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Residency Program in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation at The Optometry Center for Vision Therapy (OCVT) in Austin, TexasBriana Larson, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA; Erica O’Brien, OD, FCOVD ; Aubrey Breithaupt, OD
The Optometry Center for Vision Therapy
UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry
BACKGROUND
This residency program is based at two locations of the Optometry Center for Vision Therapy (OCVT), a private practice, in Austin, Texas. OCVT is a specialty practice exclusively dedicated to vision therapy, neuro-optometric rehabilitation, and pediatric optometry. The residency is a full-time, formal, supervised program consisting of direct patient care, didactic education, practice management development, and scholarly activities.
MISSION
The mission of the Residency Program in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation at OCVT is to yield expert clinicians and leaders in the field of vision therapy and rehabilitation through didactic knowledge, clinical experience, and concentrated practice management exposure. The resident will gain mastery of diagnosis and treatment of visual efficiency and processing deficits, neurological insult, and pediatric visual and ocular conditions. Upon successful completion, the resident will have the competence to serve as an expert and a leader in the field of vision therapy and rehabilitation. The resident will also acquire the skill set to efficiently operate a private vision therapy, pediatric optometry, and neuro-optometry specialty practice.
GOALS
• Enhance the resident’s clinical skills in pediatric optometry, vision therapy, and neuro-optometric rehabilitation.
• Enhance the resident’s assessment and treatment of individuals with learning-related vision disorders.
• Expand the resident’s experience and clinical confidence with assessment and optometric management of children with special needs, including children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Expand the resident’s knowledge in managing patients with neurological insult.
• Develop the resident’s professional acumen and practice management skills in a vision therapy and rehabilitation specialty practice.
• Enhance the resident’s scholarly and didactic activity.
ACCREDITATION
This residency program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE)
OCVT Pecan Park: 10601 Pecan Park Blvd., Suite 201; Austin, Texas 78750
OCVT Westlake: 6836 Bee Caves Road, Suite 100; Austin, Texas 78746
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
CONTACT
Clinical experience may include, but are not limited to, the diagnosis and/or treatment of the following conditions (estimated patient encounters per residency year):
• Total patient encounters (>1000)
• Pediatric primary care examinations, including infants
• Binocular disorders, strabismus and amblyopia
• Visual-Perceptual dysfunctions
• Autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities
• Acquired brain injury
• Low Vision
PROGRAM LENGTH/HOURS
• Program length: 53 weeks from July 6th to July 13th the following year.
• Hours: 45.00 hours per week.
DIDACTIC AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
• Required publishable quality manuscript submission
• Participation in UIW annual Residency Forum
• Weekly article review
• Quarterly Journal Club
• Resident-led presentations and workshops to OCVT Vision Therapist Team
• Required to attend annual meeting of The College of Optometrists in Vision
Development
• Encouraged to attend the annual Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation (NORA)
and American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Meetings.
Clinical Supervising Faculty:Briana Larson, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORAOCVT Executive Director and [email protected]
Erica O’Brien, OD, FCOVDOCVT Clinical [email protected]
Aubrey Breithaupt, [email protected]
LOCATIONS