment as well as intervention. A practice lab of activities will support the integration of the learning and ensure practical carry over into the work environment. This course is a good compliment to understanding the development of praxis and intervening with executive function and reading and writing difficulties. Discover how this all fits together in the developmental frame of understanding.

Outline / Agenda:
Session 1                     The Neuro-Anatomy
Session 2                     Ocular Motor Skill with practice lab
Session 3                     Visual-Perceptual Skill
Session 4                     Visual-Spatial Skill with practice lab
Session 5                     Vision and Cognition

Learning Objectives:

• Be able to define and assess 5 components of ocular-motor skill
• Be able to describe at least 2 different pathways of vision in the brain
• Be able to assess and intervene within a developmental hierarchy in visual-spatial skill
• Be able to describe at least 5 ways in which vision and cognition overlaps in learning skill.

Certificate of Attendance will be provided after completion of Feedback form

Speaker: Maude Le Roux OTR/L, IMC, SIPT, CTC, DIR-FT International Trainer

Maude Le Roux, OTR/L graduated from Stellenbosch University in 1984, relocated to the US in 1993 and is currently an international speaker considering a wide array of topics pertaining development in children. She has been a regular speaker in South Africa since 2009. Even as she travels and trains extensively, she continues to operate a pediatric practice in Pennsylvania, USA. Maude designs her own courses, as well as trains for other organizations such as ICDL (DIR/Floortime), Tomatis Sound Therapy and Interactive Metronome globally. She serves on the Board for ATTACh to develop the consideration of attachment and trauma in the work of occupational therapists. Maude “re-energizes” as she teaches and inspires her listeners to feel the importance of the work they do. She co-authored a book, “Our Greatest Allies” with Lauren O’Malley, available on Amazon.com. Maude opened her own online academy (www.maudeleroux.com) in January 2019 to increase accessibility of practical “know-how” based on scientific theory for therapists, teachers and parents. Her mantra: ‘If a child could, he / she would!”

Special Needs Accommodation: We invite anyone who may need a specific accommodation to contact [email protected]  and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We do provide online PowerPoint for download should you require larger print and we do wear specialized headphones to best accommodate for a clear audio message.

Course Completion Requirement: To receive your certificate upon completion, which includes Contact Hours, you must complete the course evaluation feedback form.

Cancellation policy: Payment is due in full with registration through the website and payment will be non-refundable. The course participant cannot download the sessions, though can access the videos repeatedly for a period of 4 weeks, starting at the time of payment.  Please contact [email protected] if you experience any technical difficulties.

Maude and Charl Le Roux own the Maude Le Roux Academy and thus the proceeds of this course will cover operational expenses as well as provide income for Maude and Charl Le Roux.