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Live Webinar for Pediatric Therapists. Complete Both Sessions for 14 Contact Hours (1.4 CEUs)
May 8 and 9, 2026
9:40 am EST • 8:40 am CST • 7:40 am MST • 6:40 am PST (US)
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
As pediatric therapists, we know that strong foundations matter. Primitive and postural reflexes are the building blocks that support the development of coordination, balance, motor control, and, importantly, learned visual skills. These learned visual skills, in turn, drive how children move, learn, and interact with their world.
This interactive and comprehensive course explores the powerful connection between primitive and postural reflexes and the development of efficient motor and functional vision skills. It is ideal for therapists who want to build skills from the ground up, reignite progress when development stalls, and discover fresh, evidence-based strategies to accelerate outcomes for children with sensory-motor deficits, dyspraxia, developmental coordination disorder, and other neurodevelopmental challenges. Through the presentation of evidence-based research, real-world case studies, and guided practice, participants will learn to:
- Functionally assess primitive and postural reflexes to identify neuromotor maturity.
- Screen for visual efficiency deficits
- Create effective, individualized treatment plans that support reflex integration and vision-based movement.
Best of all, this course is designed to energize your clinical toolbox with cost-effective, functional, and occupation-based intervention strategies that can be immediately applied in your treatment sessions, helping children to become more intentional, confident, and successful participants in their daily activities.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognize how Skeffington’s Model of Vision illustrates the development of motor coordination and vision skills and can be used to guide our interventions.
- Identify indicators of primitive and postural reflex development impacting a child’s motor development and functional participation in common daily activities.
- Correlate primitive and postural reflexes to the development of vision efficiency and visual information processing skills.
- Assess neuromotor maturity using clinical measures of primitive and postural reflex integration to inform intervention strategies.
- Choose functional interventions that integrate reflex maturity and visual skill development to improve performance and participation in daily activities.
- Apply grading strategies to create a just-right challenge tailored to each child’s needs.
AUDIENCE:
Professionals involved in vision rehabilitation including speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, educators, and vision therapists working in outpatient, school, birth-to-three, or early intervention settings.
Age and Patient Populations: Infants through age 21, including birth-to-three, early invention, pediatric, and school age.
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Amber Fessler, OTD, MS, OTR/L, is a highly experienced pediatric occupational therapist with two decades of expertise working with diverse pediatric populations. She is a contributing author to Dr. Scheiman’s Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits: A Guide for Occupational Therapists (4th Edition) and has published research no occupational therapy and optometry collaboration in pediatric care in the Vision Development and Rehabilitation Journal.
She earned her post-professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Salus University in 2020, specializing in Remedial Vision Rehabilitation. Currently, she owns and operates a private practice dedicated to helping children with learning-related vision deficits, working closely with optometrists to provide comprehensive care. Amber’s extensive clinical background spans early intervention, public schools, outpatient care, and vision therapy clinics.
Financial Disclosure: Amber Fessler has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. She does receive an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Amber Fessler has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 15704. This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 14 contact hours 1.4 CEUs. (Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 14 units. This course meets the approval of the TX Board of OT Examiners. Approved for FL Occupational Therapists for 16.5 continuing education hours, #20-1362271. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the CEU Participant Form from the ASHA. Approved CE Provider for up to 1.4 CEU’s. ASHA credits are accepted by the TX Department of License and Renewal. Approved by the FL Physical Therapy Association for 16.5 CE Hours - approval #CE26-1362271. This course has been approved by the MD State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 14 Continuing Education Hours. Approved by the MN Board of Physical Therapy for 14 CE Hours, #14407. Approval #2603-22 by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 14 CEC's. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 16.5 contact hours. The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 11 hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 16.5 contact hours (1.65 CEUs). Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 14 contact hours. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2810017TX for 14 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX. Approved Provider by the NM Board of Physical Therapy for 14 CE Hours. Approved Provider for OK State Board of Medical Licensure & Supervision #BAP202310003. 12 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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