Eyes First:The Complete Vision
Course for School-based Occupational Therapy Practitioners
“The all-in-one vision course for school-based OTPs”
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Eyes First: The Complete Vision Course for School-based Occupational Therapy Practitioners
After years of working with school-based OTs who told me “I wish I knew more about vision,” I completely reimagined this course. This isn’t just Vision 101 anymore – it’s the comprehensive, school-focused resource you’ve been asking for!
August 14, 2025
Next enrollment opens
WHAT IS THE COST?
The course retail cost is $199.99 per person.
Group discounts are available for groups of 5 or more. Contact us for more information.
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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This course is for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants working with preschool and school-age children in educational settings. The recommended audience includes occupational therapy practitioners who are interested in learning about the impact of vision in school-based performance, identifying visual impairments, assessment, and treatment of visual deficits. Whether you’re new to school-based practice or a seasoned therapist looking to expand your skillset, this self-paced course gives you everything you need to confidently integrate vision services into your OT practice.
AOTA Accredited – GET 0.7 CEUs
To receive verification of successful completion of the 7 credit hours, participants must:
- Watch 8 modules and a Welcome Video.
- Complete a Self-Assessment of Learning
- Fill out the Course Evaluation
Eyes First: The Complete Vision Course for School-based Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Develop essential skills to identify, assess, and address visual processing deficits that impact student performance.
Many students referred for occupational therapy services demonstrate underlying visual processing difficulties that significantly affect their academic participation and performance. These deficits often remain unidentified through standard vision screenings.
What you’ll learn:
- How to systematically screen for visual efficiency problems
- Evidence-based assessment techniques for school settings
- Practical intervention strategies for visual processing deficits
- How vision problems manifest in classroom behaviors and academic tasks
Why this matters: Visual processing deficits are prevalent among students receiving school-based OT services yet frequently go undetected. As occupational therapists, you are uniquely positioned to identify these issues and implement targeted interventions that improve student outcomes.
This comprehensive course provides the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively address vision-related challenges within your school-based practice.
This course is for you if YOU:
- Need to learn more about how vision may be impacting your students
- Aspire to make more progress with your students who are struggling with vision deficits
- Suspect some of your students have undiagnosed vision problems
- Have students who just aren’t progressing and you’re not sure why
- Don’t feel completely competent in assessing and treating vision deficits
- Want to know how virtual education may be impacting your students’ vision
- Love to get continuing education credits from the comfort of your home
This course ISN’T for you if YOU:
- Are already skilled at recognizing and treating vision deficits in your students
- Know how to explain the complete vision system to parents, teachers, and administrators
- Can clearly describe our role with vision in the school setting
- Are positive none of your students have underlying vision difficulties
- Don’t need creative ideas and resources for treating vision impairments in school
- Are not concerned with the increase in screen time for your students
- Prefer to sit at a conference center for your CEUs
What’s included?
- A self-paced online course with 8 modules
- A comprehensive workbook of our slides
- A complete list of helpful resources
- 0.7 AOTA CEUs, 7 Contact Hours
- An invitation to Robert and Jaime’s “Eyes First” Facebook group where participants can ask questions and network with other professionals who are taking the course.
- Upon completion, members will be invited to participate in the “Eyes First graduates” Facebook Group, you can continue to grow and learn about vision in the school-based setting.
What will I learn?
The course learning objectives are:
- Identify 4 key visual efficiency problem signs and 3 dyslexia-related visual information processing indicators in school settings
- Differentiate between 3 assessment techniques for evaluating eye movement, visual tracking, and visual information processing skills in schools
- Match objective vision testing tools to specific visual acuity, oculomotor, and visual information processing assessment needs
- Select evidence-based interventions for eye movement and visual information processing deficits in students with/without dyslexia
- Identify visual system anatomy, eye-to-brain pathways, and how visual information processing impacts academic performance
- Recognize common school-based vision conditions (refractive errors, strabismus, amblyopia, convergence insufficiency) and their student impact
- Identify 3 visual information processing disorder symptoms and their classroom participation effects
When can I take the course?
- Once purchased, you have 6 months to complete the modules and the course post-test.
- This allows you to take the modules when YOU have time.
- The course will be available for purchase — August 14, 2025
WHAT’S INSIDE…
Welcome
Module 1: School Professionals & Vision
Module 2: Advocating for Vision
Module 3: Anatomy and Physiology
Module 4: Common Vision Diagnoses
Module 5: Vision, Reading, & Dyslexia
Module 6: Assessing the Visual System
Module 7: Visual Perception
Module 8: Vision Treatment Ideas
Learning Outcomes Assessment and Course Evaluation Survey
*This course run time is approximately 7 hours.
Disclosure: Financial—Jaime Spencer is the owner of Miss Jaime, O.T., P.C. and is paid a salary for her position. Non-Financial—Jaime Spencer has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
THE SPEAKERS
Robert Constantine is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He has practiced in Pensacola, Florida since 1997. He has previously specialized in TBI in inpatient and outpatient contexts. His interest in improving outcomes lead him to the visual system and the unique chance to work full time in an optometry office. Robert continues to work with the pediatric population treating eye movement and focusing problems as well as visual processing disorders.
Jaime Spencer is the creator and author of MissJaimeOT.com. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Utica College and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Adelphi University. She is certified in Assistive Technology at California State University Northridge. She has been a school-based Occupational Therapy practitioner for twenty years and currently works in a public school setting with students from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
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