Understanding and Managing Vision Defects : A Guide for Occupational Therapists

The Third Edition of Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits is the go-to resource that will enable occupational therapists to develop a comprehensive understanding of vision, appreciate the various effects vision problems can have on the practice of occupational therapy, and to more effectively manage patients with vision disorders.

• Visual integrity: Includes visual acuity (clarity), the optics of the eye, and eye health
• Visual efficiency skills: Includes focusing, eye teaming, and eye movements
• Visual information processing skills: Includes the ability to analyze, interpret and respond to visual information

• Visual problems associated with learning disorders
• Visual problems associated with acquired brain injury
• Management of vision problems for children with special needs
• Low vision

• Updated figures, research, and references
• Incorporates current American Occupational Therapy Association Practice Framework
• Glossary of key terms
• Appendices that include a vision screening report form and low vision supplies and equipment